Add to ORKGTony Blair’s resolute, unchanging, self-affirming appearance at the impotent Chilcot Inquiry reminded us of the Politician’s Virility Dilemma. If they change their minds or admit fault then they are seen as weak. If they stick to their guns they are seen as strong but wrong. We in the media and the public can enjoy 20-20 hindsight while those who make history are doomed to live in it
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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
When Tony Blair took Britain to war in Iraq in 2003, he overruled vociferous opposition from both th...
If you accept the premise that there’s something wrong with the balance of power between politicians...
Trust in political leaders has always been somewhat tenuous. Leaders are, in the normal run of thing...
Tony Blair's speech challenged the media over its standards in his valedictory lecture. Many of his ...
Ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there has been a widely shared public perception in the UK and...
ArticleThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications...
In December 2009 Tony Blair indicated that he would have pursued a policy of intervention in Iraq re...
The Chilcot Inquiry has again put back its expected reporting date to this autumn. Recent news repor...
Labour’s second term in office was very different to its first. Tony Blair and his government suffer...
National audienceThe Iraq War enjoyed wide support in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in ...
Tony Blair’s memoirs are being attacked for all sorts of predictable reasons. His opponents say his ...
British involvement in the Iraq War, and the political contestation it generated, highlight importan...
There’s a risk that governments have learned nothing from the stampede to war in Iraq, writes ...
Now this paper may seem a bit out of place in a publication on electoral strategies. The Iraq War en...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
When Tony Blair took Britain to war in Iraq in 2003, he overruled vociferous opposition from both th...
If you accept the premise that there’s something wrong with the balance of power between politicians...
Trust in political leaders has always been somewhat tenuous. Leaders are, in the normal run of thing...
Tony Blair's speech challenged the media over its standards in his valedictory lecture. Many of his ...
Ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there has been a widely shared public perception in the UK and...