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Wednesday 19 January 2011

Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is now a Middle East envoy, has published A Journey, his memoirs.

Latest Tony Blair news

Sir John Chilcot 'disappointed' over talks disclosure ban

Sir John Chilcot ‘disappointed’ after being blocked from disclosing the contents of secret talks between Tony Blair and George W Bush.

18 Jan 2011

Iraq inquiry: Chilcot 'disappointed' Bush-Blair comments not released

The head of the civil service has refused to allow the official inquiry into the Iraq war to publish notes sent by Tony Blair to former US president George Bush.

18 Jan 2011

Blair 'misled' Commons over Iraq war

Tony Blair misled Parliament by claiming that Britain could legally attack Iraq in the face of UN opposition.

17 Jan 2011

Cherie Blair wore special pendant

Cherie Blair wore a special charm to "ward off evil spirits" because she needed to be "slightly mad" to cope with life at No 10, according to Tony Blair's former communications chief Alastair Campbell.

15 Jan 2011

Iraq inquiry: date set for Tony Blair's second appearance

Tony Blair is to make his second appearance before the Iraq Inquiry on Friday January 21, it has been announced.

12 Jan 2011

Tony Blair makes £710,000 from mysterious web of companies

Tony Blair made made a profit of at least £710,000 last year from a mysterious web of companies set up to further his business interests, it can be revealed.

25 Dec 2010

Tony and Cherie Blair's 'seasonal' card

Tony and Cherie Blair's Christmas card is far from festive, despite their much-publicised enthusiasm for their Roman Catholic faith.

23 Dec 2010

Chilcot inquiry: the real shocks are still to come

The Blair government's mishandling of the occupation of Iraq is a humiliating scandal waiting to be explored, says Christopher Booker.

11 Dec 2010

Tony Blair recalled to Chilcot inquiry

Tony Blair has been recalled to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war to clarify his evidence.

09 Dec 2010

Blair back at Iraq inquiry

Tony Blair called to give further evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry.

08 Dec 2010

Blair's EU rebate 'surrender' to cost billions

William Hague has warned the European Union it must curb its spending after European officials opened new multimillion pound British headquarters in central London.

06 Dec 2010

Blair's EU rebate 'surrender' to cost billions

Tony Blair's decision to cut Britain's European Union rebate is set to cost British taxpayers billions of pounds more than previously estimated.

04 Dec 2010

Blair defends religious faith

Tony Blair has defended religious faith as a force for good in the world.

27 Nov 2010

Tony Blair debates faith with writer Christopher Hitchens

Tony Blair was due to make the most extensive comments of his career on Friday regarding his personal Christian faith in a public debate in Toronto with the atheist writer Christopher Hitchens.

26 Nov 2010

Ed Miliband: 50p tax rate should be made permanent

The 50p tax rate for high earners should be made permanent, according to Ed Miliband as he promised “profound” changes to the Labour party.

22 Nov 2010

Gordon Brown: I haven't read Tony Blair's memoirs

Gordon Brown has dismissed his former colleagues' political memoirs as "minutiae and gossip" and revealed that he had not even read Tony Blair's book, A Journey.

21 Nov 2010

Cherie Blair's new haircut seizes the moment

Cherie Blair says she 'had it off' to keep up with the latest hair fashions.

11 Nov 2010

George Osborne chooses Grayson Perry

George Osborne drew on an unlikely source of inspiration as he finalised plans for the most radical public spending cuts for a generation this summer, it has emerged.

11 Nov 2010

David Cameron’s photographer allowed despite Tony Blair’s being blocked

David Cameron was allowed to put his ‘vanity photographer’ on the Government payroll despite Tony Blair being stopped from making an identical appointment, it has been claimed.

10 Nov 2010

Government stands firm on waterboarding opposition

British government reinstates opposition to waterboarding, after George W Bush insisted that it helped save British lives by stopping Islamist attacks in London.

09 Nov 2010

Brown hits out at Blair's 'broken promises'

Gordon Brown issued a thinly veiled swipe at Tony Blair as he hit out at politicians who fail to step down from office after two terms.

09 Nov 2010

Bush: 'waterboarding averted attacks on London'

Former US president insists "waterboarding" terrorist suspects saved British lives by stopping Islamist attacks on Heathrow.

09 Nov 2010

How 'First Lady’ Cherie became queen

A portrait of Mrs Blair as Eleanor of Aquitaine says a lot about her – and our celebrity culture, says Peter Stanford .

05 Nov 2010

'Glorified bus shelter'

Blairs submit 91-page dossier for “contemporary” pavilion.

01 Nov 2010

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