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Archbishop Desmond Tutu quits seminar in protest over presence of Tony Blair and his support for the Iraq war
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate and icon of the anti-apartheid struggle, has withdrawn from a seminar in South Africa in protest at the presence of Tony Blair and the former prime minister’s support for the 2003 Iraq war. “The archbishop is of the view that Mr Blair’s decision to…
Tony Blair denies praying with George Bush
Former PM said he never prayed with Bush before the invasion of Iraq, but he did pray with the Salvation Army Tony Blair never did pray with George Bush before the invasion of Iraq, he said on Tuesday. “It wouldn’t have been a wrong thing, but it didn’t happen”, he…
Blair-Bush Iraq war transcript may be suppressed
Government may block information tribunal ruling that ordered record of phone conversation to be released, sources confirm An explosive transcript of one of Tony Blair’s final conversations with George Bush before the invasion of Iraq may be suppressed by the coalition government, Whitehall sources have confirmed. Dominic Grieve, the attorney…
Former aide says Tony Blair was pressured by Murdoch not to delay Iraq invasion
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch allegedly telephoned then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair on March 11, 2003 — eight days before the U.S. invasion of Iraq — and urged him not to do anything that could delay the start of the conflict. The allegation appears in the diaries of Blair’s former communications…
Heckler brands Tony Blair a ‘war criminal’ over JPMorgan payments
A heckler burst into a room where former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair was testifying on Monday and branded him a “war criminal” over alleged payments by JPMorgan for the Iraq war. David Lawley-Wakelin, who was from the Alternative Iraq Enquiry, momentarily halted Blair’s testimony to Lord Justice Leveson’s Inquiry…
Tony Blair admits he feared ‘powerful’ press
Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he made a strategic decision not to take on the power of the media during his time in office, as he testified at a press ethics inquiry on Monday. Blair, who was premier between 1997 and 2007, said he feared the battle would be so…
Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, U.K. tribunal rules
Extracts of a phone conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush a few days before the invasion of Iraq must be disclosed, a tribunal has ruled. The Foreign Office lost an appeal against an order by the information commissioner, Christopher Graham, to disclose records of the conversation between the two…
Friday Genius Ten “Oh God No” Edition
Congrats to Tony Blair, of all people, for being nominated for the Literary Review’s annual bad sex award. The award is usually given for nauseatingly written sex scenes in fiction, and in fact Blair’s memoir is the first non-fiction ever nominated. For this, I dedicate today’s Genius Ten to Tony…
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