Tag Archives: Tony Blair

Eddy Mair takes Boris Johnson to the cleaners

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Matt

Watching Eddy Mair’s brilliant unravelling of Boris Johnson is a hugely enjoyable experience, for those of us who believe that beneath his cheeky chappie veneer, lurks a hollow Tory flim flam man on the make.    In a few deft … Continue reading →

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Tony Blair: when ignorance is bliss

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Matt

Every time I write about Tony Blair, I tell myself that it will be the last time.  But then I find myself coming back, time and again, like a dog to its vomit.   It isn’t because Blair is so interesting … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Chilcot

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Matt

I can’t say I ever expected a great deal from the Inquiry into the ‘lessons that can be learned’ from the Iraq conflict, which  Gordon Brown reluctantly established in 2009.   The British elite does not generally indict itself, and … Continue reading →

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The Archbishop Removes the Emperors’ Clothes

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Matt

I’ve often wondered why it is that so many countries and institutions are prepared to pay so much money to hear Tony Blair’s observations on ‘faith’, ‘leadership’, ‘globalization’ and other subjects. They clearly aren’t paying for insight or profundity, since … Continue reading →

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