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GOOD news: Tony Blair is to receive a medal, pound(s)100,000 and the thanks of a grateful nation. Not, sad to relate, this nation, for reasons that no doubt continue to baffle our former prime minister, but you can't have everything. Just the pound(s)20 million accrued since exchanging public service for self-service.
The Liberty Medal is being bestowed by the Americans, who like our Tony. They have admired him ever since discovering that he can tell lies in perfect sentences. Blair, for his part, has always seemed happier on the far side of the Atlantic, where they better understand that a man has to do what a man's gotta do. Especially when he claims to be doing something else entirely.See the full content of this document
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Grist to the Conspiracy Mill
The gong is to be handed over by Bill Clinton, which is nice, on behalf of Washington's National Constitutional Centre. Presumably George Bush has a prior engagement on a golf course. Bill says: "It was a privilege to work with my friend Tony Blair to help end 30 years of sectarian violence and broker a lasting peace in Nor...
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