Latest articles on Tony Blair

The hidden evils of “social cohesion”

Article Point Author - 7 Aug 2019

Bandied around as a panacea, “social cohesion” is actually a way for the elite to dominate citizens by forcing them to repress their differences

Britain’s May clashes with Blair over Brexit

Article Agency - 16 Dec 2018

May accused Blair of insulting voters and trying to undermine her government with calls for a second referendum

Elitism remains the enemy of democracy

Article Richard Pithouse - 9 Nov 2018

Ramaphosa’s inability to imagine an emancipatory path takes us back to an unsustainable elitism

‘Love Corbyn, hate Brexit’: Labour faces Brexit split

Article James Pheby - 25 Sep 2018

Britain's main opposition Labour Party is bracing for a tumultuous debate on the toxic issue of Brexit at its annual conference

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Tony Blair has been damned, but is still defending the Iraq war

Article Alice Ritchie - 8 Jul 2016

The Chilcot inquiry and subsequent report by Sir John Chilcot said diplomatic options had not been exhausted before British troops invaded Iraq.

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Chilcot report: Tony Blair’s government accused of using bogus evidence to launch 2003 Iraq invasion

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2016

The UK government's infamous "sexed-up" September dossier on Iraq's threat made the claim Iraq was producing biological and chemical weapons.

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Blair should have answered for arms deal bribes – critic

Article Sapa - 6 Oct 2014

An arms deal critic has said that Tony Blair should have been summoned to testify at the Seriti commission.

Mbeki: Blair plotted military intervention to remove Mugabe

Article bogdan TagDiv - 28 Nov 2013

Former SA president Thabo Mbeki says his country was asked by the UK for help with a military plan to remove Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

Glencore sweetens Xstrata offer

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Sep 2012

But the to and fro unsettles potential investors in the mining and commodity giant.

Deep Read: The Blair necessity

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 4 Sep 2012

Desmond Tutu has helped us see the true nature of what Tony Blair did to Iraq and increased pressure for a prosecution, writes George Monbiot.

Tutu calls for Blair, Bush to face Hague trial

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Sep 2012

Desmond Tutu has called for UK ex-leader Tony Blair and former US president George Bush to face trial in The Hague for their role in the Iraq war.

Blair calls for open-mindedness at leadership summit

Article Ahmed areff - 30 Aug 2012

Tony Blair has delivered a speech on the need for innovation while poking fun at Archbishop Desmond Tutu's refusal to attend the leadership summit.

The trouble with Tony: Tutu snubs Blair again

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Aug 2012

First he pulled out of the Discovery leadership summit, now Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has opted out of a BBC debate featuring Tony Blair.

Tutu withdraws from leadership summit

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Aug 2012

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has withdrawn from participating in a leadership summit in Johannesburg to protest the presence of Tony Blair.

Anger grows over invite to Tony Blair

Article Fatima Asmal Motala - 17 Aug 2012

A group of Durban-based organisations want to arrest Tony Blair on charges of war crimes when he arrives in South Africa later this month.

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