The road to war in Iraq
Could a resolute cabinet and a more sceptical press have stopped Tony Blair?
ByTony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG, better known as Tony Blair, is a British politician. He was the prime minister of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2007 and the leader of the Labour Party between 1994 and 1997. During his leadership, Blair is known for rebranding the Labour Party as “New Labour”. He studied at Fettes College and then studied law at St John’s College at the University of Oxford. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on the former prime minister here.
Keir Starmer’s economic model isn’t Blairism – it’s ordoliberalism
The Labour leader’s emphasis on economic institutions resembles the philosophy behind Germany’s social market.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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Who will be Keir Starmer’s chief of staff?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Keir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
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From Tony Blair to Boris Johnson our leaders have seemed to act like presidents.
Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”
As the Conservative Party unravels, Starmer is plotting a route to No 10. Is he the radical leader the country…
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Is Keir Starmer brilliant or just lucky?
The Labour leader’s advance owes more to Tory failure than to any success on his part.
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How radical will Keir Starmer be on constitutional reform?
It remains to be seen how many of Gordon Brown’s 40 recommendations the party leader embraces.
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Labour’s left needs a serious strategy for the Starmer era
The new generation of left MPs need to stop trying to be the next Jeremy Corbyn and start trying to…
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How redistributive was New Labour?
Though inequality did not fall under Blair and Brown, child and pensioner poverty were dramatically reduced.
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Letter of the week: Making the grade
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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British diplomacy in the dock
A former diplomat’s new book reveals that, for 25 years, UK foreign policy has left mainly harm and disorder in…
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Why we need to scrap GCSEs
After decades of dithering, politicians must provide young people with the modern education they deserve.
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In defence of GCSEs and A-levels
Tony Blair was wrong – exams are the best form of assessment we’ve got.
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From the NS archive: The Tuscan holiday
26 July 1999: Chiantishire may be the New Labour idyll of choice. But it has protection rackets, tax avoidance and…
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Does Tony Blair’s new centrist project have any answers?
At the former PM’s Future of Britain conference, it felt as if the past 15 years of British politics never…
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In defence of centrism
Far from being outmoded Thatcherites, most centrists are sophisticated and adaptable thinkers.
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Tony Blair’s technophilia is a dead end for the left
His deterministic embrace of technology leaves many voters out in the cold.
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Why British politics is broken
The traditional left-right era is over and neither the Conservatives, nor Labour, have changed enough.
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