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Tony Blair damned with high praise
Leader Approaching the end of his term, Tony Blair is well practised at seeing off his most vicious attackers. But while deflecting his enemies may come easy, Blair has less experience of being damned with praise — especially the un-faint kind.
[August 9, 2006, 15:25]
A Year Ago: Tony Blair warns Britain's business
News Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a stark message to British business this morning: get on the Net or go bust. The Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit report -- e-commerce@its.best.uk -- was welcomed by Mr Blair.
[September 13, 2000, 7:01]
Tony Blair warns Britain's business
News Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a stark message to British business this morning: get on the Net or go bust. The Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit report -- e-commerce@its.best.uk -- was welcomed by Mr Blair.
[September 13, 1999, 16:32]
Motorola defies Tony Blair and shuts Scottish factory
News Over 3,000 Scottish workers are facing redundancy after UK mobile firm Motorola confirmed that it was to close its factory at Bathgate, despite the personal intervention of prime minister Tony Blair two weeks ago.
[April 24, 2001, 14:07]
I think of Tony Blair and remember...
Talkback Tony Blair is the man who awarded a Knighthood to Bill Gates. Another "feather" in Tony Blair's cap is being the first serving Prime Minister to be interviewed by the police as part of an on-going criminal investigation: http://www.telegraph.co.uk...
[June 27, 2007, 13:43]
Tony Blair promises IT upgrade for justice system
News Tony Blair has pledged to upgrade IT practices in the courts. The time has come to drag the criminal justice system from the nineteenth century into the 21st century," Blair said. This will take some time to put in place," warned Mr Blair, speaking...
[June 18, 2002, 16:46]
UK's first e-envoy appointed
News The UK's first e-envoy, former civil servant and High Commissioner to Australia Alex Allen was appointed Monday by the Prime Minister Tony Blair. Allen, who previously worked as Tony Blair's principle private secretary, will have a hotline direct...
[September 13, 1999, 15:32]
Hotmail complaints keep flowing in
Talkback tony blair will tell u more people r comming off the dole and getting a job, that is crap , the only reason the figers go down is cos they send us 2 training coures,while peoplre on theas courses ur put down as employed.well iv been 2 quite a fue...
[August 7, 2006, 12:10]
Blair called to stick to telecoms commitment
News Earlier this year Tony Blair made a commitment to opening up the local loop by the beginning of 2001 and did so on an international stage surrounded by his European counterparts. It is up to Tony Blair to take a stand and say that is not what we...
[October 18, 2000, 12:03]
Grove praises British e-commerce potential
News Former Intel chief Andy Grove expressed his admiration for Prime Minister Tony Blair and his enthusiasm for Britain's e-commerce potential at a briefing Tuesday morning in London's Four Seasons Hotel.
[September 21, 1999, 13:58]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Talkback Peter Mandelson, a Tony Blair appointee. In which case, voting Tony Blair OUT of office can't possibly do any more harm than keeping him in. Hmm, maybe I'm confusing the Council with the Commissioners (i.e.
[March 7, 2005, 23:32]
Blair backs unbundling six months ahead of schedule
News On Friday, Prime Minister Tony Blair signed on the dotted line his desire to have the local loop unbundled six months ahead of the schedule agreed by the telecommunications watchdog, Oftel, and British Telecom (quote: BT).
[March 24, 2000, 15:57]
Jane Wakefield: Educate, agitate, organise
News Education, education, education -- not one of Tony Blair's more inspired mantras and as class sizes swell and schools fall down, its probably one that keeps him awake at night. Tony Blair will almost certainly make a big speech expounding the views...
[September 11, 2000, 14:58]
A Year Ago: Blair backs unbundling six months ahead of schedule
News On Friday, Prime Minister Tony Blair signed on the dotted line his desire to have the local loop unbundled six months ahead of the schedule agreed by the telecommunications watchdog, Oftel, and British Telecom (quote: BT).
[March 24, 2001, 6:01]
Virus writers claim Blair's email account was hacked
News On the same day Tony Blair won a third term in government, a spam message was sent out stating that malicious hackers had penetrated his email account. The email arrives with the subject line: "BBC: Tony Blair email account hacked!
[May 6, 2005, 14:55]
Microsoft warns governments of Linux lawsuit threat
Talkback Ballmer is not lying, I think he actually believes what he says but as we have found with our own UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and his "45 minute launch of WMD" claims on Iraq, no matter how big you think you are you can as easily be duped into...
[November 18, 2004, 16:22]
Google exec plays Shakira mash-up to business leaders
News Google's vice-president of European operations added some Latin spice to the normally conservative proceedings on Monday at a premier event for UK business leaders, which was later attended by the Prime Minister Tony Blair.
[November 27, 2006, 16:41]
Jane Wakefield: BT admits it's good to surf
News It is no longer a question of if but when as BT takes up Tony Blair's clarion call for a Net nation and runs with it like it invented the idea. And while the news is good, maybe even great, it is by no means the answer to all Tony Blair's prayers.
[October 29, 1999, 13:26]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback Although I personally think it makes no difference what you or I think about the situation, which can be demonstrated by the recent events with Iraq and Tony Blair, George Bush. As a country with supposidly freedom of speech and public servants...
[March 3, 2005, 10:29]
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero talks to ZDNet, Part III
News I met Patricia Hewitt myself, and I had a conversation with Tony Blair about it as well. So do you think when Tony Blair goes back on stage and says, "I do want schools to be online, and I do want cheap access so that we don't have social divide...
[March 10, 2000, 13:22]
