Tony Blair

The troublesome priest The troublesome priest

A furor erupts in Britain over the archbishop's accommodating stance toward Islamic sharia law. Has the cleric -- and multiculturalism -- gone too far?
By Salil Tripathi Feb 25, 2008

  • The French connection

    Nicolas Sarkozy's cheery U.S. visit has the press howling that he's Bush's new lap dog -- maybe even if it comes to hitting Iran.
    By Gregor Peter Schmitz November 8, 2007

  • Bush "at peace" waging war

    A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism.
    By Mark Danner October 18, 2007

  • Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction

    Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq.
    By Sidney Blumenthal September 6, 2007

  • Bomb plot tests British again

    New Prime Minister Gordon Brown edges away from Tony Blair and the Iraq war as the U.K. braces against the rising terror threat.
    By James Geary July 2, 2007

  • Tony Blair's toodle-oo

    If the British people really do want less spin and more substance from their prime minister, then Gordon Brown could be the man to deliver it.
    By James Geary June 29, 2007

  • Bush's European disaster

    The president's trip was a pageant of disdain, delusion and provocation masquerading as a respite from his troubles at home.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 14, 2007

  • The George and Tony show

    "We've filled a lot of space together."
    By Tim Grieve May 17, 2007

  • Why we fight?

    Tony Blair says he doesn't know what "victory" in Iraq means.
    By Tim Grieve May 16, 2007

  • Tony Blair becomes Margaret Thatcher

    Thanks to George W. Bush, the man who was supposed to reinvent the Labor Party leaves office with more friends in America than in the U.K.
    By Andrew Brown May 10, 2007

  • Bush's favorite historian

    British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place.
    By Gary Kamiya May 8, 2007

  • George Tenet, spook for all seasons

    The former CIA chief seems strangely oblivious that his self-serving defense is shredding the remains of his reputation.
    By Sidney Blumenthal May 3, 2007

  • How Iran played the hostage "crisis"

    The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street.
    By Hooman Majd April 5, 2007

  • Iran's new hostage crisis

    By seizing 15 British sailors, the embattled Iranians aim to rally anti-Western sentiment and force the Brits from Iraq.
    By Juan Cole April 3, 2007

  • The British retreat from Iraq brings peril for U.S. troops

    Vice President Cheney says the British are leaving southern Iraq because things are going so well. In the real world, Basra is a mess.
    By Juan Cole February 23, 2007

  • We're coming, they're leaving, everyone's winning

    The spin vs. the truth on Britain's Iraq troop drawdown.
    By Tim Grieve February 22, 2007

  • Blair to announce U.K.'s Iraq withdrawal timetable

    The BBC reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to announce tomorrow plans for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.
    By Alex Koppelman February 20, 2007

  • Behind Bush's "new way forward"

    A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.
    By Sidney Blumenthal December 20, 2006

  • Labor's love lost

    How Britons came to hate Tony Blair and America, and why the next prime minister will pay the price.
    By Andrew Brown September 14, 2006

  • Another British memo belies Bush on Iraq

    A confidential memo from the outgoing British ambassador in Iraq warns that the war-torn country is likely headed for civil war.
    By Mark Follman August 3, 2006

  • London bombing -- one year later

    While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever.
    By Sean Kenny July 7, 2006

  • War is swell

    Sept. 11 offered Bush a reason for being, and nothing will get in the way of his holy "war paradigm" -- not even the Constitution.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 1, 2006

  • Slipping into irrelevance, the president pauses to admit a mistake

    In an otherwise sleepy press conference, Bush says he regrets saying "Bring it on."
    By Tim Grieve May 25, 2006

  • A Bush-Blair press conference we'd like to see

    If there's nothing new to report on a troop withdrawal, how about addressing these questions?
    By Tim Grieve May 25, 2006

  • A phased withdrawal from Iraq?

    One report has Bush and Blair making an announcement this week.
    By Tim Grieve May 22, 2006
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