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Blair: The reckoning

With Tony Blair set to announce his departure we look his decade in office.

What Tony Blair and David Miliband have to say to the Labour Party

What Tony Blair and David Miliband have to say to the Labour Party

Blair tells the party to focus on the centre-ground and links with the City, echoing Miliband's NS essay.

Britain admits that it was spying on Russians with

Britain admits that it was spying on Russians with "fake rock"

Jonathan Powell reveals that the 2006 allegations were true.

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Why is Blair the peace envoy so desperate for war with Iran?

Why is Blair the peace envoy so desperate for war with Iran?

Despite his catastrophic misjudgement on Iraq, Blair retains a strange superiority complex.

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Radical Islamism goes deeper than we think, says Tony Blair

Radical Islamism goes deeper than we think, says Tony Blair

In a forensic and measured interview by the BBC's John Humphrys, the former Prime Minister defends his actions after 9/11.

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Tony Blair calls for regime change in Iran and Syria

Tony Blair calls for regime change in Iran and Syria

"Regime change in Tehran would immediately make me more optimistic about the whole of the region."

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Blair revealed to be godfather to Murdoch's daughter

Blair revealed to be godfather to Murdoch's daughter

Wendi Deng reveals that Blair is godfather to her nine-year-old daughter Grace.

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Tony Blair: there's no moral decline in this country

Tony Blair: there's no moral decline in this country

Former PM challenges left and right to think again about the riots.

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Blair refuses to distance himself from Murdoch

Blair refuses to distance himself from Murdoch

The former PM avoided any criticism of the Murdochs at a press conference in Australia.

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Blair does Miliband no favours

Blair does Miliband no favours

Former prime minister backs the coalition's NHS and education reforms.

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Is Blair the best man to give advice to Labour in 2011?

Tony's back in town . . .

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More in Tony Blair

Blair rejects "Blue Labour"

Blair warns that Labour won’t win by indulging in “nostalgia”.

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Cameron and Blair: the real counter-terrorism coalition

Cameron is completing the policy Blair had begun to implement.

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The hypocrisy of the hawks

From Blair to McCain, how can we take these people seriously on Libya and military action?

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Blair gives Cameron his blessing

Former PM praises shift to a “policy of intervention”.

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Blair is back to give Ed a headache

Not to put too fine a point on things, Tony is pissed off.

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Campbell on Campbell

The feared former spin doctor reflects on what the latest instalment of his diaries reveals about his part in the Blair years

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The truth about Egypt

The US and the UK have backed and funded Hosni Mubarak's corrupt, tawdry dictatorship for far too long.

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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

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

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Christopher Hitchens v Tony Blair: the video

Watch the atheist writer and the former prime minister clash over religion in Toronto.

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The interview

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

The interview

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

On Syria

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

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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