Via Liberal Conspiracy, I come across the thoughts of the Independent's John Rentoul, one of the very few Blair-fanciers left on the face of the planet: Just to prove my utter devotion to the finest peace-time prime minister, I confess my reaction when I read that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation Facebook page had been defaced with, among others, this comment: "Tony Blair was about as good for...

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.

I voted for Tony Blair as Labour leader in 1994; I voted for him again to become Labour prime minister in 1997. I soon learned my lesson. As Prime Minister, he failed. Not so much domestically: sure, he disappointed but show me a political leader who doesn’t. But in foreign policy, Mr Blair was an

For four years I helped William Hague prepare for Prime Minister's Questions against Tony Blair. It was, as my collaborator George Osborne put it at the time, like helping Beckham take free kicks. Hague was a brilliant debater. He identified...

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution.

Tony Blair has been criticised for asking interns to work unpaid at one of his charities - even though he has a personal fortune estimated at £25m and introduced the mimimum wage while Prime Minister.

As prime minister, Tony Blair knew how to use sport to political advantage. Now he wants to use it to change the world. The statesman and 'midfield generalissimo' introduces his new campaign, Beyond Sport Tony Blair was the sporty statesman long before Barack impressed us with his ball skills. As prime minister, he exchanged headers with Kevin Keegan and played tennis with Pat Cash; he a...

FORMER prime minister Tony Blair yesterday insisted London's preparations for the Olympics in 2012 were ahead of schedule.

Foreign Affairs Select Committee to ask former prime minister about recent developments in region Tony Blair's post Downing Street role as a Middle East peace envoy will today come under the spotlight when the former prime minister returns to Westminster to face questions from a select committee. Blair will be questioned about his work as envoy to the quartet of the EU, the US, Russia and the...

Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, is told that the 'severly utilitarian' 300ft fence he plans to construct at his country estate will damage the area.