The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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Tony Blair was, after Bonar Law, the second British Prime Minister of the 20th century to have Ulster Protestant parentage. Because of this he made holiday trips to Ireland and visited relatives in his teenage years. As an undergraduate at Oxford, he supported those who felt his college junior common room should subscribe to An Phoblacht, the IRA’s newspaper. By the time of his last major speech in Ireland, he seemed to regard the Ulster conflict as outmoded as the flared jeans of hi…
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