Last week's elections made it clear that although the British public still has faith in a Labour party, Blair's days are numbered, writes Alistair Alexander from London
Britain's general elections last week saw Tony Blair's Labour Party returning to (...)
The spectre of the war on Iraq continues to haunt Tony Blair, reports Alistair Alexander from London
Following a carefree summer spent relaxing at the palatial villa of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Tony Blair must have found his recent (...)
The Butler report said more about the shortcomings of Britain's official inquiries than it did about Tony Blair's integrity, writes Alistair Alexander from London
Embellished the evidence of weapons of mass destruction? Undoubtedly. Exaggerated the (...)
The arrest of Abu Hamza El-Masri and his expected extradition to the US on terrorism charges is proving just as controversial as the man himself, writes Alistair Alexander
According to one newspaper, residents in the West London Street where the (...)
After publishing fake photographs of tortured and sexually-abused Iraqi prisoners the editor of Britain's The Daily Mirror got the sack, reports Alistair Alexander from London
It looked like the British newspaper scoop of the year. The Daily Mirror (...)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in deep trouble over a new spy scandal involving the UN, reports Alistair Alexander from London
Poor Tony Blair. Just when the British prime minister thinks he's finally out of the dense political woods over (...)
The row over the probe into the suicide of Iraq arms expert Dr David Kelly which cleared the British government of any wrongdoing merely intensified public cynicism, reports Alistair Alexander from London
"A clear win, not a messy draw," that was (...)
The sacking of Liberal Democratic Party MP Jenny Tonge once again demonstrates the anti-Arab hysteria in British politics, writes Alistair Alexander from London
Barely a week goes by in Britain, these days, without a public figure being sacked for (...)
Will the electoral shift towards hard-liners on both sides of the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland prove the death of devolution, asks Alistair Alexander
"Just when you think you've got the answer, they change the question," is how the great (...)
If any Londoner had any doubts about the true purpose of President Bush's visit to Britain, a quick stroll around Buckingham Palace last week would have surely erased them, reports Alistair Alexander from London
Navigating their way through the (...)
had to pay the price for supporting Iraq, reports Alistair Alexander from London
's expulsion from the Labour Party last week was as controversial as it was predictable. The Labour Party machine moved swiftly to suspend the Glasgow MP following (...)
Despite emerging battered and bruised over the Iraq dossier, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is still set to hang on to power, writes Alistair Alexander from London
When Tony Blair addressed his own Labour Party at their conference last week it (...)
Tony Blair has spent the last few weeks in excruciatingly public view, looking ever more boxed in, reports Alistair Alexander from London
The American magician David Blaine has spent the last two weeks in a perspex box suspended above the Thames in (...)
Tony Blair's government looks increasingly vulnerable in the harsh glare of daylight, reports Alistair Alexander from London
Lord Hutton's enquiry was greeted sceptically when it was announced immediately following the suicide of David Kelly on 18 (...)
The Hutton Inquiry is shedding far more light on the death of David Kelly than the government, the BBC or the media had bargained for, reports Alistair Alexander from London
While the death of Dr David Kelly is inextricably linked to the (...)
The political ripple effects of the mysterious death of a British scientist are just now unfolding, writes Alistair Alexander from London
Of the many thousands of casualties of the war on Iraq, it is tragically bizarre that the body found in the (...)
Tony Blair is being increasingly cornered on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, reports Alistair Alexander from London
"Worse than Watergate" was how one Labour MP last week described the potential scandal awaiting Tony Blair if no weapons of mass (...)
Just as the sporadic pockets of celebration at Saddam's defeat have been swiftly replaced with anger in Baghdad, so the mood in the corridors of Westminster has also noticeably darkened, writes Alexander Alistair in London
Tony Blair felt sure (...)
Northern Ireland would appear to be a curious backdrop indeed for a war summit between George W Bush and Tony Blair -- the third such meeting in as many weeks. Alexander Alistair writes from Belfast
The US president sees the world in black and (...)
With military action now almost certain, Britain's anti-war movement faces an urgent challenge: how to follow up the biggest demonstration in British political history. Alistair Alexander reports from London
One month ago, between one and two (...)