Tony Blair

Israeli Foreign Minister Saar says there will not be a Palestinian state

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, asked on Wednesday what the plan was for a Palestinian state, said there would not be any. Saar made the comment to reporters following a…

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Tony Blair predicts UK will rejoin EU in future

Sir Tony Blair said he believes the UK will go back into the EU in the future, as a new poll showed support for rejoining the bloc was at a…

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Suspicions Tony Blair to form a new political party

Tony Blair is organizing a conference in late June alongside a new group dubbed the British version of Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche. The Future of Britain conference, set…

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Controversy over Tony Blair’s knighthood as petition to revoke hits 1m signatures

A petition to revoke the knighthood recently awarded to Tony Blair has reached 1m signatures in just a few days. Blair was made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble…

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Former UK PM Blair warns West should prepare for bio-terrorism threat

Islamism remains a "first order" security threat and the West should prepare for potential use of biological weapons by extremist groups, former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday.…

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Former UK PM Blair accused of breaking quarantine rules

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK COVID-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the…

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Blair and Major urge Johnson to drop ‘shocking’ plan its withdrawal agreement with EU

Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday Britain must drop a "shocking" plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in…

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Tony Blair warns coronavirus is here ‘for the foreseeable future’

Tony Blair has told Sky News the UK is going to be living with COVID-19, not eliminating it, for the foreseeable future. He added that " the problem is that…

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Boris Johnson resists easing of coronavirus lockdown

Boris Johnson has told colleagues that he is very cautious about easing lockdown restrictions and that his “overriding concern” is avoiding a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The prime…

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Labour needs ‘fundamental reconstruction’ to survive, Blair warns as party marks 120th anniversary

Labour needs to undergo “fundamental reconstruction” in order to survive, Tony Blair will warn the leadership candidates as he marks the 120th anniversary of the party’s founding. As Sir Keir…

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Tony Blair warns Labour ‘marooned on fantasy island’

Tony Blair has claimed Labour is "marooned on fantasy island" and faces the "stark" prospect of being replaced as a competitor for power in British politics. In a speech in…

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Blair states Britain is a dangerous mess

Former prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to…

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On this day…

365 Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria 1542 Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium) 1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands,…

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How failure to deliver on Brexit led to surge in support for Farage’s Brexit Party

The shadow international trade secretary, Barry Gardiner, has said parliament’s refusal to deliver Brexit has led directly to the surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, and is allowing…

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Blair to meet Salvini to discuss Azeri gas pipeline

The Italian far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini will meet former British prime minister Tony Blair in Rome to discuss controversial plans to extend a gas pipeline that will run from Azerbaijan to…

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Government’s Brexit proposal doomed to fail parliamentary test – Tony Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has described the UK government's Brexit proposal as "doomed to fail," predicting it will be voted down in Parliament. In an exclusive interview to…

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Tributes for British former Minister Tessa Jowell

Tributes have poured in from across the political spectrum for ex-Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell, who has died aged 70. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last…

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