Tony Blair

UK scores Euro coup as Brown snubs Blair 'OUTRAGEOUS HORSE TRADING' wins baroness major EU post UK scores Euro coup as Brown snubs Blair NEW PRESIDENT: Luxembourg's Prime Minister, Jean Claude Juncker, left, with Herman van Rompuy after...

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...and the expected marathon session never materialised. The deadlock was broken when Gordon Brown abandoned his support for Mr Blair at a meeting of Socialist leaders before the summit. Lady Ashton was so unprepared for her "promotion" that...

In this article: European Union, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Gordon Brown, Europe, Peter Mandelson, Geoff Hoon, House of Lords, and Barack Obama

...by our government, Nick Clegg feels Photo: David Rose Tony Blair and Gordon Brown will be brought before the Iraq inquiry to explain their support for the invasion of Iraq. But, with our troops still fighting in Afghanistan, they must...

In this article: Afghanistan, Britain, Iraq, Iraq War, Wolf, Labour, Taliban, Des Browne, and US

Brown drops Blair for EU presidency bid British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dropped Tony Blair as his candidate for the job of European Union president, a Downing Street spokesman says. Brown was one of eight socialist heads of...

In this article: Gordon Brown, European Union, Catherine Ashton, David Miliband, Downing Street, Brussels, and Britain

...hearings this morning. Sir John Chilcot said he expected witnesses, who are likely to include Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and other senior politicians, to "give evidence that is truthful, fair and accurate". Opponents of the war hope the...

In this article: Iraq, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Gordon Brown, and Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

...Foreign Affairs. The surprise combination emerged after Gordon Brown ended Tony Blair's hopes of becoming president, abandoning his support for his successor and proposing Baroness Ashton for the foreign job instead. The Prime Minister's...

In this article: Baroness Ashton, Herman Van Rompuy, European Union, Brussels, Anthony Seldon, Europe, Britain, and Fondant

...to land the President's job created by the Treaty of Lisbon. With Thursday night's EU summit looming, Mr Brown could see the headlines coming: "Brown defeated as Blair snubbed." He was desperate to avoid them. The Prime Minister and his...

In this article: European Union, Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown, Europe, Geoff Hoon, and David Miliband

...weeks of horse trading across the EU and a bitter row in London. Blair told Brown that his chances were over after a second - and decisive - phone call with Merkel late last week. Merkel told Blair she bore him no ill will but that the job...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel, EU, Britain, Whitehall, Best interests, and Christian democrat

Gordon Brown urged to investigate Tony Blair over web of companies Gordon Brown has been urged to investigate whether his predecessor Tony Blair breached the Ministerial Code by failing to declare a complex network of multi-million pound...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Allegation, and Bite the bullet