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At the shallow end of politics, we feel great waves of ennui
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WE will begin today with a City share tip.
At the risk of upsetting the Financial Services regulators, this
column recommends that buyers place all their spare cash, along with
grandma's pension pot and the children's pocket money, in drugs.
Look for multinational pharmaceutical companies which make pills
treating the following ailments: analgesia, narcosis and the advanced
stages of catalepsy. It is, you see, going to be a numbingly dull two
years at the Palace of Westminster....
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If Tony Blair is to stay, he must decide what to do about Brown Matthew d'Ancona, Political Journalist of the Year, says that the astonishing disclosure of a ministerial campaign to keep the Prime Minister in No 10 means things can never be the same again
The Sunday Telegraph London
; It had been a near thing, but now, at last, it was over. "What's going on over there?" the Prime Minister asked. "How does it all feel?" It was June 10, the day of the European and local elections and Mr Blair - still in Sea Island, Georgia for the G8 summit - was officially checking in with a
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Bloodied and slightly bowed, Tony Blair battles on; Politics.(The prime minister is edging towards the exit)
The Economist (US)
; ... in everything--had begun gathering signatures for a letter demanding that Mr Blair set out a timetable for his departure. As news of the Westminster plot spread, Mr Blair's hope that his extensive reshuffle might be seen as a vigorous assertion of prime ministerial ...
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Britain's Prime Minister Assumes Presidential Air; Blair Uses Strong Personality to Consolidate Power
The Washington Post
; Tony Blair has adopted many personas as Britain's leader: political reformer, griever in chief, genial host of Friday night town meetings, relentless enforcer of a disciplined message. He is called the prime minister, but he plays a role more familiar to Americans -- the role of president. Both as
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Tony Blair has already resigned. He just hasn't realised it yet Although he survived last autumn's abortive coup, the Prime Minister has been a political wraith ever since, says Matthew d'Ancona
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Tony Blair became Prime Minister on May 2, 1997 and resigned on September 7, 2006. Be in no doubt: that was the day on which his premiership ended. During a visit to Quinton Kynaston School in north London, he announced, after a failed but hugely damaging backbench coup, that the forthcoming Labour
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Blair's Final Act; Once the election is over, the real political game begins. The prime minister wants his legacy; Gordon Brown wants power.
Newsweek International
; Byline: Stryker McGuire (With Emily Flynn) Tony Blair doesn't sound like a man heading into retirement. The British prime minister has repeatedly said he will serve just one more term. But on the eve of almost certain re-election this week, he seems every inch the man running for his life--or at
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Mr Blair finds the language to steady the ship of state `The Prime Minister kept his head when an awful lot of his friends and foes have been losing theirs'
The Independent - London
; TONY BLAIR must have risen for his fourth conference speech as Prime Minister cursing the paradoxical nature of the British voter. We want him to be a leader, of course, but a listener, too. We want him to stand firm against the protesters we don't like, but he must surely understand our particular
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The blair project: the prime minister as architect and traveling salesman for international communitarianism. (The Whole World Is Watching).(Tony Blair)
The American Prospect
; ... author, Jo Moore, suggested that the horror in the United States created a good moment to slip out some politically inconvenient news about the expenses of local-authority councillors. Although Blair has condemned her words, she remains in post. But it is wrong ...
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After decade, Blair to quit on June 27; Prime minister defends Iraq war.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Al Webb, THE WASHINGTON TIMES LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, blinking back tears but conceding that 10 years in office was long enough, announced yesterday that he will resign on June 27. Mr. Blair said in a 19-minute speech that he will submit his resignation to Queen
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A 3rd term would be his last, Blair saysUnveiling manifesto, prime minister vows not to run again CAMPAIGN 2005
International Herald Tribune
; Alan Cowell International Herald Tribune 04-14-2005 Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled his party's electoral promises on Wednesday and twinned the announcement with a pledge that Britain's May 5 ballot would be his last. Blair has said in the past that he will not contest a fourth national election
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'I cannot leave until I have sorted all of this mess out' The worsening situation in Iraq is fuelling speculation that Tony Blair will be forced to step down. But the Prime Minister has made it clear that he won't go without resolving the crisis, report MELISSA KITE and PATRICK HENNESSY
The Sunday Telegraph London
; As the tales of torture by British troops grew more lurid and shocking, the icy resolve of Tony Blair appeared to slip last week. The Prime Minister turned to one of his closest advisers and referred to the increasingly fevered speculation surrounding his ability to fight on at Number 10. "He said
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