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Will the UK send troops to Ukraine? The challenges facing Starmer’s plan
21 Feb 2025 14:54 GMT
… years, the Chilcot inquiry found that the UK’s decision to … 1 million people marched through London.
The 12-week initial … fully learned from Tony Blair's mistakes
The Iraq inquiry report also … the state of Britain’s finances.
The UK saw significant protests …
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Tony Blair: The moment I saw what power was, and what it could do, I wanted it
13 Sep 2024 01:40 GMT
… office in London drinking espressos.But surely Sir Tony Blair — “ … Merkel and George W Bush at the G8 summit … Iraq inquiry, his views haven’t changed, he says. He still believes Britain … Tony Blair (Hutchinson Heinemann, £25). To order, go to timesbookshop.co.uk …
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Mum of soldier, 19, killed in Iraq war bomb says Tony Blair 'murdered my son'
21 Mar 2023 11:41 GMT
… for Tony Blair
A mum has blamed ex-UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair for … into the country. The Iraq Inquiry report said that war was … quot; intelligence and that the UK “chose to join the … George W Bush shakes hands with Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003 …
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Distract and divert: How Tony Blair screens his role in Iraq War
18 Mar 2023 16:06 GMT
… demonstrations ever seen in Britain.
It was the … President George Bush and former UK Prime minister Tony Blair chiefly orchestrated … his Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in central London, … of the "Iraq Inquiry", John Chilcot, whose mission was …
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Ministers should explain ‘legal basis’ for Australia going to war to avoid another Iraq, inquiry says
31 Mar 2023 05:29 GMT
An inquiry has called for the government to be made to explain to parliament the “legal basis” for sending Australian troops to war, in an apparent bid to avoid a repeat of the Iraq war debacle.
According to proposals published on Friday, changes to the …
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Iraq war 20 years on: the British government has never fully learnt from Tony Blair's mistakes
17 Mar 2023 15:48 GMT
… of how prime minister Tony Blair made the decisions he … the official Iraq inquiry in 2016 Sir John Chilcot said “the UK was, … the culture that prime minister Tony Blair established in Number 10 … . Blair committed to backing Bush come what may without talking …
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Who is General Gwyn Jenkins, the UK’s national security adviser?
26 Apr 2024 05:37 GMT
… team; bring together the UK national security community; cultivate … the lessons of the Chilcot Iraq inquiry, the then NSA initiated … the Covid pandemic, the UK Integrated Review demanded improvements … invasion of Ukraine, the UK Integrated Review Refresh said …
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Getting Away With Murder Wasn’t Enough for Tony Blair
07 Jan 2022 18:29 GMT
… you, whatever,” Blair wrote Bush in July 2002—and … the National Health Service—Britain’s greatest postwar achievement— … the contrary, as the Iraq inquiry notes, the assessed intelligence … not believe, as Chilcot did not, that Tony Blair “was straight” with …
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Petition to strip former Prime Minister Tony Blair of knighthood reaches almost 600,000 signatures
04 Jan 2022 15:23 GMT
… for war crimes. "Tony Blair is the least deserving person … alongside US President George W Bush following the 9/ … place. The Report of the Iraq Inquiry into the decisions made to … John Chilcot, who stated: "We have concluded that the UK …
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Petition demanding Tony Blair is stripped of his knighthood approaches 500,000 signatures
03 Jan 2022 12:55 GMT
… another signatory, added: "Tony Blair should be prosecuted not knighted … being savaged by the Chilcot report.
The former prime … happened.
But he claimed the Iraq Inquiry proved 'there were … Belfast and London alike.
I continue to believe Britain did …