With no elections in sight, Palestinians watch reality TV to make their choice for president

news 10-MAY-13

How can Stephen Hawking boycott Israel when it makes the microchip that enables him to talk? By DOUGLAS MURRAY

dailymail 10-MAY-13

In Syria, the US 'Red Line' Continues to Shift

watchingamerica 09-MAY-13

Kerry says Israel, Palestinians serious about peace

news 09-MAY-13

George Bush

cnn 25-APR-13

Bagehot: On the march with Red Ed

economist 25-APR-13

Margaret Thatcher's St Paul's funeral passes peacefully

itv 18-APR-13

Britain bids farewell to its 'Iron Lady'

cnn 17-APR-13

Margaret Thatcher's funeral: when does peaceful protest cross the line?

telegraph 15-APR-13

Measles outbreak could spread and hit London and North most, expert warns

independent 14-APR-13

Margaret Thatcher: plans to build museum as permanent memorial

telegraph 13-APR-13

Margaret Thatcher funeral invites: President Obama could lead US mourners

dailymail 12-APR-13

Blair bitch project: Ex-PM and pals tear into Red Ed

thesun 12-APR-13

Who's invited to Thatcher funeral?

cnn 11-APR-13

PM: Thatcher an extraordinary leader

bbc 10-APR-13

McGuinness opposes Thatcher parties

bbc 09-APR-13

Queen's attendance at Margaret Thatcher's funeral 'very significant'

telegraph 09-APR-13

Margaret Thatcher: Hero or villain?

cnn 08-APR-13

IOF soldiers arrested 77 Palestinians last week

palestine 06-APR-13

All For Nothing

watchingamerica 04-APR-13

Iraq 'better off' without Hussein

cnn 23-MAR-13

Iraq bombs kill dozens in Baghdad on tenth anniversary of war

telegraph 19-MAR-13

Reporting Iraq: ITV News' coverage of the invasion

itv 18-MAR-13

Iraq's 'WMDs': Why the world believed it

cnn 17-MAR-13

Miller 'Hopeful' Of Press Regulation Deal

skynews 17-MAR-13

Steve Bell on the Iraq war, 10 years on - video

guardian 15-MAR-13

Israel's Netanyahu clinches coalition deals

news 14-MAR-13

Britain’s Labour Party suspends Lord Nazir for ‘anti-Semitism’

dawn 14-MAR-13

Record rise in CO2 emissions sounds climate change alarm

guardian 08-MAR-13

Hugo Chavez

cnn 07-MAR-13

Muscat: If you believe in change vote for it!

MaltaStar 07-MAR-13

Israel, US successfully test anti-missile system

news 25-FEB-13

David Cameron in India: Prime Minister visits the Golden Temple at Amritsar

telegraph 20-FEB-13

40 per cent drop in donations piles pain on Lib Dems

independent 20-FEB-13

Deal done! EU leaders hail first ever budget CUT as David Cameron sees off attacks 'from every side' on Britain's rebate

dailymail 08-FEB-13

David Cameron: Stakes his political reputation and lead the fight for Chris Huhne's seat

dailymail 08-FEB-13

Tories in meltdown over gay marriage bill: Party denies it could be ripped apart over issue

sundaymirror 04-FEB-13

Hollande in Mali: French troops will not stay

euronews 03-FEB-13

[said:]: The position of the international community on settlements is clear.

wafa 12-MAY-13

[said:]: Like any other organisation we usually stay in hotels when working abroad and meet these travel and staffing costs privately.

express 29-APR-13

[commented:]: Schwarzman Scholars will prepare future leaders to interact in a constructive and collaborative way learning to balance healthy competition with being able to forge lasting partnerships.

finanznachrichten 21-APR-13

[said:]: For total and stable national transformation to take place in any country, there is need for the people to be happy and the need for government to provide adequate power supply, construct new roads, eradicate polio, ensure job creation and do other things that make life meaningful.

vanguardngr 21-APR-13

[-said]: Nigeria should be hopeful because of its people. Nigeria will be built by the strength and dedication of Nigerians. There is no progress in the midst of violence,

onlinenigeria 20-APR-13

[said:]: The problem between Gordon and me is not anything personal. It is because I thought my husband was the best person for the job and it's a damn difficult job. As far as Gordon's impatience about [Tony] moving on was a difficulty, I thought it was a difficulty Tony could do without. 'So I was just terribly partisan for Tony, and I'm sure Sarah is partisan for Gordon and so she should be. And the good thing is Gordon is not alone in No 10. He has Sarah and has the children, so even in these darkest moments he

mailonsunday 17-APR-13

[ said]: She was a huge towering figure

thisdayonline 13-APR-13

[added:]: The issue is how progressive politics fulfils that mission as times, conditions and objective realities change around us. Having such a modern vision elevates the debate. It helps avoid the danger of tactical victories that lead to strategic defeats.

independent 11-APR-13

[writes:]: Having a modern vision … helps avoid the danger of tactical victories that lead to strategic defeats. It means, for example, that we don't tack right on immigration and Europe, and tack left on tax and spending . It keeps us out of our comfort zone but on a centre ground that is ultimately both more satisfying and more productive for party and country.

guardian 11-APR-13

[-insisted]: of the absolute essence

guardian 11-APR-13

[-said that]: But what might happen is that the left believes such a shift has occurred and behaves accordingly. The risk, which is highly visible here in Britain, is that the country returns to a familiar left-right battle. The familiarity is because such a contest dominated the 20th century. The risk is because in the 21st century such a contest debilitates rather than advances the nation. This is at present crystallising around debates over austerity, welfare, immigration and Europe.

ibtimes 11-APR-13

[saying:]: Even if you disagree with someone very strongly, at the moment of their passing you should .

independent 11-APR-13

[-warned]: , highlighting the cruel consequences of the Conservative policies on welfare and representing the disadvantaged and vulnerable (the Lib Dems are in a bit of a fix, frankly).

skynews 11-APR-13

[added:]: It keeps us out of our comfort zone but on a centre ground that is ultimately both more satisfying and more productive for party and country.

mailonsunday 11-APR-13

[said:]: the case for fundamental reform of the postwar state is clear

guardian 11-APR-13

[-wrote]: There is no need to provide every bit of detail. People don't expect it,

iol 11-APR-13

[-said]: That would be presumptuous,

usaToday 11-APR-13

[-said]: If John and the American administration develop the right political initiative, which they're well capable of doing, then I think the Quartet, the international community ... we can get behind that and we can also do an immense amount behind the economic side,

usaToday 11-APR-13

[added:]: For Labour, the opposite is true. This scenario is more menacing than it seems. The ease with which it can settle back into its old territory of defending the status quo, allying itself, even anchoring itself, to the interests that will passionately and often justly oppose what the government is doing, is so apparently rewarding, that the exercise of political will lies not in going there, but in resisting the temptation to go there.

independent 11-APR-13

[-wrote]: The scenario is more menacing than it seems,

iol 11-APR-13

[-insisted]: The ease with which it can settle back into its old territory of defending the status quo, allying itself, even anchoring itself, to the interests that will passionately and often justly oppose what the government is doing, is so apparently rewarding, that the exercise of political will lies not in going there, but in resisting the temptation to go there.

guardian 11-APR-13

[-said]: third way politics

iol 11-APR-13

[-added]: While the Labour Party disagrees with much of what she did, we can still respect her personal achievements.

sundaymirror 10-APR-13

[urges:]: show some respect

dailymail 10-APR-13

[said:]: When you decide, you divide. I think she would be pretty philosophical about it, and I hope I will be, too.

thetimes 10-APR-13

[added:]: Even if you disagree with someone very strongly, particularly at the moment of their passing, you should show respect.

sundaymirror 10-APR-13

[said:]: Even if you disagree with someone very strongly – particularly at the moment of their passing – you should show some respect.

independent 10-APR-13

[-says]: If the European job had been offered to me, I would have taken it,

bloomberg 09-APR-13

[-says]: It genuinely is about making a difference in the world and not about making money,

bloomberg 09-APR-13

[-says]: When I first left office, we were three people and a couple of mobile phones,

bloomberg 09-APR-13

[said:]: Margaret Thatcher was a towering political figure. Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast. And some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour Government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world.

independent 09-APR-13

[also said that:]: when you decide you divide and that's just the way of it

bbc 09-APR-13

[-told]: I think and I hope that ultimately this is saber rattling,

irishsun 09-APR-13

[-says]: If you become prime minister and step down in your early 50s,

bloomberg 09-APR-13

[said:]: Margaret Thatcher was a towering political figure. Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader.

themirror 09-APR-13

[ said]: Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader,

chinadaily 09-APR-13

[ said]: She was the first woman prime minister of Britain, but although that itself is a great accomplishment, it says a great deal about her that it is not the accomplishment alone for which she will be known in history,

irishsun 09-APR-13

[said:]: Margaret Thatcher was a towering political figure. Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast. And some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world.

oratert 08-APR-13

[-said]: I know the British government takes it very seriously and we should be putting a lot of pressure on this because you should not tolerate what is intolerable,

jpost 08-APR-13

[ said]: Some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world,

reuters 08-APR-13

[said:]: Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is vitally important for our country in terms of counter-terrorism, in terms of the broader Middle East, in terms of helping in respect of Israel and Palestine. That strategic interest comes first.

thenational 08-APR-13

[said:]: The view that Saddam Hussein had a WMD programme was held, not just by the intelligence services in the UK and US, but in countries which opposed military action.

themirror 08-APR-13

[ said]: Some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour Government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world,

news 08-APR-13

[ said]: Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast,

AP 08-APR-13

[-said]: You could not disrespect her character or her contribution to Britain's national life,

AP 08-APR-13

[replied that:]: when it happens we’ve got to expose it and what happens, unfortunately too often,

jpost 08-APR-13

[said:]: We’ve got to be incredibly vigilant

jpost 08-APR-13

[tells:]: Post

jpost 08-APR-13

[said:]: There have been five inquiries into this now. If people do want to see the intelligence reports they are published online. The view that Saddam Hussein had a WMD programme was held not just by the intelligence services in the UK and US but in countries which opposed military action.

nzherald 07-APR-13

[-said]: The headlines shock, but what shocks us more is our knowledge that in almost any city, town or village more minor versions of the same events are becoming an almost everyday part of our lives,

guardian 06-APR-13

[-said]: I am concerned about the deteriorating security situation on the ground,

haveeru 06-APR-13

[said:]: Frankly, if I'd had a fourth election, I would have given Cameron a run for his money. I'm not saying I would have won, but it would have been tighter than it was.

itv 05-APR-13

[said:]: Frankly, if I'd had a fourth election, I'd have given Cameron a run for his money.

irishsun 05-APR-13

[said:]: Frankly, if I’d had a fourth election, I’d have given Cameron a run for his money.

themirror 05-APR-13

[-said]: I hope and believe this is time out not time over,

jpost 28-MAR-13

[said:]: He is obviously a massive loss to UK politics... I hope and believe this is time out, not time over.

themirror 28-MAR-13

[added:]: He is obviously a massive loss to UK politics. He was the head of my policy unit and then a truly distinguished Minister in the Government and remains one of the most capable progressive thinkers and leaders globally.

independent 27-MAR-13

[saying:]: He is obviously a massive loss to UK politics. He was the head of my policy unit and then a truly distinguished minister in the Government and remains one of the most capable progressive thinkers and leaders globally. I hope and believe this is time out not time over.

independent 27-MAR-13

[said:]: I congratulate David on his appointment to a major international position. It shows the huge regard in which David is held worldwide. I'm sure he will do a great job. He is obviously a massive loss to UK politics.

bbc 27-MAR-13

[-said]: remains one of the most capable progressive thinkers and leaders globally. I hope and believe this is time out not time over,

AsiaOne 27-MAR-13

[-said]: As for us, we went through a difficult leadership contest but time has helped to heal that. I will miss him. British politics will be a poorer place without David. But his huge talents will be serving people around the world. I hope and believe that at some point in the future he can once again make a contribution to British public life.

guardian 27-MAR-13

[said:]: The future of education lies in partnerships. There is no reason to have strict demarcation between the public and private sector in education. Where countries are implementing public private partnerships they're succeeding.

ameinfo 19-MAR-13

[-has said]: a lot worse than Syria

bbc 19-MAR-13

[-recently admitted that this]: Instead each component of Iraqi society had its own definition of national identity, Arab Shiites, Arab Sunnis and Kurds.

watchingamerica 19-MAR-13

[ said]: Just ask yourself the question: ‘what would be happening now in Iraq if he had been left in power‘

euronews 19-MAR-13

McCluskey [-said]: The truth is that this is a process that was set up by Tony Blair, and the rightwing and organisations like Progress have had it their own way for years and years and have seen nothing wrong in it,

guardian 24-APR-13

David Cameron [said:]: The Blair government took some good steps, like foundation hospitals and academy schools, but they were too tentative … The public already benefits from services delivered by private and third sector providers, from running walk-in clinics to providing school caretakers, and the government is right to recognise that there is scope to do more.

guardian 17-APR-13

Miliband [said:]: Tony Blair taught us the world changed - and the world does change,

sundaymirror 16-APR-13

Mugabe [said:]: We have always related better with the British through the Conservatives than Labour. Conservatives are bold. [Tony] Blair and [Gordon] Brown run away when they see me.

thezimbabwemail 12-APR-13

Grant Shapps [said:]: Tony Blair is right to warn that Labour aren't a credible party of government under Ed Miliband.

independent 11-APR-13

Grant Shapps [said:]: Tony Blair is right to warn that Labour aren't a credible party of government under Ed Miliband. Ed Miliband and Ed Balls have opposed every single difficult decision this government has taken to fix the problems that Labour left behind - on welfare, on immigration and on the deficit. The only plan Labour have is more of what got us into this mess in the first place - more spending, more borrowing and more debt.

guardian 11-APR-13

Grant Shapps [saying:]: Tony Blair is right to warn that Labour aren’t a credible party of government under Ed Miliband.

themirror 11-APR-13

Ed Balls [said:]: I think Tony Blair has got a lot to tell us, he is a person who won elections and understood what needed to be done.

sundaymirror 11-APR-13

Loach [-added]: Other prime ministers have followed her path, notably Tony Blair. She was the organ grinder, he was the monkey. Remember she called Mandela a terrorist and took tea with the torturer and murderer Pinochet.

belfasttelegraph 09-APR-13

Llwyd [said:]: The deal had been struck. There’s no doubt in my mind – that weekend saw Blair decide to go to war.

themirror 08-APR-13

Zuma [-said]: There's a huge need for partnerships and a role for all financial institutions and I've no doubt they'll continue to play that role. I'm on a board of JP Morgan which is chaired by Tony Blair and they are very excited by the opportunities in Africa.

guardian 28-MAR-13

Klaus [-said]: I will discuss current challenges along with (former British PM) Tony Blair at the opening panel debate,

praguemonitor 27-MAR-13

Salmond [said:]: The illegal invasion of Iraq has been unequivocally proven as a fraud and a massive deception by Tony Blair and the then UK Labour government.

TheScotsman 10-MAR-13

Farage [-told]: Just two days ago, Tony Blair said the EU is not about peace, the EU is about power. What I think he was saying it that it is increasingly about war.

theparliament 06-FEB-13

Davis [added:]: Paradoxically, the fact that the radical, out-of-Europe options are growing more attractive as the years pass, means that the deal that we can strike with Europe is likely to be much stronger. Tony Blair recently called for a

guardian 19-NOV-12

Verhofstadt [-said]: When it happened, I even tweeted that I missed Tony Blair. And to those who know my relationship with him, this shows the degree of my desperation. []Cameron’s approach shall lead to the second class membership of the United Kingdom. A status comparable to Norway, not to say Turkey,

euractiv 12-NOV-12

Stearns [-said]: If the Rwandan government today attracts Starbucks and Rick Warren and Tony Blair, it’s not because it’s such a great economic opportunity, it’s because people see it as a symbolic beacon of hope in Central Africa. That storyline needs to change and the U.S. government can help change that storyline as well. As I’ve said before, the Rwandan government has made enormous progress internally on development indicators, but that can’t be separated, as it has been so far, from its involvement in the eas

voanews 20-SEP-12

Tutu [-said]: with Mr. Blair.

voanews 02-SEP-12

Powell [said:]: I like and admire Tony Blair and still talk to him regularly.

telegraph 30-JUN-12

Menzies Campbell [said:]: According to the diaries, Tony Blair was determined that the decision should not rest with the Cabinet and overruled his Attorney General.

sundaymirror 25-JUN-12

Menzies Campbell [said:]: According to the diaries, Tony Blair was determined that the decision should not rest with the Cabinet and overruled his Attorney General. Sofa government prevailed at the expense of constitutional requirements. The diaries prove that once a decision to go to war against Iraq had been taken, intelligence and legal advice was manipulated to support that decision.

independent 24-JUN-12

Menzies Campbell [said:]: According to the diaries, Tony Blair was determined that the decision should not rest with the Cabinet and overruled his Attorney General

irishsun 24-JUN-12

Campbell [ wrote]: that 'he [Murdoch] was pressing Tony Blair on Iraq on behalf of the Republicans,

ibtimes 16-JUN-12

Campbell [-wrote]: On March 11 2003, Tony Blair took a call from Murdoch who was pressing on timings, saying how News International would support us, etc,

irishsun 16-JUN-12

Major [ said]: In many ways he (Mr Blair) was to the right of me,

sundaymail 13-JUN-12

George Robertson [ recalls]: President Kuchma of Ukraine was definitely out of favour with the Americans and the British, but was by virtue of the alphabet going to be sitting with Tony Blair and George Bush,

bbc 29-MAY-12

Robertson [ says]: And that meant that Tony Blair was sitting beside Romania as Royaume-Uni and George Bush was sitting beside Estonia because it was Les Etats-Unis and President Kuchma was sitting on his own,

bbc 29-MAY-12

Murdoch [-said]: I, in 10 years in his power there, never asked Tony Blair for any favors and never received any,

cnn 28-MAY-12

Skinner [-said]: Tony Blair looked young and many thought he was not ready to be in power. Of course, these comments were made by those who were already in power and were afraid of losing it,

MaltaToday 27-MAY-12

Prodi [-said]: I fully agree with my colleague, Tony Blair that a long term strategy is indispensable to overcome the crisis, but its development will take time, something what we don't have. If refinance rates constantly rise for example, as in Greece, we will not have the time and opportunity for reform as such a high rate of refinancing will destroy the financial system,

trendnews 25-MAY-12

Marr [-said]: Tony Blair quickly became famous in Fleet Street for inviting in one group of newspaper people and telling them how sceptical he was about Europe; and then inviting in another lot and telling them how keen he was on Europe,

guardian 25-MAY-12

Campbell [-said]: That happened after Tony Blair ceased being prime minister,

cnn 16-MAY-12

Campbell [added:]: It doesn’t strike me as that odd, not least because by then I think it is fair to say Tony Blair had very few strong supporters in the media left.

irishtimes 14-MAY-12