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Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall...
Martin Bell tells Sarah Falkland about his general election plans The leading independent campaigner Martin Bell says he is "unlikely" to stand at the next general election. Mr Bell says he has not completely ruled out another...
Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxes If someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find...
Tony Blair has not yet been asked if he is interested in succeeding George Burley as Scotland manager although, since just about everybody else has been, it seems only a matter of time before he has to tender his answer, too....
The verse-writing of the new president of the European Council is good in parts, says the former poet laureate First let me say this: on balance, I would far rather that people in politics were writing poetry than not. Where...
Do I detect a certain regret that Tony Blair failed in his bid to become president of the European council ( Comment , Leaders , 20 November)? Is there a single person left in this country who does not share in the shame of the...
"Never write about any matter that you do not well understand" – advice to us journalists once given by one of the very greatest, William Cobbett. In my many years as a newspaper columnist I have tried (perhaps not always...
• Brian Viner: Sorry, Roy, but Ireland played like superstars The furore concerning the Thierry Henry handball has moved into a new dimension of weirdness, with the player himself agreeing that the controversial World Cup...
Harriet Harman was given strong backing by the Prime Minister today after it emerged she will be prosecuted for allegedly crashing her car while on a mobile phone. Ms Harman has been told she will receive a summons to be tried...
One can only fear for Tony Blair after last Thursday's European summit at Brussels. For the truth is that evidence continues to amass that, under the Blair premiership, the British state was responsible, at times, for some...
