Attorney General's Legal Advice Leaked

Most of the front pages of the papers, with the notable exceptions of Rupert Murdoch's Sun and The Times, were plastered with headlines based around the leak of legal advice by the Attorney General which indicated that the invasion of Iraq could be judged to have been illegal.

The Attorney General's letter is full of legalese ... Full Story

Sedgefield Election Pointers

In the absence of local opinion polls, predicting the outcome of voting in Sedgefield is, of course, hazardous.

No sensible comparisons can be made with Tatton where a Constituency poll conducted about two weeks before the 1997 election put Martin Bell 11% ahead of Neil Hamilton...

...One key factor will be the turnout. Only 62% of Sedgefield constituents voted at the last election. Independent candidates can hope to gain votes from those who were previously too disenchanted with the candidates on offer to make a positive vote...

Full story available at our Sedgefield Election 2005 Guide

April 12 2005 will be remembered as a critical moment in British Politics

In times to come political historians may well reflect that yesterday, 12 April 2005, was a watershed moment in British politics.

Early on in the day Robin Cook in the Standard reflected that if Labour were returned then Tony Blair's departure might be 'sooner rather than later'...

... What may be deemed just as significant on reflection, but has so far gained little or no attention, is that this week Time Magazine published a special issue featuring "The Time 100: The lives and ideas of the world's most influential people".

Gordon Brown was in the 100, listed under 'leaders and revolutionaries' but Time did not include Tony Blair.

Read the full article here

Tony Blair comes first in a Google search for Liar

These thing have a habit of changing, but as I write if you type liar into Google, then the first result returned is the Downing Street website's biography of Tony Blair!

For more see our Tony Blair news pages.

Tony Blair's relief

Word is starting to spread about our Sedgefield Election Special Guide. Please feel free to make suggestions!

In the meantime, we've also been updating our Tony Blair Microsite:

"The suspicion that Tony Blair was irritated by the questions of journalists at his press conference today was confirmed by his entry in Tony Blair's Campaign Diary ... "

Visit Tony Blair news for the full story.