Tony Blair Articles

I never doubted that Tony Blair thought he was doing the right thing. I said as much at the time. If there is one lesson from Chilcot, it is just how dangerous a powerful politician with convictions can be. The instinct to ask why you are right, not why you might be...

Yesterday’s Chilcot inquiry headlines were heavily critical of Tony Blair for Britain’s part in Iraq, a campaign undoubtedly imperfect in its execution, particularly after the Saddam regime’s collapse. But Blair was right to point out some of the main flaws in the...

We must not let history repeat itself In May 1979 the defeated prime minister, James Callaghan, said to me that he felt sorry for new members of parliament like myself as we would be in opposition for 10 years. He was wrong. It was 18 years. Callaghan thought the...

The era of post-truth politics is now in full swing It must be exhausting. I mean, really exhausting, like running up eight flights of stairs or lifting a sofa above your head. To engage with, and believe even a fraction of, the stupefyingly stupid stuff on social...