Oct 16th, 2008 · In her new memoir, Cherie Blair, the attorney wife of Tony Blair, traces the arc of her life, from working-class Liverpool to Downing Street. The book, Speaking for Myself, details how her family dealt with 10 years of intense change, in Britain and in the world.
Jun 25th, 2008 · British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was widely admired when he succeeded Tony Blair a year ago. His dour personality and a string of politically inept decisions have quickly made him one of the most unpopular prime ministers in recent memory.
Jun 10th, 2008 · A small suburb of Detroit takes on BAE Systems, alleging the giant British defense contractor funneled payments to a member of the Saudi royal family. The case, involving the city's pension fund, has players ranging from Tony Blair to a substitute teacher.
May 2nd, 2008 · Britain's ruling Labor Party takes a drubbing in Friday's local election — suffering its worst electoral defeat in 40 years. It's the first test of voter sentiment since Gordon Brown took over 10 Downing Street from Tony Blair last June. Predictions give the Conservatives 44 percent of the vote to 24 percent for Labor, which is one point below Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats.
Apr 30th, 2008 · Many people in Britain saw Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a welcome replacement for Tony Blair, who was deeply unpopular with the public by the time he left office last year. Now, Brown's honeymoon is over. When Britons vote in local elections Thursday, the results are expected to be disastrous for the prime minister's ruling Labor Party.
Apr 17th, 2008 · British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he faces problems that his predecessor, Tony Blair, did not. "I think what I'm dealing with are the new challenges," Brown says, citing a global economic crisis and climate change as two examples.
Oct 31st, 2007 · Robert Harris' new novel features a once-popular former British prime minister who becomes fiercely criticized for collaborating with the United States in war. The character's name is Adam Lang, not Tony Blair, but otherwise the similarities are unmistakable.
Aug 4th, 2007 · Barely a month after Tony Blair gave up his post as British prime minister, his former spokesman's diaries are made into a book. Alastair Campbell's The Blair Years offers an inside look at the events and personalities key to Blair's time in office.