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PH digital transformation gains momentum

The Manila Times 13 Apr 2025
Backed by strong commitments from France, Singapore, and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Aguda said the "Digital Bayanihan" is gaining international momentum ... Meanwhile, the Tony Blair ...
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Labour has done right by British Steel – now it must speed up a radical strategy for all industry

The Observer 13 Apr 2025
But he has no ideological qualms about nationalisation, a word that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown never dared utter, using euphemisms when they were forced to nationalise Railtrack, the precursor to Network Rail, in 2002.
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UK MPs post selfies to show attendance of rare Saturday session in parliament

The Observer 13 Apr 2025
Paul Waugh got very excited about the prospect of a weekend’s graft and evoked the spirit of the former prime minister Tony Blair when he posted ... This quote was taken from Blair’s maiden speech as ...
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The extraordinary comeback of Catholicism

The Daily Telegraph 13 Apr 2025
There’s something very unexpected when you meet Harry Clark ... Pixel ... conversions ... Two Prime Ministers, Tony Blair (who attended Mass throughout his time at number 10 but converted after leaving office) and Boris Johnson, have been Catholics ... PA ... Copy link.
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Analysis: Why Those Who Want Starmer To Read Trump The Riot Act Will Be Disappointed

Huffington Post 12 Apr 2025
The prime minister, Harman said, needs to take a leaf out of Tony Blair’s book and be bold enough to tell a US president when he is wrong, as she believes he is over his tariff policy.
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UK MPs tweet to show their attendance of rare Saturday session in parliament

AOL 12 Apr 2025
Paul Waugh got very excited about the prospect of a weekend’s graft and evoked the spirit of former prime minister Tony Blair when he posted ... This quote was taken from Blair’s maiden speech as prime ...
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‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled ...

AOL 12 Apr 2025
that the ultimate form of proof is the photograph ... the camera never lies ... PR, or propaganda ... Related ... EL ... FB ... EL ... FB ... Prime minister Tony Blair condemned the images as “utterly unacceptable” and foreign secretary Jack Straw promised a thorough investigation.
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Can we afford not to introduce digital IDs?

The Independent 11 Apr 2025
After 40 Labour MPs call for the introduction of ...
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Starmer undermining international law ‘to be close to America’: Ex-UK minister

Anadolu Agency 11 Apr 2025
Short, who resigned from ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Cabinet in 2003 over the Iraq invasion, sees disturbing parallels between the UK’s involvement in that conflict and its current alignment with the US on Israel’s Gaza assault.
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Starmer’s gutting of Cabinet Office reverses Dominic Cummings’ failed revolution

AOL 11 Apr 2025
Labour is taking an axe to the heart of government ... The Cabinet Office, headed by Pat McFadden, the former political secretary to Sir Tony Blair and a Starmer loyalist, is leading the charge in reforming the machine ... .
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The Guardian view on William Morris: how the Strawberry Thief took over the world

The Observer 11 Apr 2025
Only the homes of the wealthy were decorated by Morris & Co. As he feared, he had simply been “ministering to the swinish luxury of the rich” ... Labour’s Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Blair were all fans ... Today, we need him more than ever ... .
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Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU

The Observer 11 Apr 2025
Speaking to Sky News’ Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Harman said that when the US put tariffs on imported steel in 2002, Tony Blair “did say this is unacceptable, this is wrong, it’s unjustified, it is breaching the World Trade Organization rules” ... .
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Why Keir Starmer’s psychological profile is different from other prime ministers – and what it ...

The Conversation 11 Apr 2025
Flickr/10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND. The question “Who is Keir Starmer?” echoed across headlines before and after he took office in 2024 ... Leaders are not all the same ... This combination has been seen in figures like Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair ... .
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How ‘positive action’ in police recruitment became anti-white discrimination

The Daily Telegraph 11 Apr 2025
In 1998, only 2 per cent of officers in England and Wales were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background and Jack Straw, Tony Blair’s home secretary, set a target of 7 per cent by 2009 ...
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Lady Howarth of Breckland obituary

The Guardian 10 Apr 2025
... nevertheless went on to become a leading authority on children’s welfare and one of the first “people’s peers” created by Tony Blair.
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