Peter Oborne

Blair’s frivolous and impractical plan is designed only to please the tabloids

Blair’s frivolous and impractical plan is designed only to please the tabloids

issue 13 August 2005

For security reasons newspapers have been asked not to name the holiday destination to which Tony Blair departed last weekend. This is fair enough, but Spectator readers will nevertheless be reassured to learn that the most characteristic feature of a Blair family holiday still applies: it is taking place at somebody else’s expense.

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