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Monday, May 6

08

Peter Rhodes on slowing cars, awarding medals and Tony Blair as a startled rabbit

As you may have gathered from the many “save our loo” campaigns up and down the country, incontinence is a hot potato.

Peter Rhodes on slowing cars, awarding medals and Tony Blair as a startled rabbit

As you may have gathered from the many “save our loo” campaigns up and down the country, incontinence is a hot potato.

Friday, May 3

04

In 1997 Tony Blair filled me with hope but I'm afraid Starmer is just going around stirring up apathy...

www.dailymail.co.uk

Do you remember 1997? I certainly do. They were heady days for a young Labour member (I was 32 and I'm counting that as young).

Monday, Apr 29

07

‘I still think Tony was right on Iraq’: Labour’s Ben Bradshaw on Blair, Brexit and battling homophobia

www.theguardian.com

Elected in the 1997 landslide, Westminster’s answer to Hugh Grant was one of the first openly gay MPs – and a firebrand on TV. After 27 years, he reveals why he’s leaving politics behind

Sunday, Apr 28

08

Tony Blair had it, Boris Johnson too... the quality that wins Angela Rayner support despite her gaffes | Martha Gill

www.theguardian.com

Politicians who speak their minds and believe what they say are so rare that voters will forgive them almost anything

Saturday, Apr 27

09

Scotsman Obituaries: Frank Field, Labour political maverick who was appointed by Tony Blair to ‘think the unthinkable'

www.scotsman.com

Frank Ernest Field, politician. Born: 16 July 1942 in Edmonton, Middlesex. Died: 23 April 2024, aged 81

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Thursday, Apr 25

20

Wes Streeting says Labour is better prepared than it was in 1997 under Tony Blair

www.mirror.co.uk

Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he wants to oversee 'revolutionary' use of data in the NHS as he said the party is in a better position now than in 1997

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Labour vows to grow economy by being 'more pro-business than Tony Blair'

www.mirror.co.uk

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour has major plans to revamp the business sector and boost the UK economy, including becoming the fastest-growing economy in the G7

Sunday, Apr 21

19

Brexit Backtrack: Tony Blair Calls on Labour Party to 'Reset' UK Relations with EU After General Election

www.breitbart.com

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has called upon the Labour Party to "reset" relations with the EU if they win the next general election.

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Thursday, Apr 18

01

New statue of Tony Blair in Kosovo town honours ‘Tonibler’ cult

www.independent.co.uk

As sculptor Agon Qosa put some of the finishing touches to a statue of Tony Blair, he thought about what the former British prime minister had done for Kosovo a quarter of a century ago.

Tuesday, Apr 16

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Wednesday, Apr 3

18

UK should stop arms sales to Israel, Tony Blair’s ex-foreign secretary says

inews.co.uk

'The time has come to suspend all arms sales to Israel' as its armed forces 'are not careful', Jack Straw tells i

Monday, Apr 1

22

Tony Blair wants to help Azerbaijan run its climate talks

www.politico.eu

The former PM's interest highlights the contradictions for the powerbrokers and consultants running COP29.

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Clive Anderson: ‘I studied with Blair. I thought he’d be a parish councillor’

inews.co.uk

The comedian and presenter talks pushing people too far, losing his vanity, and his old pal Tony Blair

Wednesday, Mar 27

18

Scottish Labour predicts a general election victory like that of Tony Blair in 1997

www.scotsman.com

However pollsters warn UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is not a popular choice at the ballot box

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Thursday, Mar 21

12

Owen Jones quits Labour to back new Socialist 'pressure group' swiping that Keir Starmer shuns anyone 'to the Left of Peter Mandelson'... as leader reveals he talks to Tony Blair 'a lot'

www.dailymail.co.uk

The Socialist columnist for the Guardian has announced he is shifting to support a new pressure group, We Deserve Better.

Starmer in regular talks with Blair as he prepares Labour for power

www.shropshirestar.com

The Labour leader said he talks to Sir Tony Blair about the way to prepare to move from opposition to government.