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• Iraq (Inquiry) ‘Truth Seekers’ Can’t Deal With The Truth

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 435
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index “Ban Blair-Baiting” petit ion - please sign Comment at end 21st November, 2009 “You want the truth? You can’t deal with the truth” STOP IT … j ust stop it … the STOP THE WAR gang. You talk outrageous rubbish and some of us ...
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• Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton: the EUs perfect couple of nobodies

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 977
  The big winners in last weeks EU carveup may not have famous names or stellar CVs - but thats what made them ideal candidates for their new jobs says William Langley.
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• Why Blair didnt get the job

  
  John Rentoul — Authority: 568
  "Never in a month of Sontags." The definitive account by Eric Joyce (right), the Labour MP who was Tony Blairs representative at the Party of European Socialists - the EU grouping of left-of-centre parties: It was led then, as now, by former Danish PM Poul-Nyrup Rasmussen. There’s been some kind of law passed ...
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• The Blair Presidency Facade

  
  walls come tumbling down — Authority: 118
  Much has been made in recent days about the ’snubbing’ of Tony Blair as European President in favour of the relatively unknown Belgian, Herman Van Rompuy. The reasons for the apparent snub depend largely on the newspaper of preference with the Guardian this morning favouring the story that as Blair had apparently ...
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• Turkey’s Concern over the First European Union President

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 628
  Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis As soon as he was appointed as the European Union’s first President, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy became the target of Turkish media and ...
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• Despite Setback International War Criminal Still At Large

  
  Ten Percent — Authority: 521
  Tony Blair will not seek another big international job after being rejected for the new post of “President of Europe”, his allies said yesterday. Close friends of the former prime minister said he was “entirely happy” with his current roles – lucrative public speaking engagements, working as the ...
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• What do OTHER Europeans think of the new top EU post-holders? Not a lot.

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 435
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index “Ban Blair-Baiting” petit ion - please sign Comment at end 21st November, 2009 ‘ROMPUY IS BARELY A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD’ (Quite true. Mrs Rompuy calls him “Rambo” ! Pfft … if only!) Since we tend to be a little parochial ...
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• Letters: Herman rains on Tones parade

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Do I detect a certain regret that Tony Blair failed in his bid to become president of the European council ( Comment , Leaders , 20 November)? Is there a single person left in this country who does not share in the shame of the deceit over Iraq? Anthony Marrian London • It is a major missed opportunity for ...
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• Calls from Angela Merkel told Tony Blair he would not get EUs top job

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall sources. To the dismay of key ministers, who wanted Brown to push for Britain to take an ...
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• Hooray for poet Herman Van Rompuy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The verse-writing of the new president of the European Council is good in parts, says the former poet laureate First let me say this: on balance, I would far rather that people in politics were writing poetry than not. Where are the poets in the House of Commons? So lets give Herman Van Rompuy a round of applause. ...
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• EU Who?

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
  Today the European Union finds itself with two new top leaders--Herman Van Rompuy, the EU’s first president, and Catherine Ashton, the new high representative of foreign policy. If the names are unfamiliar, you’re not alone. In fact, the buzz surrounding Van Rompuy, who has been the Belgian prime minister for less ...
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• Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The mood in Brussels is bleak as experts agree politicking has triumphed over ambition in the appointment of two new leaders, writes Ian Traynor Europes hopes of translating its economic power into global political clout have suffered a severe setback as a result of the timid choices on new leadership made this week, ...
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• Something For The Weekend 13

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 493
  It’s a case of ‘here we go again’, as all of us – not just motorists – find we are being held to ransom by greedy oil traders who have eclipsed the very companies themselves in manipulating the ‘black gold’ market, to send prices rocketing by Christmas. Now, in keeping with a monetary theme, here’s ...
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• Birthplace of democracy abandons democracy; electorates yawn

  
  When Falls the Coliseum — Authority: 504
  This Thursday the European Union elected its first president — well, sort of. Naturally the peoples of the 27 state bloc were not permitted to vote. They didn’t even know who the candidates were. Leaders decided to spare their electorates the trouble by making the choice for them behind closed doors . After ...
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• EU Low Representatives?

  
  Gulf Stream Blues — Authority: 414
  The look on Cathy Ashton’s face last night said it all. Shocked, flustered and almost a little embarrassed, the largely unknown British commissioner chosen to be the EU’s first “foreign minister” said it was a sign of her surprise that she had no acceptance speech prepared. Speaking in a softly reassuring ...
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• EU Presidency: Who Really Carried The Day?

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 126
  We are now seeing the first major effects of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. National governments have finally decided on the appointments for the new roles of president of the European Council and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Both are going to be filled by politicians, who, to ...
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• EU President: European press laments dull choice

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 977
  Many European newspapers were dismayed by the EUs choices for its top two jobs.
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• Tories plan political control of police forces

  
  The Spicy Cauldron — Authority: 126
  Image by Getty Images via Daylife The Conservatives are committed to directly-elected political figures controlling police forces around the country, although the details are still being drawn up ahead of next year’s General Election—which is why most of us, including myself, didn’t know anything about ...
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• Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy appointed first EU President

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  London, Nov. 20 (ANI): Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been elected as the first President of the European Union, while Britain’s European Trade Commissioner, Baroness Ashton, is the new foreign minister of the council. Poet-economist Van Rompuy is almost unknown outside Belgium.A staunch advocate of ...
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