12 month ago
plasticbag : On similarly disturbing territory, Tony Blair has converted to the Catholic faith... - Pretty fascinating stuff. This is a man who had his authoritarian streak, clearly - and evidently believed in a faith I find near absurd. Also a man who protected a woman's right to choose and made gay people more equal than ever...
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23 month ago
deusx : Tony Blair Singing Should I Stay or Should I Go « Vid A Day - "From the people who brought you Sunday Bloody Sunday (By Dubya) comes a new video featuring Tony Blair."
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plasticbag : The Sun has its own take on what's going on with Blair and Brown - I honestly don't believe a word that The Sun says. It all seems like campaigning with their florid rhetoric. Still interesting to see where their loyalties lie.
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plasticbag : Tom Watson MP puts his letter of resignation on his weblog - I've met Tom and I believe that he's doing this for honourable reasons and that he honestly feels that Blair needs to go. I'm not sure I share those feelings, although I'm pretty clear that the authoritarian streak of the Labour party is creeping me out.
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30 month ago
Rod Begbie : Blair plans state funeral for Thatcher - State funeral for the old bag? NFW! My mum was riled enough by this to write to Tony Blair and complain! #
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33 month ago
plasticbag : Henry Porter talks in the Guardian about new legislature that would give MPs greater power with less parliamentary oversight - "The Prime Minister claims to be defending liberty but a barely noticed Bill will rip the heart out of parliamentary democracy" - the authoritarian streak of the Labour party I voted for is becoming increasingly obvious as time passes...
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39 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News reports that Blair 'attacked BBC over Katrina' - 'Prime Minister Tony Blair believes BBC coverage of Hurricane Katrina is "full of hate" for America, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has claimed in a speech.'
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39 month ago
plasticbag : The Guardian's report: Blair attacks BBC for 'anti-US bias' - "The comments threatened a new rift between the government and the BBC following the Andrew Gilligan affair over events leading to the Iraq war and recent criticisms of ministers Today presenter John Humphrys, which were controversially leaked to the pres
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39 month ago
plasticbag : The Independent's coverage of the alleged comments by Tony Blair to Rupert Murdoch - Greg Dyke's comment: "It may not come as a great surprise that the Prime Minister aims to please Murdoch but it comes as a bit of a shock he goes this far."
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44 month ago
plasticbag : Mark Millar on voting for Labour but campaigning against Blair - Apparently there's the father of an Iraq war vet campaigning against Blair in his constituency. Millar's idea - re-elect the Labour party, but make sure Blair can't lead it. Strange / intriguing.
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