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Tony Blair once wrote a letter expressing concern about dog dirt in Fife after  Lorraine Kelly 's daughter complained to him about it.

A mum whose soldier son was killed in Iraq told of her “disgust” that former prime minister Tony Blair is to be knighted.

More than 250,000 people have signed a petition calling for former PM Tony Blair’s knighthood to be rescinded.

Do you remember the uproar surrounding this 1998 Coronation Street episode?

Damon Albarn says that back in the 1990s he was considering a career move into politics, but a meeting with Tony Blair “terrified” him so much he gave up on the idea.“Politics is such a murky business”, Albarn tells Metro. “I would be lying if I said I hadn’t considered it when I was younger.

Damon Albarn has revealed that he once considered pursuing a political career but was put off after a meeting with Tony Blair.The Blur and Gorillaz frontman recalled a conversation he had with the politician – which took place “before he became Prime Minister” in 1997 – and it left him “terrified”.“Politics is such a murky business.

Succession star Brian Cox has said he had to put Scotland “first” by deciding to switch support from Labour to independence.

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Prime Minister to phone Biden to extend the exit date as former PM Tony Blair said the UK had a “moral obligation” to stay on and complete the evacuation.

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Blair, who ordered UK troops into Afghanistan 20 years ago, also claimed the crisis reveals the UK risks being relegated to “the second division of global powers”. The ex-Prime Minister said Britain has a “moral obligation” to stay until “all those who need to be are evacuated”.

It is the ultimate test for anyone attempting to make a good impression on the Queen. Princess Diana is said to have been the perfect guest while former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, is believed to have fell short after the Queen Mother was said to have been left "mortified" by the lawyer's trousers.

Dominic Cummings also reportedly dismissed the Prime Minister as an “unthinking” Unionist. Johnson’s commitment to devolution was questioned last year after private remarks to Tory MPs were leaked to a newspaper.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was thinking back to visiting a school in Japan "in the middle of nowhere".

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Noel Gallagher has praised Tony Blair, saying that he was “the last person who made sense” in British politics.

Noel Gallagher has said he still thinks Tony Blair is “great” and “the last person who made sense” after he became a close ally of the former Prime Minister during the mid-1990s.The Oasis guitarist became closely associated with the former PM after he attended a Downing Street party in 1997, following Labour’s landslide victory in the general election that year.The party, which became a defining image of the Cool Britannia era, came after Noel praised Blair at the Brit Awards and said “he was

Tony Blair clearly didn't get the memo.  The former prime minister, 67, stunned ITV viewers yesterday after debuting a silver mullet hairstyle, which some likened to Doc from Back to the Future and a slew of other fictional characters.

emerges triumphant following the poll on May 6. In an interview with ITV due to be broadcast tonight, Blair said the Union between Scotland and England would already "be in tatters" if his party had reneged on its 1997 manifesto pledge to create a Scottish Parliament.

UFO mystery.Malcom Robinson, of Strange Phenomena Investigations, has lived south of the border in England for 23 years but has now returned to his homeland looking to 'continue where he left off' in 1998.Malcom and local councillor Billy Buchanan hit the headlines back then with their investigations into sightings around Bonnybridge.The pair appealed to four prime ministers- David Cameron, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and John Major- calling for an urgent probe into what was happening in the skies

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Helen McCrory, known for her roles in Harry Potter movies, the James Bond film "Skyfall" and the "Peaky Blinders" television series, has died at the age of 52 after a "heroic battle" with cancer, her husband Damian Lewis said on Friday.

Andrew Scott has reportedly been approached to join the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, but there’s a chance he might not able to take the role.

Prince Philip at age 99:———LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed his condolences on the death of Prince Philip, praising his role as royal consort as well as his charitable works.Blair described Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, as a man who was way ahead of his time in fighting for the protection of the environment, reconciliation among religious faiths and in the creation of programs to help young people.“Our whole nation will be united in sadness at the passing of

Our very own ‘hot priest’ Andrew Scott could be joining the cast of The Crown if new reports are to be believed.

Another Meghan Markle biography is in the works and likely won’t be for the faint of heart.

Jimmy Savile by then prime minister Tony Blair.The evening has been re-enacted for a film on McGee’s life which premieres at Glasgow Film Festival tomorrow.Paedophile Savile is introduced to McGee by Blair at Chequers, before the ex-BBC host holds court at dinner.McGee, 60, was there with his wife Kate, having supported New Labour and becoming a key figure in the Cool Britannia of the 90s.The scenes feature in the biopic Creation Stories based on McGee’s life.

caused uproar last year when he dismissed the opening of the Scottish Parliament as Tony Blair's "biggest mistake".Devolution - which meant power was taken from Westminster and handed to devolved governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast - was a key policy introduced by the New Labour government in 1997.It was bitterly opposed by many Conservatives at the time and suspicion has lingered that Boris Johnson remained against it.But the Tory leader has now rowed back on his comments and insisted

direct to your inboxShe fell in the line of duty.PC Alison Armitage paid the ultimate price for being what then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, described as "some one who engaged in often difficult and dangerous work".The 29-year-old officer had been deployed undercover in Oldham when she was mowed down and killed by a criminal in a stolen car.She was reversed over in a derelict car park in Hollinwood on March 5th 2001 by Thomas Whaley, then 19, as he tried to escape in a stolen Vauxhall.He was

Scottish Labour has again been plunged into turmoil with the resignation of its leader just months ahead of Holyrood elections.