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READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Mike Blair (L) of Edinburgh holds the trophy with Butch James during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England. View Photo »
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READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Players of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastai... View Photo »
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Four weeks on from the Evening Standard's giveaway rebirth, how's its distribution network doing? You may remember that free copies were originally available only outside central London stations and scattered suburban supermarkets. Full Article at diamond geezer
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Its a rotten job but somebodys got to do it. Certainly it was Alan Johnson as the nation had never seen him before and he enjoyed it so much he did it not just once but twice. The first time he was angry, the second time a little sad. Full Article at Daily Express
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INTERVIEW: On tour for his novel set during the Roman empire, former political journalist and best-selling author Robert Harris talks frankly about Tony Blair, almost draws a complete blank on Brian Cowen and defends his old friend Roman Polanski,... Full Article at Irish Times
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Chris Smith is the respectable radical. He was the first openly gay MP. As the Culture Secretary in Tony Blair’s Government, he pioneered free admissions to museums. Full Article at Times Online
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In European Union diplomatic circles, the name Herman Van Rompuy has largely replaced that of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair when it comes to a first EU president. Full Article at Deutsche Welle
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Sir Ian?s close relationship with one of the key architects of New Labour is certain to rise questions about his independence Photo: PAUL GROVER Professor Sir Ian Kennedy has close links to Tony Blair’s former official spokesman, The Daily... Full Article at The Telegraph
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Magna Holdings, which is chaired by Lord Powell, is constructing the new “Gaddafi Tower” in Tripoli. It has already rebuilt one five-star hotel in the Libyan capital and is currently building another. Full Article at The Telegraph
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Then-PM Tony Blair set out our "immediate objectives" to a parliament recalled after the September 11th attacks, on 4 Oct 2001. Full Article at Channel 4
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These are tough times for the British Labour Party. It faces almost certain defeat in the next election, which must be held by June 3. Its widely mocked leader, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has been unable to turn around his or the party's unpopularity. Full Article at Newsweek
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Professor Sir Ian Kennedy: the MPs' expenses tsar who gave legal advice to Alastair Campbell in the south of France
The TelegraphThe legal expert on medical ethics was part of a committee investigation into quarantine and pet passports within a year of Tony Blair entering Downing Street. Full Article at The Telegraph
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Queensland can be at the forefront of the green economic revolution, so I believe climate change is and will remain a defining issue for our generation
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In England, they are bringing up a case against (former British prime minister) Tony Blair.
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He's not standing by the phone waiting for a call from Brussels. He's been around long enough to realise what happens at summits.
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When considering your efforts to get Tony Blair this job, won't most people in Britain feel this: it is completely unacceptable to see an unelected Prime Minister pushing for an unelected president under a treaty that no one was allowed to vote for?
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Britain to lead in Europe again
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I personally think the (incumbent) Labour Party in England, Tony Blair (Gordon Brown's predecessor as prime minister) and company, thought they owed so much to The Sun. They didn't. Blair would have been elected without (The Sun's) support.
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One of the things we've been trying to organise is a statement by the rabbinate and the Christian leaders and the Muslim leaders about Jerusalem and about Jerusalem being an open city or worship for people of all the Abrahamic faiths
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We the British government believe that Tony Blair would be an excellent candidate, an excellent person to hold the job of president of the (EU) council
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This is more difficult that all the negotiations where I have been involved including the Middle East peace process and NATO ... However, there is a way — we must distinguish short term and long term targets. 2020 is a long way ahead. The enormous cost savings that can be achieved if countries act toget...
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There is definitely one prime minister, Gordon Brown, who.. backs Tony Blair's candidacy for president. But all the other prime ministers support the ambition of the socialist family, which is to get the high representative (foreign affairs) position
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If you are alluding to Tony Blair as a possible contender for the new post, I am of the opinion the holder of the office must come from a country which embraces all the political institutions of the union, such as the Euro. Britain does not meet those criteria.
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We have made it very clear that if this position is to be created... and if the former prime minister Tony Blair comes forward as a candidate, we would be very happy to support him
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We are working with the Palestinian in economic and political cooperation. Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Quartet's Mideast envoy Tony Blair will soon inaugurate the Jenin crossing. Unfortunately, I see no desire to cooperate on the Palestinian side.
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You can talk about experience if you like – but Tony Blair and Rhodri Morgan were not weighted down by experience of government before they took over and started making huge strides forward for our party. What they had was a to-do list.
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Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted Monday that Tony Blair is the leading candidate to become the first permanent European Union president, as others warned his chances of taking the post are waning. Blair, who stepped down as Britain’s prime minister in June 2007, has not officially ann...
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Tony Blair was a divisive figure in Britain and in Europe as Prime Minister. David Miliband’s claim that he was a great coalition builder shows how desperate Labour are becoming.
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If the role is created and if Tony Blair wishes to be a candidate, then the prime minister and government would be completely supportive
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The British people do not like the Lisbon treaty and if it was used to impose Tony Blair as European president without the British people having a say it would only underline the treaty's complete lack of democratic legitimacy.
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This is less than the 4.8 MHz that Wataniya was promised in a complicated and bitterly disputed contract brokered by former British prime minister Tony Blair and signed by Israel and the PA in July of 2008. Both sides agree that Wataniya was promised 4.8 MHz, but Israeli officials insist this allotment ...
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If Silvio Berlusconi, after the furious and embarrassing controversies of recent months, wanted to revive the activities of his government's international profile and give its political agenda a boost, he should exploit a tremendous opportunity: to fight for the nomination of former British prime minist...
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I’d like someone to apportion blame for what happened in Iraq. Tony Blair lied to his Cabinet, he lied to the Government, he lied to the country. He deceived the country about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction because he had an agenda with [President] George Bush
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But the question is, does the public perceive that Obama should have credit for trying, or will he be compared to another world leader, like (former British Prime Minister) Tony Blair, who made the (London 2012 Olympics) pitch for his country and won?
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There could not be a worse way to sell the European Union to the people of Britain ... The other European governments need to be aware that the easiest way to turn the British people against the European Union and underline the lack of legitimacy and democracy of what would be created by the Lisbon trea...
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Tony Blair said that New Labour will have come of age when Labour loves Peter ... Gordon talked about his special relationship with Peter. And as for me and Peter, I think it's taken us both by surprise. Things are moving so fast I'm even thinking of taking him home to meet my mum.
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To be sure, I shifted party thinking on law and order ... But I did so for the same reason Tony Blair did in the British Labour Party -- to protect working-class families. I knew people who lived on public housing estates, many of them old and vulnerable, whose lives were being made hell by youngsters r...
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