The tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown permeate almost every chapter of his memoir, which gives the most detailed account of the dysfunctional relationship between the two men. Gordon Rayner and Robert Winnett summarise the political and personal attacks on his colleague
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Telegraph on 2nd Sep 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Blair's account of the personal spark with Gordon Brown that conceived New Labour helps to explain the complexity of the relationship and the torrent of vitriol that was unleashed when the passion cooled
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FT on 2nd Sep 2010 (via ft.com)
Cherie Blair isn’t getting the high quality political briefing she used to receive while living at No 10: Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Blair has tripped herself up with her off-the-cuff comments at a school function in a Punjab village and landed in a political controversy. … On Tuesday, Blair had told a gathering at
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HarrysPlace on 21st Nov 2008 (via hurryupharry.org)
Asked how incandescent the Prime Minister was that Tony Blair had met the new President, the PMS replied that Tony Blair was the Quartet Envoy and it was important for the Quartet and important for UK interests that he had a close relationship with the US administration. original source.
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DowningStreetSays on 6th Feb 2009 (via downingstreetsays.com)
I've just been sent the link to Tony Blair talking about his memoirs: If you play the video I am fairly sure he refers to his "political career so far" and the book having helped him work out what to do next. Is a comeback planned?
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LukeAkehurst on 3rd Aug 2010 (via lukeakehurst.blogspot.com)
Tony Blair's preoccupation with sex has created more of a boddice ripper rather than a political memoir
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Telegraph on 3rd Sep 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Peter Mandelson has been getting very cross, and rather personal, about George Osborne’s ‘political cross dressing”. But during the Blair era, it was New Labour politicians who were keen on cross dressing. Indeed, on his farewell tour Tony Blair went out of his way to declare it as something that was here to stay: "Most confusingly for modern politicians, many of the policy ...
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Spectator on 12th Aug 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)
Exclusive: Tony Blair faces fresh questions about his close relationship with a French billionaire during his time as Prime Minister.
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Telegraph on 9th Jan 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
When Tony Blair dined in a New York restaurant, men were seen tasting food before it was served.
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Telegraph on 25th Sep 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The US kept a secret personal detail file on Tony Blair, breaking a US-UK agreement to not spy on each other's leaders, a former US communications operator said yesterday.
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PoliticsCoUk on 25th Nov 2008 (via politics.co.uk)
Tony Blair was right about Gordon Brown. Today we have confirmation of the bitterness and disagreements at the top of the Blair government. All that spinning and all those stories turn out to have been well founded. Tony Blair was wrong about the Middle East. He still thinks there are military solutions to Middle Eastern
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JohnRedwood on 1st Sep 2010 (via johnredwoodsdiary.com)