Blair, p.518: "The Daily Mail, in particular, was vicious. As I say, Gordon was close to Paul Dacre, the editor-in-chief of the Mail Group."
Blair, pp. 512-3: In 2008, the media said Obama was the visionary, McCain the "old political hack", but it was the other way around.
This is fun too:
BBC - Open Secrets: Why Tony Blair thinks he was an idiot
"You idiot. You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. There is really no description of stupidity, no matter how vivid, that is adequate. I quake at the imbecility of it." These are the words Tony Blair addresses to himself in his memoirs while reflecting on his government's introduction of the Freedom of Information Act.
"You idiot. You naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. There is really no description of stupidity, no matter how vivid, that is adequate. I quake at the imbecility of it."
And this:
Tony Blair: Diana was a manipulator like me - Telegraph
Blair felt that the royal family?s lack of response to the Princess?s death was dangerous for them in the face of a massive outpouring of public grief Photo: PA The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh view the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace Photo: PA Diana, Princess of Wales was down to earth, charming and intelligent, but also stubborn and prone to be over-emotional, says Mr Blair. He recalls meeting the Princess at Chequers in July 1997, the month before she died, saying he felt an uneasiness about her relationship with Dodi Fayed but could not put his finger on why. He says she did not appreciate him broaching the subject with her."We were both, in our own way, manipulators" -- good at grasping the feelings of others and instinctively playing on them.
Diana, Princess of Wales was down to earth, charming and intelligent, but also stubborn and prone to be over-emotional, says Mr Blair.
He recalls meeting the Princess at Chequers in July 1997, the month before she died, saying he felt an uneasiness about her relationship with Dodi Fayed but could not put his finger on why. He says she did not appreciate him broaching the subject with her.
"We were both, in our own way, manipulators" -- good at grasping the feelings of others and instinctively playing on them.
(Itals mine.)
