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...It is the first time the UK government has used the power granted to it under the 1998 Scotland Act, under which Tony Blair’s Labour administration created the Scottish parliament....
...Shirley Williams, who has died at the age of 90, was the matriarch of liberal politics at Westminster....
...Colman Indonesia Lithium Egypt Tequila Ronald Reagan Oasis Lehman Brothers La bohème Round Four The History Boys by Alan Bennett Grange Hill Jane Eyre St Trinian’s Grease Glee Gavin Williamson Tony Blair...
...In Downing Street, when I was Tony Blair’s political secretary, we used to say that political renewal needed new faces, new ideas, new voices, and new channels of communication....
...How comfortably can we watch the civil rights-era Green Book knowing the brother of its subject, pianist Don Shirley, called it a “symphony of lies”? And then there is Vice ....
...The left blamed the departure of moderates such as Shirley Williams, David Owen and Roy Jenkins for keeping Labour out of power until 1997....
...When Charles Kennedy died, for example, I can remember Shirley Williams doing a tribute. And she said if it hadn’t been for Charles’ problem with alcohol, he could have been a great politician....
...And I would argue that part of what the-- when Charles Kennedy died for example, and I can remember Shirley Williams and I were doing a tribute thing....
...Shirley Williams, one of the founders of the Social Democratic party, is the most prominent politician to feature, being named a Companion of Honour....
...Having failed to reform Labour from within, they forced it to reform from without, creating the conditions for Tony Blair to drive it into the centre and back into power....
...As a Labour councillor in Westminster he helped bring down Dame Shirley Porter in the 1990s over the “homes for votes” scandal....
...will preserve, not undermine — 1945, when Labour was a better guarantor of the Beveridge proposals than the Conservatives; 1966, when its slogan was “You Know Labour Government Works”; and 1997, when Tony Blair...
...In life, New Labour modernisers barely hid their fury at Mr Benn for his role in splitting the party and driving out moderate Social Democratic party founders such as David Owen and Shirley Williams in the...
...Labour detractors fear Mr Miliband is pulling the party too far away from the centrist, pro-market “New Labour” positioning that brought it three successive election victories under Tony Blair....
...Well, one can argue he was the political father, or grandfather, not just of the Liberal Democrats, now in government; but of Tony Blair and New Labour; of the euro (during his stint of president of the...
...Graham Greene’s attitudes to sin and death are on display in his film reviews, though he overstepped the mark with Shirley Temple and received a libel writ....
...While Labour has attacked Mr Lansley’s reforms, his proposals build heavily on measures introduced by Tony Blair’s government. From 2006, patients were allowed a choice of where they were treated....
...Tony Blair was just 43 when he came to power in 1997. Mr Cameron, his self-styled heir, was a touch older at 44 on entering Number 10....
...So many very smart, very reasonable people told the Blair Witch guys their movie would never work....
...A Journey, by Tony Blair, Hutchinson RRP£25 Blair’s autobiography makes unusually compelling reading for a political memoir....
...They include Shirley Bassey Gateway, Zeta-Jones International or even Gavin and Stacey Airport (perhaps they should all meet up at the Dylan Thomas bar)....
...Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, joined other co-chairs of the event in calling on delegates to take a longer-term view....
...The writer’s latest book is Yo, Blair!...
...Mr Brown used his speech outside No 10 on Wednesday to emphasise that his premiership marked a change from the Blair administration – and the sweeping cabinet shake-up is intended to demonstrate that fresh...
...Baroness Shirley Williams, who will lead the Lib Dem attack, believes Britain’s international reputation has been damaged by the scrapping of the investigation and leaves it open to charges of double standards...
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