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Tony Blair’s old constituents review a musical about the former PM
Harry Hill’s Tony Blair Rock Opera will soon be appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Good Friday Agreement: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern mark 25th anniversary
The former US senator George Mitchell, the architect of the Good Friday agreement, has told Northern Ireland’s current political leaders they should act with the same courage and wisdom.
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Arise Sir Tony Blair: Chris Whitty, Jonathan Van-Tam and former PM among New Year’s honours
The new years honours have been unveiled today with awards for those who have been on the frontline of fighting the pandemic, including the chief medical officers for England, Wales and Scotland. As well awards for those in the world of sport, entertainment and politics.
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Undercover policing: Blair Peach’s partner horrified to have been spied on
It’s more than 40 years since Blair Peach died after he was hit by police officers during an anti-racism protest in west London.
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Cabinet secretary to Thatcher and Blair says ‘it’s time’ for lobbying rules to be changed
Lord Robin Butler was cabinet secretary to three prime ministers – Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.
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‘People like John Major and Tony Blair don’t call out their successors lightly’- Alistair Campbell
We are joined by Tony Blair’s former chief of communications Alastair Campbell.
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Blair and Major unite against Brexit plans
Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill – while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it.
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‘No 10 trying to scapegoat civil service, trying to avoid blame’ – former Blair aide Jonathan Powell
We spoke to Jonathan Powell – who served as chief of staff to Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister.
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Tony Blair: ‘I’m terrified about the economic damage this will do if it goes on two-three more months’
Tony Blair has called for a senior minister to be put in direct charge of mass testing Covid-19.
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‘Downing St is a very small place… lots of people may well be infected’ – former Blair aide Jonathan Powell
Earlier Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to Jonathan Powell, who was Downing Street chief of staff under Tony Blair.
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Conservatives win Blair’s former Sedgefield seat
It was always considered rock solid Labour, but now Sedgefield has a new Conservative MP.
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‘Don’t mix up election with Brexit’, says Tony Blair
We spoke to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who’s been a vocal campaigner for a second referendum, and asked whether he thought that Labour’s decision to back an election was like turkeys voting for Christmas.
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Series 3, Episode 22: Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair is a leading international human rights lawyer, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair: ‘Election wrong thing to do’
The former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned Jeremy Corbyn of the risk of an election, calling it an “elephant trap”.
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The Powell Brothers: Siblings on advising Thatcher and Blair, Brexit and the leaked memos| Politics: Where Next? podcast
In this week’s podcast we bring together two brothers – Charles Powell and Jonathan Powell.
