The killing of tony blair is a documentary about former british prime minister tony blair by george galloway mp. Tony blair on trial, with tom bower and david aaronovitch duration. A documentary that ought to rank with the footage of british. Journals career network selfarchiving policy dispatch dates. Since resigning in june 2007, tony blair has financially enriched himself more. British voters decided by a slim majority last june to leave the eu. Oct 29, 2015 a united nations weapons inspector has alleged that tony blair misrepresented intelligence to secure approval for the iraq war. Peter oborne investigates the former pms eight figure fortune that he has accrued since departing downing street in june 2007. Dispatches the wonderful world of tony blair tv episode. Tony blair on iraq inquiry conclusion the new york times.
Combining testimony from prominent observers, ambassadors and statesmen, with extensive archive footage, animation and illustrations from the awardwinning political cartoonist steve bell. In a week when peter arnett and geraldo rivera make headlines for stupid behavior, pbs frontline comes along with a fine documentary that probably wont gain a lot of attention. Note, you must download and play this movie locally, as youtube think it is bbc. Tony blair was and is fucking discusting and this film is a real eye opener to the corruption and atrocities that ocoured under new labour and after tony s resignation as pm. The film was released, theatrically, in the uk on 27 july 2016.
Its a considered narrative, not an angry tirade the former labour and respect mp has taken inspiration from michael. Tony blair, in patriotic and vote winning mood on st georges day 1997 in an interview with the sun newspaper 4. Dispatches, as a dragon is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 8 times. How i planned to kill tony blair represents a followup to husbandandwife filmmaking team michael tucker and petra epperleins criticallyworshipped, defiantly nonpartisan documentary gunner palace 2004, on the daytoday of american soldiers stationed on the iraqi front. This extremely insightful documentary produced and mostly narrated by former labour mp george galloway reveals that tony blair is the brainchild of margaret thatcher. Vdyoutube dispatches the wonderful world of tony blair 14. After ten years away, the controversial former prime minister is back with a plan to save britain from brexit. Unbiased is not one of them, but then again neither is bad. Oct 03, 2016 george galloway mp is raising funds for the killing of tony blair on kickstarter. It is a documentary that is indepth, incisive, and full of behind the scenes scandals that were glossed over. Respect mp, george galloway, has succeeded in raising over.
Jul 11, 2015 the same applies to this dispatches documentary. The story of tony blairs destruction of the labour party, his wellremunerated business interests, and the thousands of innocent people who have died following his decision to invade iraq. Dispatches the wonderful world of tony blair 14 show description show tags show categories for webmasters description. Aug 02, 2016 the third and final killing, which a remarkable amount of the film is based on, is the financial killing made by tony blair.
The former prime minister tony blair has said a hard irish border would be a disaster, with an agreement the best way of limiting damage after brexit. It is an accurate historic account of the horrific abuse of power lead by tony blair. Whilst serving as prime minister of the united kingdom, tony blair concurrently served as the first lord of the treasury, the minister for the civil service, the leader of the labour party until gordon brown was declared labour leader on 24 june 2007 and the member of parliament for sedgefield. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a mole inside organisations under journalistic investigation. George galloway to target tony blair in upcoming documentary. In 2001, dispatches reporter saira shah risked her life as she went undercover in afghanistan to film the medieval barbarity the taliban wanted to. A documentary to be screened on channel 4 tomorrow, filmed by an. Tony blair cashes in on iraq war world socialist web site. Blair, the former prime minister of britain, made a statement on the findings of the chilcot committee, saying he took full responsibility for the. Dispatches gordon brown where did it all go wrong duration.
On the 6th of july, 2016, the long awaited iraq inquiry released its findings, it strongly criticised former prime minister tony blair and his. People previously sceptical or ignorant as to the extent of mr blairs monetary advantages will be left staggered in learning, for example, that the dictator of kazakhstan paid blair. It was really down to tony blair and george bush, she says. In the range of its contemporary documentary, from the. This featurelength documentary examines the primeministerial career of tony blair and his business activities since leaving office a role described as the blair rich project. Tony blair misrepresented intelligence on weapons of mass. The bulk of his income is through his consultancy firm, tony blair associates but shrouded in secrecy it is not clear who they are consulting for. Prime minister tony blair recently described tolerance as what makes britain britain but in this extensive investigation dispatches reveals how a message of hatred and segregation is being spread throughout the uk and examines how it is influenced by the religious establishment of saudi arabia. Channel 4 is a british publicservice television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 november 1982.
George galloways credibility gap fatally scuppers this attempt to broach a subject area that. When a highprofile politician is in office, selfdisclosure comes at too high a price, however carefully orchestrated it might be. The story of tony blair s destruction of the labour party, his wellremunerated business interests, and the thousands of innocent people who have died following his decision to invade iraq. The battle for britain by tony blair project syndicate. As i wrote on march 14, 2003, six days before the us invasion of iraq, blairs mistake was more or less. A united nations weapons inspector has alleged that tony blair misrepresented intelligence to secure approval for the iraq war.
Asbos were introduced by section 1 of the crime and disorder act 1998 and first used in 1999. Dispatches is a british current affairs documentary programme on channel 4, first broadcast on 30 october 1987. But now that blair has left 10 downing street, the former. Dispatches, as a dragon is a crossword puzzle clue. I mean a lot of adjectives could be used to describe this documentary. Some people make a living, others make a killing an exclusive new documentary on tony blair which will break unexplored ground. The third and final killing, which a remarkable amount of the film is based on, is the financial killing made by tony blair. C5 aircross dispatch m van grand c4 spacetourer estate space tourer estate. Iraq confession puts blairs integrity on line by robin oakley, cnn political contributor tony blair will give evidence, publicly, in the new year at yet another inquiry into the iraq war. Some islands remained isolated while others became joined to the continent. Apr 16, 2020 in 2001, dispatches reporter saira shah risked her life as she went undercover in afghanistan to film the medieval barbarity the taliban wanted to keep hidden.
In this eyeopening documentary the smallest people in the world, we follow the case of jon koppenhaver war machine jon koppenhaver war machine, is a former professional mixed martial artist who on march 2017 was convicted of 29 felony counts after assaulting adult film star christy mack. With tony blair, stephen fry, george galloway, guillaume rivaud. Dec 21, 2016 many believe tony blair should be charged for taking the uk to war in iraq. Tony blair thought he was the messiah, lamented the express. The killings of tony blair is a selective portrait of a monster fit for a stop the war rally and itll appeal directly to true believers for whom new labour and blair were an aberration. During the glaciation of the pleistocene era the polar ice caps increased in size and the level of the sea fell. A project by bradford west mp george galloway about the blair years has been branded a ridiculous stunt by the labour party. Perhaps the first thing theyll do when they are in control is to announce tony blair as karama blair. The programme covers issues about british society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, and often features a. Former labour mp george galloway has made a career out of challenging blair. The rise and fall of tony blair 2007 06 25 part 2 youtube.
The prime minister who took us to war, on a lie, showing who he really is, what he is all about. A documentary that ought to rank with the footage of. The premiership of tony blair began on 2 may 1997 and ended upon his resignation on 27 june 2007. Thanks goes to channel4 for making this documentary. Although largely commercially selffunded, it is ultimately publicly owned. Many believe tony blair should be charged for taking the uk to war in iraq. It comes in the forms of vandalism, social media abuse, assault and murder. Blairs war a bigpicture take on iraq orlando sentinel. This more or less encapsulates the charge against tony blair who serves pro bono as a middle.
Without realizing it those men had ventured into the land of dragons. Channel fours dispatches documentary, the wonderful world of tony blair, is a devastating expose of the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by blair. Tony blair was and is fucking discusting and this film is a real eye opener to the corruption and atrocities that ocoured under new labour and after tonys resignation as pm. George galloways credibility gap fatally scuppers this attempt to broach a subject area that already boasts far. By virtually every yardstick, antisemitism in the us and europe is rising and worsening in ways not seen since the 1930s. This featurelength documentary, cowritten and presented by george galloway, examines the primeministerial career of tony blair and his business activities since leaving office a role that galloway describes as the blair rich. Tony blair was warned by the countrys top civil servant that he was getting into a dangerous position over iraq in mid 2002, the chilcot inquiry hears. Dispatches the wonderful world of tony blair 14 youtube. More than 1,000 people have so far backed a campaign by mr galloway respect to raise. But they were never consulted on the terms of withdrawal, and with theresa mays government proposing policies for postbrexit britain that most voters would never support, the time has come to reopen the debate.
When he entered no 10 in 1997, people expected a new type of politics, but instead they saw the same sleaze, cynicism, belligerence and lack of ethics as with the tories. Antisemitism in four mutations 2020 rotten tomatoes. George galloway mp is raising funds for the killing of tony blair on kickstarter. The killing of tony blair by george galloway mp kickstarter. Since tony blair s new labour government came to power in 1997, the uk civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. How labour used its election troops to fake popular support. W hen i went to interview tony blair, the newly elected leader of the opposition in the house of commons, in 1994, i wanted to ask him about his membership in the christian socialist movement, a.