Category Archives: Tony ‘King Blair
What he said
Snip a few bits of this and you have the reason why I’m so involved in politics. In fact, you probably wouldn’t have caught me within a mile of Westminster without it: Independent – Two words sum up why I … Continue reading
Goodbye, Tony Blair: Farewell Video and Pardons
OK folks, here’s that video I’ve been promising you for the past umpteen weeks: Goodbye, Tony Blair Please be aware that this is by no means my final word on Blair. I plan to keep my vow to pursue him … Continue reading
A timely reminder: please keep your awe in check…
[Edit: Heh. I just spotted the year.] /privatejoke
So who’s in Blair’s farewell video?
Blair’s farewell video is almost finished and the final touches are being added today and tomorrow. I plan to go live on Monday morning. To tide you over until then, here’s some background to the video, a run-down of the … Continue reading
Monday.
Blair’s farewell video will be with you on Monday morning. If I have it in me, I’ll try to post some preview material before then.
Busy.
That farewell video I’m working on? It’s ‘finished’… but just sailed right into an unexpected Part II. Bear with me.
Hoping for much?
Independent – Mark Steel: Don’t mention the war (or anything else): That’s a splendid achievement by the Labour Party to assemble such a bunch of candidates for the deputy leadership. Because nowhere else could you gather together six different people, … Continue reading
The retaining wall
Independent – Two guilty of trying to leak details of Blair’s talks with Bush: Tony Blair’s ill-fated war with Iraq claimed two more victims yesterday when a civil servant and an MP’s researcher were convicted of disclosing details of a … Continue reading
Goodbye, Tony
My Way (The Blair Version) I really should be thinking about a farewell gift myself, but this will do for now.
Celebrating 10 years of the Downing Street Echo
It’s [almost] 10 years to the day since Tony Blair first walked into Downing Street with the help of that lovely man Rupert Murdoch. And here is today’s news: Independent – Blair’s bloody legacy: Iraq: On the 10th anniversary of … Continue reading