US EditionTony Blair's lack of introspection is baffling
The documentary uses four hours of archive footage and interviews to explore Blair’s unyielding stance on Iraq and his decline in public favor, highlighting his resistance to self-reflection.
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The Independent (US)Mandelson appears in Blair documentary saying ex-PM left ‘brutality to others’
Peter Mandelson has appeared in a new Channel 4 documentary series delving into Tony Blair’s rise to power, calling out the ex-Prime Minister's “brutality.” Mandelson appears alongside key voices from Blair’s administration, despite recent allegations concerning his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. “ Tony was quite smart in leaving the brutality to others,” Mandelson says during an interview detailing Blair’s rebranding of the Labour Party. Chan…
‘The Tony Blair Story’ review: Former PM takes quite a battering in this superb and scornful docuseries
Tony Blair is baffled. “I don’t even know why anyone is interested in doing a programme on me,” he says near the start of Michael Waldman’s superb three-part docuseries The Tony Blair Story (Channel 4, Tues-Thurs, Feb 17-19, and on channel4.com), showing on consecutive nights.
Tony Blair is old Labour now
When did he forget how to grin? He used to do it too much. Those late-Nineties walkabouts: one arm raised and waving, Cherie tucked tight in the crook of the other, and Tony beaming at anyone who crossed his path. Even in Iraq, jogging off the RAF jet, and greeting the saluting soldier with a smile. But then, sometime around the 2005 election, the face lost some of its width and contracted into that dyspeptic grimace, like someone showing their …
Anyone who has the slightest interest in politics will surely be captivated by the three-part documentary of Channel 4 about Tony Blair, which premiered last night. For me, personally, it was partly a lesson in history and partly nostalgia. It reminded me of a more innocent time before my own friction with Westminster rearranged my world forever. I have often said that politics is a slow process of haunting, a kind of prolonged dissection of the…
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