Thursday 18 August, 2022
Peter Flanagan says the new leader of Britain will be decided by a small number of people and the choice isn’t great.
The former British prime minister has predicted a need for increased defence spending as the era of Western dominance draws to a close.
Relatives of several of those shot half a century ago have expressed doubts that they will ever be able to secure convictions.
The bombing was the single greatest loss of life of the Troubles.
The 1997 speech, marking the 150th anniversary of the Famine, did not have input from the then-Prime Minister, files show.
The bloc backtracked on the move, imposed unilaterally as it faces shortfalls on vaccine supplies.
Records released from the National Archives give details of an early meeting involving the two leaders.
Tony Blair received a ‘warm’ welcome for the apology made in Cork in 1997.
Prescott served as deputy Prime Minister to Tony Blair between the years of 1997 and 2007.
In the op-ed in the Irish Times, they describe Brexit as ” the most serious threat to peace in the North and to the union in our lifetime”.
The former Labour leader said that Brexit had plunged Britain into “the throes of an unparalleled political crisis”.
He accused some politicians of “playing fast and loose” with the peace process in Northern Ireland.
The former Taoiseach and former Prime Minister were speaking separately.
Bafta-winning screenwriter Peter Morgan said lines from Blair’s autobiography closely resemble lines from the film.
That is the view of Tony Blair, one of the architects of the deal.
The 20th anniversary of the landmark deal is being marked – here’s what’s in it.
Blair thinks Labour should be opposing Brexit.
From TheJournal.ie
A former Iraqi general has been trying for some time to bring a private prosecution against Blair for his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
May is trying to focus her party’s attention on Brexit.
Blair said the election of French President Emmanuel Macron had changed EU dynamics.
Sir John Chilcot told the BBC that Blair based his evidence to the inquiry on beliefs rather than facts.
Tony Blair was asked if Brexit is going to bring about a united Ireland yesterday.
Blair said a hard border between the countries would be a disaster.
Blair will campaign to give the British people a chance to change their minds.
A statement on his website later said: “The story in The Mail on Sunday is an invention.”
Britain is expected to officially apply to leave the EU in March.
The 86-year-old transformed grand prix racing into one of the most profitable sports.
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott says the publishing of the Chilcot Report into the war has changed his mind.
Much of the coverage focuses on Blair’s assertion that, in the same situation, he would invade Iraq again.
Some 100,000 Irish people protested on 15 February 2003 to oppose the invasion.
The British Army used the Northern Irish Troubles as its key reference point for dealing with the Iraq conflict.
1996 Michael Bay thriller The Rock showed chemical weapons being stored in glass containers.
Memos the British Prime Minister sent to the US President before and during the war show the close relationship between them.
But, he says he would do it again.
He also planned to back a rebellion in Iraq.
Former PM Tony Blair is in for a hard day, but a trial is some way off.
“I don’t know what the real deal is between him and the IRA.”
The former British Prime Minister wouldn’t make a full apology in a new TV interview.
A report into the so-called ‘On The Runs’ letters was published today
