John Kampfner
Articles by John Kampfner
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Politics
Blair dithered because his confidence has gone
- 10 January 2005
Tsunami 4: John Kampfner suggests the PM's best plan was to have come home and directed relief tasks quietly, without announcing it to the media
Politics
We punish the man, but protect a corrupt system
- 01 January 2005
Who is guiltier, a minister who fast-tracked a visa or a Prime Minister who lied about the need to go to war? The Budd inquiry proves that real justice will continue to elude us under Blair. By John Kampfner
Society
Power for a Purpose
- 01 January 2005
2005: General election year - As Tony Blair heads for a third election campaign as Labour Party leader, John Kampfner and Peter Wilby, in a comradely spirit, offer him a draft manifesto, Power for a Purpose, designed to transform him into a proper social democrat while keeping his party in office
Politics
NS Interview - Denis MacShane
- 13 December 2004
The minister for Europe on how the euro (''that damn currency'') has become a fetish and how he told Chirac home truths. Denis MacShane interviewed
Politics
Blunkett: new Labour's fallen icon
- 06 December 2004
The Home Secretary has always occupied a special place in Tony Blair's government: he is the man who can reach the people his boss can't
Politics
Politics - John Kampfner finds ministers on the defence
- 29 November 2004
Tony Blair, the Karl Rove of British politics, made a crucial mistake with the Queen's Speech: he talked tough on security rather than the causes of insecurity
Politics
The law chief who bowed to Blair
- 22 November 2004
EXCLUSIVE: The NS reveals how, on the eve of the Iraq invasion, Tony Blair and George Bush leant on Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, to change his mind on the legality of the war
Politics
Politics - John Kampfner on the only friend Tony has left
- 15 November 2004
Even "new Europe" has now parted from Tony Blair on Iraq. The PM has been reduced to phoning Hungary's centre-right opposition, begging it to scupper plans to withdraw troops
Politics
Politics - Blairites celebrate to soon
- 08 November 2004
For a brief spell, those at No 10 could allow themselves to let down their guard and show what they really thought of Bush. Blair, it seemed, was off the hook. Then came the reality
Politics
NS interview - Geoff Hoon
- 08 November 2004
The Defence Secretary denies concern about Iraq is growing in Labour ranks and hints that we should expect more wars. Geoff Hoon interviewed
