A huge character, Gareth would bring a very different, perhaps more warlike approach, |
For the entire period I worked for Tony Blair, almost a decade, I did not use a computer. This was not any old decade of course, but the one in which computer technology advanced further and faster than during any period in our history. |
He found it hilarious that some of the press - the more one-eyed of the NZ media - were blaming me for the second Test defeat. |
He has said he is going to stay for a full term and I think it is absolutely right that he does that, |
He included plenty of references of specific points of anxiety relating to the training and the day itself. And he put in a few specific trigger words or phrases that he urged me to say to myself whenever I felt I was weakening or panicking. The one that lodged was 'better, faster, stronger. |
I don't miss the limos and the jets. I do miss... what do I miss? I do miss Tony. |
I think Gordon has shown both in his management of the economy but also in the vision that he has for the country and the values that he holds, he is a formidable political figure. |
If it's a fundamental principle, the length of the grass doesn't matter. |
It is going to need a lot of continuing work talking to the parties before we can get to the stage of a new round of intensive negotiations. |
That is just something that he is prepared to take because he thinks the benefits to the country outweigh the political damage that might be done to him [on Blair's strong link to George W Bush] |
The EU is Russia's largest trading partner, and we are increasingly interdependent. It is on our interest that we cooperate more on issues such as drugs, crime, terrorism, weapons of destruction and the Balkans. |
The reality is, there is no point denying this, that Tony has taken a big political hit as a result of what is perceived to be a strong relationship with President Bush. |
There is going to have to be another leader in place when the next election comes and you would have to put your money on Gordon, |
time to move on and do other things. |
We don?t do God, I am sorry.' - when asked by an American reporter about Tony Blair?s religious views |