The Northern Echo | The Blair Years http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/ The Northern Echo /news/indepth/blairyears/ en-gb Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:24:08 +0100 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:24:08 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo The Northern Echo | The Blair Years http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/ FOREWORD http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501363.FOREWORD/?ref=rss Tony Blair today leaves 10 Downing Street for the final time as he steps down after ten eventful years as Prime Minister - and 13 as leader of the Labour Party. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:04:00 +0100 01cfcb0d7627dd001f9a3adc8f545f22 CHAPTER 1: From Trimdon and songs of the 'King' to No. 10 and the Queen herself http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501366.CHAPTER_1__From_Trimdon_and_songs_of_the__King__to_No__10_and_the_Queen_herself/?ref=rss FOR the last 15 years, I have been stalking Tony Blair. It feels as if wherever and whenever he has stepped foot in the North-East, I have been somewhere in the background. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:04:00 +0100 19b4fcbcbf356175b450a69e49f53b9e CHAPTER 2: The words that comforted a nation in grief http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501375.CHAPTER_2__The_words_that_comforted_a_nation_in_grief/?ref=rss THE next encounter was even more unreal. August 31, 1997. About 10am on a spiteful morning. Little shards of rain flew on the wind. Tony Blair wore a black heavy jacket, the type undertakers wear. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:05:00 +0100 4e91d85998b04d209e04fc8a6841a483 CHAPTER 3: 9/11: the quest to forge a new world order http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501377.CHAPTER_3__9_11__the_quest_to_forge_a_new_world_order/?ref=rss BARELY three months after the 2001 General Election, the kaleidoscope was shaken so profoundly that it coloured - perhaps for ever - the way in which the British people looked at Tony Blair. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:07:00 +0100 12b1ea64d099d859ff79a2acf6b64b8e CHAPTER 4: Made to wait for a cup final and penalties http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501383.CHAPTER_4__Made_to_wait_for_a_cup_final_and_penalties/?ref=rss A FEROCIOUS electrical storm swept around Washington airport. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:07:00 +0100 5e396ddfc9c8fe1250daae656d76e408 CHAPTER 5: Simply unforgettable – the day a US President came to town http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501391.CHAPTER_5__Simply_unforgettable_____the_day_a_US_President_came_to_town/?ref=rss HOW many acres does Tony Blair have on his Myrobella estate?" asked the Assistant Chief of Staff of the White House. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:09:00 +0100 a8bdfc3db7da783ba68f2be34ae8fdce CHAPTER 6: At last, the end came – with a striking silence http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/blairyears/1501408.CHAPTER_6__At_last__the_end_came_____with_a_striking_silence/?ref=rss MAY 15, 2004, was a climate change sort of a day, and a red skin day in terms of stalking the Prime Minister on his home turf. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:11:00 +0100 bbae4f2acbb547fe6a7e900488de7a9c