Tony Blair

Tony Blair is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party.

Blair has been widely criticised from within his own party for championing the policy on Iraq of U.S. President George W. Bush. There is a general perception in the UK that Blair repeatedly misled the UK parliament and public in echoing the U.S. claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that invading and occupying Iraq was legal. As a result, some Members of Parliament have formed a group to call for impeachment hearings.

Further pressure was put on Blair in September 2004, during the UK Labour Party conference, when the London Evening Standard newspaper published details of a leaked Pentagon briefing paper, Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategic Lessons Learned. The document reveals that in October 2002, the Pentagon finalized its Full Operational Battle Plan 1003V for the Iraq war, at a time when Blair was insisting that no decisions had been made about whether to go to war.

Tony Blair is a member of the Fabian Society, the America APPG, and patron of the Foreign Policy Centre.

Carlyle Group

• Bridget Gibson, "Who's Lying to Whom?" America Held Hostile, May 20, 2003: "It has been rumored that the current UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has a position in waiting with The Carlyle Group."
• Rupert Hamer, "Is Blair Off to Join $30BN World Elite?" Sunday Mirror (UK) (posted at Truthout.org), August 21, 2005: "He's Eyeing Up £250K Job with Arms Trade Link Firm."
• "Tony Blair, the Carlyle Group and Qinetiq," NuLabour, August 24, 2005.

Related SourceWatch pages

• Labour Party
• Labour Party conference

External Links

Websites

• 10 Downing Street official site.
• Keep the Faith in Labour Campaign.org in support of Tony Blair and Labour.

Watch / Impeach Tony Blair

• ImpeachBlair.org, the official site of the group of MP's includes their report, legal opinion, list of supporters and news.
• IWontVoteBlair.com campaign to remove Blair by voters telling their MPs "I Won't Vote for a party with Blair as leader."
• Blair Watch, hereinreality.com.
• Meet the Carlyle Group, hereinreality.com.

Profiles

• Guardian Unlimited Politics Ask Aristotle: Tony Blair. Voting record, profile, jobs and committees.
• Tony Blair, TheyWorkForYou.com. Tony Blair speeches and performance data.

Articles & Commentary

• Rob Evans, David Leigh and Kevin Maguire, "Tobacco firm gained secret access to Blair", Guardian (UK), October 27, 2004.
• Andrew Grice, "House of Commons, 4:56pm: The moment Tony Blair lost his authority," Independent (UK), November 10, 2005.