Arch-Remainer Tony Blair says he would have BACKED the Brexit deal in House of Commons as he compares leaving the EU to ‘shock therapy’ Tony Blair said he would have voted ‘tactically’ for the Brexit trade agreement Former PM compared leaving the EU to ‘shock therapy’ for the UK to change But he warned it … Read more
Tonight Britain will leave the European Union for good, as the demands of the 2016 referendum are finally met. Ever since that historic result, there have been four and a half years of relentlessly bitter rancour between opposing sides, and in the process reputations were made and lost. So, more than 1,600 days after the … Read more
Welsh actor Michael Sheen reveals he gave BACK his OBE after criticising ‘past wrongs’ committed by the English Welsh actor, 51, made the revelation whilst giving a lecture on history of Wales He made controversial move of returning the honour to avoid being a hypocrite He also took issue with the Prince of Wales’ title, claiming it … Read more
Queen’s dislike for Tony Blair is ‘bed-blocking’ the honours system as gongs cannot be given to politicians who succeeded him without him getting them too, sources say Sources have said that officials wish to correct the imbalance in those honoured Tory politicians hold 22 and Labour four of the 102 current highest honours Blair angered … Read more
When Tony Blair starts lecturing the nation on how to manage the Covid mass vaccination programme, one might be forgiven for switching off. The former prime minister has no scientific background but does have a notable talent for jumping aboard bandwagons. But he is right to draw national attention to the issue of vaccine delivery. … Read more
Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL coronavirus vaccine supplies to get at least one dose of the jab to millions of people as NHS doctors are ‘frustrated’ with slow roll-out By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:39 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 08:42 GMT, 23 December 2020 … Read more
Prime ministers can make big mistakes and be forgiven. But sometimes an error is so defining of failure that the public never forgets. John Major was doomed from the moment Britain crashed out of the European exchange rate mechanism – into which he had led the country two years earlier – in September 1992. The … Read more
Where’s Wilfred? Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds chose snap of their dog Dilyn rather than new son to front No10 Christmas card… despite previous PMs sharing family photos on cover Seen outside No 10, the Jack Russell cross is pictured donning green tinsel Twitter wags joked that the dog ‘he must share the same hair … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair has slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson is planning on slashing the £15billion international development budget to … Read more
David Cameron said Boris Johnson‘s rumoured plan to cut Britain’s foreign aid spending by £5billion would be a ‘moral, strategic and political’ error – while Tony Blair slammed the proposals as ‘a profound strategic mistake’. Intervention from the two former Prime Ministers follows reports that Boris Johnson was planning on slashing the £15 billion international development budget … Read more