John Kampfner
Articles by John Kampfner
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Politics
Blair was told it would be illegal to occupy Iraq
- 26 May 2003
John Kampfner reveals that the Attorney General warned the PM nearly two months ago that, without a specific UN mandate, attempts at postwar reconstruction would be unlawful
Politics
The final bout
- 19 May 2003
Seconds away, the climactic round of Blair v Brown. The euro is the immediate issue, but the two now have such radically different aims and views that something has to give
Politics
The British neoconservatives
- 12 May 2003
John Kampfner on a new alliance, comparable to Bush's backers in the US. Many are from the left; others, though from the right, think Blair the only leader worth influencing
Politics
Tony Blair: now for the relaunch
- 05 May 2003
If Iraq was his Falklands, the PM still awaits his Scargill. All pockets of resistance are to be crushed: will they include the Treasury? By John Kampfner, political editor
Politics
The Pentagon basks in triumph
- 28 April 2003
The famed military-industrial complex has won, while the diplomats have lost all clout. John Kampfner reports
Politics
The road to Damascus
- 21 April 2003
In Doha, the message is relentless: all of a sudden, the problem is Syria and the man who took tea with the Queen only months ago has stocks of nerve gas
Politics - John Kampfner
- 14 April 2003
The Chancellor, like the PM, has delivered himself as a hostage to George W Bush
Politics
Tangled in the neoconservative web
- 07 April 2003
Talk about the axis of evil is back with a vengeance, hopes for the Middle East road map are receding. So where is Blair's peace dividend? By John Kampfner, our political editor
World Affairs
Forever free
- 07 April 2003
Made in Texas: George W Bush and the southern takeover of American politics Michael Lind Basic Books, 220pp, £18.50 ISBN 0465041213
Politics
Anatomy of a propaganda war
- 31 March 2003
John Kampfner, our political editor, explains how Blair is fighting what for him is the true battle: to persuade history, as well as contemporary opinion, that he and Bush were right to start the conflict
