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Ill Fares the Land, By Tony Judt
Judt's generation practised not so much a trahison but an exil of clercs, and this book is a lament about a lost world of social-democratic fairness - which Judt believes was brought into being after 1945 and then thrown…
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Donald Macintyre: The election of 2001 feels like a long time ago
When Andrew Grice and I interviewed Tony Blair on a train he appeared slightly fretful about that morning's poll, which suggested the Labour lead had slipped from 15 to 13 per cent. That is compounded by fear that David… -
Leading article: First round to the Tories, but the debate remains unreal
Labour under Tony Blair cosied up to business, neutralising a once powerful foe. Doubtless to his own surprise – the whole business had the air of a rabbit being desperately plucked from a hat – the Tory leader finds wind… -
Andrew Adonis: It's madness to split the centre-left vote
Roy Jenkins told me when I was considering joining Labour after Tony Blair became Labour leader: "The only real difference is that Labour is now the larger party of social democrats, the Lib Dems are the smaller; and in our… -
Brown: 'I'm fighting for five more years as PM'
Put to him that Tony Blair had promised to serve a full third term at the 2005 general election - only to retire two years later - Mr Brown re-emphasised five more years". He said that serving the country was all he wanted… -
Steve Richards: Labour have forgotten how to box clever on 'tax and spend'
While proclaiming his boldness Tony Blair was terrified of the political consequences of the move even though he had made the commitment to increase spending to European levels without knowing how to pay for it. -
The 24-hour party people spring into action
John Major and Tony Blair came twice to ask for dissolutions, and Harold Wilson and Margaret Thatcher came three times, so in all it was the 14th time she had received this request. At 2.20 he arrived at the Queen Elizabeth… -
Paul Rodgers: He will rock you
Well" (a favourite of Tony Blair's in his Ugly Rumours days and after), the jugband pub piano of "My Brother Jake" and the title track of their excellent album Fire and Water were exceptional songs at an exceptional time… -
Michael Savage: From the off, they went after key votes
It will also bring back bad memories for Labour as that's where Tony Blair was ambushed in the 2001 campaign by a member of the public angry that her partner, suffering from cancer, had no bed. David Cameron's trip to… -
Britain's first family of acting mourns loss of its father figure
He was known as much for his political activism as his acting; he campaigned against the Guantanamo Bay detentions, embraced Marxism and was part of a 2004 bid to impeach Tony Blair over the invasion of Iraq.
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Brown: 'I'm fighting for five more years as PM'
Put to him that Tony Blair had promised to serve a full third term at the 2005 general election - only to retire two years later - Mr Brown re-emphasised five more years". He said that serving the country was all he wanted to… -
The 24-hour party people spring into action
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Britain's first family of acting mourns loss of its father figure
Sport
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Ian Herbert: Beautiful game turns into a political football when election…
And of course, Tony Blair played keepie-ups with Kevin Keegan and turned up in the "Football Focus" studio in another election year, The folk tale about Blair claiming he started watching Newcastle Blair in the "Football… -
Inside Lines: Canadians' churlishness adds to the hazards on ice wall of death
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Sam Wallace: Forget the scandal – what is best for the England team is…
Arts and Entertainment
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Ill Fares the Land, By Tony Judt
Judt's generation practised not so much a trahison but an exil of clercs, and this book is a lament about a lost world of social-democratic fairness - which Judt believes was brought into being after 1945 and then thrown away… -
Paul Rodgers: He will rock you
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Made in Manhattan: John Oliver on taking satire stateside
Opinion
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Donald Macintyre: The election of 2001 feels like a long time ago
When Andrew Grice and I interviewed Tony Blair on a train he appeared slightly fretful about that morning's poll, which suggested the Labour lead had slipped from 15 to 13 per cent. That is compounded by fear that David… -
Leading article: First round to the Tories, but the debate remains unreal
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Andrew Adonis: It's madness to split the centre-left vote
Lifestyle
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Japan mayor hopes to make history with milk bottle, nappies
Proud dad Narisawa is on a mission to change that and follow in the footsteps of male politicians elsewhere who have taken out time for their tots, among them former British premier Tony Blair. Next month he will become Japan's… -
Jeremy Laurance: Doctors' illegible notes will be with us for years
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Virginia Ironside’s Dilemmas: My new man can turn quite nasty
Travel
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Best for colonial splendour: Calcutta
While exploring College Street, which has bookshops everywhere you look, I found myself discussing Hemingway, Tony Blair, When I was growing up in Uganda, we knew it as the brain of India. My headmaster was from Calcutta –… -
The Complete Guide To: The Sinai
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Talking Point: In praise of business lounges
Money
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Julian Knight: The end is nigh. So be brave, Chancellor
Tony Blair in the leader-in-waiting stakes, but the more realistic hear the sharpening of the reaper's scythe. But Alistair Darling could be brave in other ways, at a low cost, in line with some of the ideals many believed… -
The 100 per cent mortgage set to be outlawed
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A bit on the side: The celebs are fake but the cash is real for dead ringers
Student
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Study in hostilities: A novel MA is pulling in the students by combining…
RAF in the Second World War and Tony Blair's wars. The first group of 26 students comes from a wide range of backgrounds and ages a retired QC, a banker in his late thirties, a publisher in his forties – except that all are men. -
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Environment
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A flawed deal, but credit to Brown for his efforts
Tony Blair was a schmoozer, charmer and broad brush man at international summits. The Prime Minister worked in his usual Stakhanovite way in Copenhagen, sometimes from early morning until 3am the next day, trying to broker… -
Brown condemned by his green guru
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Britain's green shame