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JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November... View Photo »
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JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair is surrounded by his bodyguards during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West... View Photo »
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It was, of course, the IoS wot won it. Our "No, non, nein" campaign against Tony Blair ensured that he was not chosen as the first President of the European Council last week. Full Article at The Independent
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The new President of the European Council, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, and high representative for foreign and security policy, Catherine Ashton, are both low profile personalities in new high profile positions. Full Article at Gerson Lehrman Group
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Has the level of political debate really come to this? The next prime minister will probably be elected on the basis of the biscuit he nibbles. Full Article at The Independent
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The Iraq inquiry will start hearing evidence in open session on Tuesday, and it will almost certainly lead to fireworks. Let us hope the media cover it properly; five months ago, there was a sharp debate on Iraq in the Commons which the media ignored. " Full Article at The Independent
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After a byzantine Brussels stitch-up, the appointment to one of the grandest jobs in the European Union was settled by text message. Full Article at Times Online
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Tony Blair is accused of presiding over 'significant shortcomings? Full Article at The Telegraph
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The [reports from the Performance and Innovation Unit, Tony Blair's Cabinet Office think-tank] were legendarily tedious within Whitehall but their big immigration report was surrounded by an unusual air of both anticipation and secrecy. Full Article at Anchor Rising
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Belgium's PM Van Rompuy and EU Trade Commissioner Ashton arrive at a news conference after being elected respectively as EU President and EU foreign policy chief Photo: REUTERS Ae_STnSfter all the years of doubt and hesitation, the European... Full Article at The Telegraph
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Tony Blair has shrugged off his failure to become EU president, insisting he did not want the job. The ex-PM lost out to little-known Belgian poetry fan Herman van Rompuy despite Gordon Brown campaigning for him hours before the decision. Full Article at Mirror.co.uk
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In yet another baffling sequence of events, European heads of state have chosen two no-name leaders for the Union's top positions. Full Article at Big Think
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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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Look at Great Britain, when a friend of mine [Tony Blair] retired and automatically promoted Gordon Brown to the post of prime minister. Did the people of Great Britain participate in this? When my term expired I supported Dmitry Medvedev because I thought he was the best person to be leader, and I was ...
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald
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