Tony Blair
We Might Finally Get Some Truth About the UK’s Role in Iraq — But Not Until Next Year
Launched in 2009, the Chilcot Inquiry was tasked with examining the country’s involvement in the Iraq War. Costing millions of pounds to the UK taxpayer, and suffering from years of delay, the report is finally on the horizon.
The Hangover News
This weekend, Tony Blair apologised for the Iraq war (a bit) and some frozen shit plummeted from a passenger plane through the roof of a retired couple's Wiltshire home.
Britain's Labour Party Elects Leftist Jeremy Corbyn as Leader in Major Upset
Corbyn, a 66-year-old vegetarian, won by offering wealth taxes, nuclear disarmament, and ambiguity about the future of the UK’s membership in the EU.
Hey Labour: Shut Up About Tony Blair
Labour has to get over its troubled relationship with its dad-who-can't-let-go.
Hillary Clinton Was Urged to Lobby for Tony Blair's Bid for European President, Emails Show
Sidney Blumenthal asked Clinton to influence Angela Merkel in Blair's 2009 European President bid.
Stepping Down as Envoy, Tony Blair Likely to Keep Close Ties with Powerful in Gulf
While Blair's Quartet role was itself unpaid, the former British prime minister has amassed a vast fortune from business deals, many in the Gulf.
Tony Blair Resigns from Middle East Envoy Position, Official Says
The former British Prime Minister is said to have written a letter to United Nations head Ban Ki-moon notifying him of his resignation from the Quartet.
How Five More Years of Tory Rule Will Change Britain for the Worse
Changes in the economy don't just wreck lives; they can alter the structure of how we see the world around us.
What We Can Learn About Prince Charles from His Letters to Politicians
There's a lot more to the Prince of Wales than a love of old buildings and Patagonian fish.
The Hangover News
This weekend, anti-Tory protesters in London demonstrated outside Downing Street, and an anti-Tory protester in Plymouth smeared shit all over the office windows of his local Conservative MP.
A Middle East Peace 'Visionary': Tony Blair Steps In as Character Witness in Ex-Israeli Leader's Corruption Case
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been convicted of corruption twice, but international man of peace Tony Blair still rates him as a trustworthy guy.
An Interview with Louis Theroux
We spoke to the filmmaker about how he evolved from the laugh-heavy oddness of Weird Weekends to sensitive, important investigations into mental health and transgender politics.