items
'You've still got the main negotiation to happen ... anyone who is telling you it is that simple is conning you' [2 mins]
22/11/2019
Powerful interview from Tony Blair. Should be watched by everyone. Whatever your views about Brexit, we’ve all got to be honest about what’s involved. Boris Johnson is trying to con the British people.
Former prime ministers urge MPs to reject legislation, saying it endangers Irish peace process.
Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill - while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it, saying it risked putting the Irish peace process, trade negotiations and the UK's integrity at peril.
Ex-Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged MPs to reject the "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Former prime minister Tony Blair claims the Brexit "nightmare" will not be over if the Tories win the election and take the UK out of the EU on 31 January.
Blair report tells Johnson to delay completion by 12 months to avoid ‘disastrous no deal’
16/07/2020
'Too late' to strike a full agreement before December cliff-edge, study commissioned by ex-prime minister concludes - and Europe is staring down barrel of 'a deep recession'.
Boris Johnson has come under fire for reportedly telling a virtual meeting of Conservative MPs that devolution had been a "disaster" in Scotland.
Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs.
A 2007 article by Boris Johnson has resurfaced in which he rails against the "arrogance" and "contempt" of Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair as prime minister without a general election.
Boris Johnson Would Be ‘Smart’ To Hold No-Deal Brexit Referendum Rather Than Snap Election, Says Tony Blair
10/09/2019
Former PM says snap election is too risky for Tories and new people's vote the way out.
Molotov cocktails and barricades have returned to Northern Ireland. The conflict there is 4 centuries old. But Brexit is the new reason why the situation has reached the boiling point in what had been an era of peace.
Dogmatic obsession means that Johnson won’t lift a finger to help Northern Ireland.
Britain will rejoin the EU in the future, Tony Blair has predicted – as polls show support for rejoining climbing ever higher.
Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.
Scottish politicians react angrily to PM calling it Tony Blair’s ‘biggest mistake’
Former attorney general lashes out as Tory rebellion gathers pace.
Hashtag Brexit denial
17/11/2022
Brexit denialist-in-chief Jacob Rees-Mogg is still in full flow. He denies that any harm has come from Brexit – even though he can’t find any benefits.
It will “take a decade” to resolve the crisis inflicted on Ireland by Brexit and the border checks created in the Irish Sea, David Davis has suggested.
The wealthy ghouls who fund the Tory party expect their quid pro quo – and this legislation will deliver it.
European commission chief says he regrets not getting involved in 2016 campaign.
Ouch! Sir Tony Blair says there is no plan for Britain’s future as Boris Johnson is simply not prepared for Brexit and tech revolution
20/01/2022
Boris Johnson is lacking a coherent blueprint for dealing with the major strategic challenges facing the UK, according to former prime minister Siry Tony Blair.
Remainiacs Ep. 105: Special edition - TONY BLAIR on this week’s crisis, how to win another Referendum and more
21/03/2019
It’s a big one. TONY BLAIR, former Labour Prime Minister and now head of his Global Institute, talks to Dorian, Naomi and Ian about escape routes from the current Parliamentary chaos. /
The Tory peer thinks public "anger" could trigger another vote on the UK's membership in the EU.
We desperately need to rejoin the single market and customs union, whatever the former PM thinks.
The Good Friday Agreement was born of the most painstaking talks I ever took part in. Now our prime minister threatens to rip it apart.
In a joint appearance at Ulster University on Thursday, former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major speak about the risks of voting to leave the EU. Major says a Brexit vote would mean a second Scottish independence referendum. Blair says it would also mean closing the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic
Former prime ministers stress impact of leave vote on Irish and Scottish relations with UK after referendum
Tony Blair calls for new law to block no-deal Brexit after Tory minister admits it will ‘always’ be option
26/10/2019
Kwasi Kwarteng’s comments branded 'a revelation' that make it essential MPs block a pre-Christmas election. / Tony Blair is urging MPs to pass a fresh law to prevent a no-deal Brexit, after a government minister admitted the option will “always” be on the table.
TONY BLAIR has urged leaders from the UK and Ireland to do their upmost to maintain the close relationship between the two countries after Brexit.
Tony Blair says no-deal exit will lead to ‘really hard border’ in ‘devastating’ blow to peace process in Northern Ireland
10/02/2019
‘It would be economically very, very dangerous for Britain, and for the peace process in Ireland it would potentially be devastating’
Threatening a no deal Brexit "is a problem for the EU", but a "catastrophe" for the UK, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the Today programme. He said it would cause "enormous" and "profound damage" to the UK economy.
Former prime minister says UK could have achieved fast rollout within the EU.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the UK government is behaving in an "extraordinary way" over Brexit.
Leaving without deciding what kind of relationship we want with the EU will simply prolong the agony.
‘Complete lack of trust’ in Boris Johnson as honest broker in Northern Ireland, claims Keir Starmer
09/07/2021
Prime minister not being ‘straight’ about consequences of his Brexit protocol, says Labour leader.
|
types
◈ news ×25
◈ opinion ×7
◈ podcast ×2
◈ speech ×1
◈ tweet ×3
◈ video ×9
related tags
◈ NI ×15
◈ Boris Johnson ×13
◈ John Major ×13
◈ GFA ×8
◈ Irish Sea ×7
◈ peace ×6
◈ DUP ×5
|