Tag Archives: Tony Blair

Mulling it Over

Posted on April 4, 2019 by leslie

Mulling it Over Review of Hinterland by Chris Mullin, Profile Books, 2017, ISBN 978 1 78125 606 0, reviewed by Monty Skew Some political memoirs are dull. Not so A View from the Foothills, a frank and self-deprecating diary (the first of … Continue reading →

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An Old Army in a New World Order

Posted on February 5, 2017 by leslie

An Old Army in a New World Order Dr Frank Ellis crosses swords with Lord Dannatt Richard Dannatt, Boots on the Ground: Britain and her Army since 1945, vii + pp. 360, Notes, no Bibliography, Illustrations, Index, Profile Books, London, … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Left Wing Bourbon

Posted on January 27, 2017 by leslie

Labour’s Left Wing Bourbon Monty Skew reviews the new biography of Corbyn Comrade Corbyn: A very unlikely Coup: How Jeremy Corbyn Stormed to the Labour Leadership, Rosa Prince, Biteback Publishing, 2016, 1-84954-996-7 All MPs have to deal with the whips. … Continue reading →

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Iraq Liars & Deniers: we knew then what we know now

Posted on May 24, 2015 by leslie

Iraq Liars & Deniers: we knew then what we know now Ilana Mercer is vindicated by history “If we knew what we know today, we would not have gone into Iraq”: This is as good an apology Republicans vying for … Continue reading →

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Gaddafi has the last laugh

Posted on April 27, 2015 by leslie

Gaddafi has the last laugh Ilana Mercer meditates on unintended consequences When they destabilized Libya and overthrew strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 the U.S. and its Canadian and European allies unleashed a series of events that accounts for the steady … Continue reading →

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