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Blair: The reckoning
With Tony Blair set to announce his departure we look his decade in office.
Blair: my part in his make-over
I was asked to do his 1997 election broadcast precisely because my films are natural. The project was then hamstrung by people trying to create an image that would please the focus groups
A Blair-sized hole
As the Prime Minister prepares to depart these shores with his interfaith foundation, it may not be as easy as Gordon Brown might think to fill his shoes.
Revealed: the Iraq deceit
Evidence that Blair exaggerated Iraq's nuclear plans may prove the most damaging.
Luck and The Thing
As he bows out, Tony Blair may reflect that, helped by good fortune, he has left his country a more decent place, one closer to social democracy.
Iraq and the apocalypse
Why did a gifted prime minister embark on a course which people far stupider had consistently warned him could not work? David Hare on a tragic paradox
A man without history
The Third Way was not an ideology, but a classy fudge that the Prime Minister soon abandoned for Messianic belligerence
His legacy? We are a society in pieces
Ten years ago, we saw ourselves reflected by Blair as young and energetic. Now we are broken down, isolated and anxious. The "remoralisation" of society never happened: he leaves behind a country in fragments.
“I’ve no memories of anything before him”
Sarah O'Connor was 12 when Tony Blair was first elected prime minister. Here she recounts what it was like to grow up with him
Tony, the NS and me
The New Statesman has always had a close, if fraught, relationship with Labour. Here, three former editors with widely divergent political styles give a personal perspective on the years leading to the 1997 victory and the realities of power
How was Blair for you?
We asked David Hare, Geoff Mulgan, David Marquand, Suzanne Moore, John Gray and many more to give us their verdicts on Tony Blair and now it's your turn. What do you think his achievements have been in the past decade, what were his failures and, overall, is Britain a happier place? Let us know what you think Research by Sam Alexandroni and Sarah O'Connor
Maggie's boy
"You were the future, once," David Cameron famously taunted Tony Blair - but, in our final assessment, John Gray argues that new Labour failed to extricate itself from the Thatcher past
Blair-kus
Has Tony Blair's reign been an aesthetic golden age or a triumph of style over substance? The NS's favourite artists, musicians and writers commemorate him here in an ancient Japanese verse form, the "Blair-ku".
Blair: The artist's impression
What better way to sum up the Blair era than to ask some of our top artists to illustrate their feelings about the past decade? So here we present Ralph Steadman, Peter Kennard, Robert Del Naja and Stanley Donwood exclusively offering their interpretations.
How Blair can spare himself humiliation and go with dignity
It's the manner of the transition that counts
The men in grey suits must do their duty
Blair has to be persuaded to stand down. The announcement should take place this spring, with a leadership contest in the summer
Oh, what a foolish war
Saddam may be on trial, but there is now, thanks to Blair and Bush, no better time to be a dictator and abuser of human rights
How Blair backed a loser
Tony Blair's insistence he was right about invading Iraq looked increasingly absurd as the death toll mounted
Gordon works. Don't let Tony wreck it
How Blair's government came to look febrile and incompetent
Blair's triumph will be a nine-day wonder
How Hutton provided the prime minister with an opportunity to exit
Fidel Castro
The last revolutionary
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
Science
Religion and Darwin
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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