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t. e. The Cash-for-Honours scandal (also known as Cash for Peerages, Loans for Lordships, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages) was a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages. A loophole in electoral law in the United Kingdom means that ...
e. Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and held various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was Member of Parliament (MP) for ...
Iraq Dossier. Iraq – Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation[ 1] (more commonly known as the Iraq Dossier, the February Dossier[ 2] or the Dodgy Dossier) was a 2003 briefing document for the British prime minister Tony Blair 's Labour Party government. It was issued to journalists on 3 February 2003 by Alastair Campbell ...
Blair's handling of His ten-year tenure in office encompassed the start of the Iraq War and ended just before the Great Recession. Tony Blair's Memoir Brings Big Sales -- and Big Controversy
15 January 2007. ( 2007-01-15) The Trial of Tony Blair is a satirical drama depicting war crimes proceedings brought against former British Prime Minister Tony Blair by an international tribunal, following his departure from 10 Downing Street. Directed by Simon Cellan Jones, it was first aired on More4 on 15 January 2007 and repeated on 5 March ...
The most frequently cited reason for Blair's perceived disfavor with the queen occurred very early in his first term as PM. Just months after he took up the position, Princess Diana, the ex-wife ...
LONDON — In July 1995, Tony Blair was so popular in Britain that he was considered prime minister-in-waiting a full two years before his crowning election. Power, influence and scandal: Rupert ...
On 17 July 2003, Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defence, apparently committed suicide after being misquoted by BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan as saying that Tony Blair's Labour government had knowingly "sexed up" the "September Dossier", a report into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. The government was cleared of wrongdoing, while ...