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• in Politics
  Who Needs Tony Blair for British PM Any Way?
  Tony Blair may never be elected again to become the leader and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but with Hollande of France, Merkel of Germany, and Obama of the United States, who are going to lead the world in this decade, there will be a gaping hole in the British chair around the table.
  by forgevalley / on Jul 16, 2012
• in Politics
  As South Israel is Attacked, Londoners Call for the Destruction of Israel
  While Israel fends out Palestinian attacks for the past week, Londoners are openly calling for the destruction of Israel itself and the support of Hamas.
  by clairethebear88 / on Aug 24, 2011
• in Politics
  Standards Not Structures
  Welcome to the Age of Unreason
  by joe1970 / on Oct 20, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “tony blair”

 

• Why speaking to journalists off the record doesnt guarantee anonymity

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Why should we believe claims made in The Times and the Daily Telegraph that a senior Tory referred to the partys activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons"? Because, frankly, it stretches credulity to think that two reporters from competing titles would concoct a fake story based on such a specific quote. As I wrote ...
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• Gay marriage and David Cameron: what he could learn from Conan the Barbarian

  
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  There’s a scene from the first season of the West Wing when Josh Lyman tells President Bartlet: “We talk about enemies more than we used to.” It’s either touching or cloying, depending on your perspective, but either way, it touches on an essential truth of politics: to govern is to make enemies. For better or ...
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• Do you find time for strategic thinking?

  
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  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was adviced by Bill Clinton to schedule time to think strategically on a regular basis. Watch this short video of him talking to  Garth Saloner , Dean of  Stanford Graduate School of Business,  about Clinton’s advice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_w7SEvbYGU ...
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• David Cameron should stop grovelling to Barack Obama and stand up for Britain over the Falklands

  
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  The prime minister jets into Washington this weekend, for a meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday. As I noted in a piece earlier this week, this is an opportunity for David Cameron to look like a statesman, not a cheerleader. His last visit to Washington was an embarrassment, with the British [...]
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• “during the Derry visit, Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson were nowhere to be seen, surely mindful of their upcoming trade mission to China.”

  
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  According to an Irish News report today …OFMDFM has refuted any suggestion that the Stormont leaders snubbed the Dalai Lama when he visited Derry last month. A spokesperson for OFMDFM said the ministers were unable to attend “due to prior diary commitments”. Which is fine …   After all, “diary ...
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• Nick Clegg met Tony Blair twice in four months to discuss Europe

  
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  Nick Clegg has met Tony Blair twice in four months to discuss Europe, it has emerged. Related Stories Sketch: Lord Lawson gently clobbers Clegg RSPCA criticised by judge for wasting valuable court time by calling off Hunting Act prosecution at 11th hour 1.1m children forecast to fall back into poverty - ...
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• What price do you put on a life, does £710- or $1,103- seem appropriate?

  
  The Mellow Jihadi — Authority: 651
  There are days when I burst with pride at being English, as well as being British. Cancel both today for at least 24 hours… Quick background introduction… The previous Labour Socialist Government ( courtesy of Tony Blair & Gordon Brown ) tore the heart out of the United Kingdom, as well as its ...
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• May 6 in history

  
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  1527  Spanish and German troops sacked Rome ;  147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, died fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant’Angelo. 1536  King Henry VIII ordered English language Bibles be placed in every church. 1542  Francis Xavier ...
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• Interview with producer Hal Vogel

  
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  David Tennant & Emily Watson star in the multi-part political drama “The Politicians Husband” from writer Paula Milne. The miniseries’ main focus is on the characters of Aiden & Freya Hoynes, a rising political power couple in the Palace of Westminster. However, things take a drastic turn when a ...
  3 weeks ago

• House of Comments - Episode 56 - A Pretty Straight Sort of Guy

  
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  Episode 56 of the House of Comments podcast "A Pretty Straight Sort of Guy" was recorded on Sunday and was out yesterday. This week myself and Emma Burnell analyse Tony Blairs latest comments about the UK political scene with respect to Labour in particular, Iain Duncan-Smiths suggestion that wealthy pensioners ...
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• PES candidates for Commission President

  
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  Every five years Brussels has a bout of political intrigue. It is the time when a new European Parliament is elected, and connected to that, a new team of European Commissioners chosen. The European Parliament elections are due in May 2014, and with the Commission due to be chosen in the autumn of 2014, speculation in ...
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• A Meaningless Opt-out

  
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  What is the point of our government acquiring an opt-out from EU legislation and then transforming our national laws to fall into exact alignment with the original EU legislation? It would be reasonable to assume that the opt-out was negotiated in the first place because the EU laws were not acceptable to our ...
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• Union bosses throwing their weight around in UK

  
  Whale Oil Beef Hooked | A blog by Cameron Slater — Authority: 143
  The union bosses are getting touchy, and are now issuing orders to the Labour party. Union boss Len McCluskey demanded the sacking of three Blairite members of the shadow cabinet yesterday as Labour’s biggest paymaster sought to impose his far left policies. The boss of Unite threatened Labour with the loss of ...
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• McCluskey attacks “Blairites”

  
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  Today the New Statesman are carrying an interview in which recently re-elected Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey attacks “Blairites” in the Shadow Cabinet – with particular criticism for Douglas Alexander and Jim Murphy: “Ed Miliband must spend most of his waking hours grappling with what lies before ...
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• Prime Ministers and their Properties: 5 of the Best

  
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  If the expenses scandal taught us anything, its that politicians like their property and it seems the relationship between public servants and real estate is an historical one. You need only look at some of Britains most famous prime ministers to see that the premiers like a home to impress, providing a stunning ...
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• Apologists for Israel take top posts at BBC

  
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  James Harding, holder of the “most important” editorial job in Britain, has a history of supporting Zionism.
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• Thinking oustide of the Box

  
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  Anatole Kaletskysays the Dave’s not the Tory party “The Conservative Party has not just moved to the left, abandoning Margaret Thatcher and leapfrogging Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on to what David Cameron described as the liberal, progressive mainstream of British politics. No, the Cameron project appears to be ...
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