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Blair, the BBC and dictatorship

Blair, the BBC and dictatorship

The Iraq war was a catastrophe for the way the UK is governed.

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Blair on the left and the right

Blair on the left and the right

We were “the most successful centre-left government in the world”, says Blair.

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We can’t pin Iraq on Blair alone

We can’t pin Iraq on Blair alone

It's time to hold all of the Iraq hawks to account, not just "Bliar".

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Hans Blix at the Iraq inquiry

Hans Blix at the Iraq inquiry

UN weapons inspector makes clear that 2003 invasion took place despite lack of evidence and increased co-operation from the Iraqis.

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Alastair Campbell -- overcome by emotion? Really?

Alastair Campbell -- overcome by emotion? Really?

It is difficult to take the former spin doctor's emotional outburst at face value.

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Why I placed that Ban Blair-Baiting advertisement

Why I placed that Ban Blair-Baiting advertisement

The hate-speech directed at Tony Blair must be countered.

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We will wait for ever for Blair to face a reckoning

It is Blair's judgement not whether he told the truth that should be called into question.

At the Iraq inquiry, Blair is still avoiding specifics

Questioning on the legality of the invasion did not go far enough in the first session of the afternoon.

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Blair is in control of the narrative so far

Blair is in control of the narrative so far

The Staggers' third instalment from the Chilcot inquiry today.

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Blair at the Chilcot inquiry: the first session

Blair at the Chilcot inquiry: the first session

After a nervous beginning, the former PM has hit his stride.

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More in Iraq Inquiry

Waiting for Blair: the scene outside the Iraq inquiry

It is like a circus as protesters and journalists await Chilcot's star witness.

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The bulletproof case against Blair

In the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, our prime minister insisted that he didn’t want war – yet he rushed headlong into it anyway, based on a hunch. Here, experts he ignored at the time judge him in a way the Chilcot inquiry may fail to do

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Lord Goldsmith tells the inquiry . . . not much

If you wanted cloak-and-dagger revelations of government pressure, you won't find them here

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Alastair Campbell, Chilcot and snow

The Chilcot inquiry is a win-win for Blair and Campbell

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It was "savage" for Campbell. But only outside

A defiant Alastair Campbell was never going to come clean at the Iraq inquiry

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The price of regime change

Bomb attacks in Iraq show that elections do not guarantee stability

Blair and the "narcissist's defence"

Ken Macdonald on why "I did what I thought was right" is not a defence

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The Chilcot Inquiry - 10th December

We bring you a run-down of the day's key evidence

Leader: Our craven calculations in Iraq must not infect Afghanistan

The Iraq war was a ruinous mistake. The lessons from it have not yet been learned.

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Iraq: the crime of the century

The purpose of the Chilcot inquiry is to normalise an epic crime by providing enough of a theatre of guilt to satisfy the media

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Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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