Downing Street has been forced to admit that it is backing Tony Blair to be President of the EU.

The Independent on Sunday reports that Tony Blair has been into Downing Street to advise Gordon Brown. One can only imagine what Blair makes of the mess that the man who spent so long before plotting to take his job is now making of it. But judging by what John Burton, Blair’s constituency agent, writes in the Mail on Sunday, Blair can’t be entirely surprised by the situation: “A...

No one and nothing has been allowed to stand in the way of the relentless advancement of Tony and Cherie Blair since they left Downing Street two years ago.

Tony Blair will be reading this in today's New York Times and purring with pleasure. Tony Blair: more American than Barack Obama? The former Prime Minister already has plenty to purr about. We learned earlier this week that he has trousered £12 million in the year or so since he exited 10 Downing Street - much of it from the US lecture circuit where he gets more bucks per word than Bill...

Tony Blair's conversion to Catholicism after he left Downing Street was driven by his wife Cherie he said during a visit to Italy.

Andrew Sparrow: Matthew Taylor used to work for Tony Blair in Downing Street as his chief strategy adviser. Now he's made an interesting confession ...

A newly disclosed Downing Street memo has revealed how Tony Blair helped Rupert Murdoch overcome an official investigation which was jeopardising one of his big investments. It shows that Blair, while prime minister, immediately ordered his top officials to help the tycoon who was frustrated that a potentially lucrative scheme was being blocked by a long-running European commission investigation. ...

More slow oozing of revelation about the greatest prime minister we ever had. I hope the historians who Blair says will be his judge are paying attention, I really do: A newly disclosed Downing Street memo has revealed how Tony Blair helped Rupert Murdoch overcome an official investigation which was jeopardising one of his big investments.

Gordon Brown distanced himself from the dreadful things which went on in 10 Downing Street in the bad old days of Tony Blair.

Gordon Brown used one of his last official phone calls from Downing Street to apologise to Tony Blair for their poor relationship.