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...Management of the division was taken over by Thomas Coesfeld, the 33-year-old scion of Bertelsmann’s owners, the Mohn family, last year....
...Gordon Brown was left to stew endlessly before he got to take over as UK prime minister from Tony Blair....
...The Conservative party lost because of other reasons: the charisma of Tony Blair, Black Wednesday, the constant infighting and sleaze, you name it....
...interesting, too, isn’t it, that it also draws attention to the geographical reality of our continued proximity to the European continent, which, you know, considering how chary they are of even mentioning the B-word...
...Tony Blair was floored at the height of his powers in 2000, when 10,000 members of the Women’s Institute slow hand-clapped him for trying, they thought, to co-opt them into politics....
...The Freedom of Information act was brought in by Tony Blair’s government in 2000, and hated by them shortly after....
...It is too soon to say a) whether the reformed bus system introduced in September will be deemed a success in the long run or b) what a sustainable funding model might look like.)...
...Rabe’s three executive posts mean that, even if the Mohn family wanted him to quit, his departure would leave big gaps....
...unknown’ As we laid out in some detail in a report that leveraged the FT’s network of European correspondents, the big “known unknown” here is a) how prepared EU exporters are for the new paperwork and b)...
...No, well, they won't have an expectations management problem, will they, like Tony Blair. Nailed it. Expectations are quite low. So yes, so he's not... he's not Blair....
...You must come up with a plan B.” The first blow came in Paris in September....
...(To put that in perspective, Tony Blair gained 146 in 1997, while David Cameron gained 90 in 2010.)...
...Powell did not have the same prolonged relationship with Blair but he enjoyed Blair’s absolute trust (and civil servants knew he enjoyed Blair’s trust)....
...His leather saddle bags and satchels, fastened with lower-case ‘b’s and copiously draped with faux fox fur, are meant to be the kind of “bags you can chuck on the floor,” he said....
...B, wages are better working at a shop or a call centre. And, C, it takes ages to do....
...The key loophole in that text was that, A, the language wasn’t binding, and B, there was no clear date....
...The reason that’s bad is because a) it doesn’t usually work, and b) it just invites retaliation....
...George Parker Well, the piece really sort of focused on this remarkable rearguard action fought by the hereditary peers during the Blair government where they basically persuaded Tony Blair to let 92 of...
...But in 2006, Blair delivered a stunning U-turn....
...Lucy FisherWell, for me, Robert, I was really struck by Tony Blair predicting that the UK will end up going back into the EU....
...The Queen, Tony Blair and many politicians were there, and in the middle of it a man started shouting at Blair and the Queen, ‘You have not said sorry yet,’ and calling to the black musicians, ‘Get up and...
...Rather like Tony Blair (leader 1994-2007), he emphasises the party’s pro-business, pro-law and order, patriotic credentials....
...During his time in opposition (he was first voted into parliament when Tony Blair won his third election) and later as education secretary, he was part of a movement under which the Tory leadership embraced...
...Well, this week political editor George Parker reports that Boris Johnson’s government is planning to walk away from the €95bn fund and press ahead with “plan B”....
...Now try this I am a gamer — admittedly, because I am a) controlling and b) find numbers soothing....
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