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Prologue: A strong ally I can go out and just talkIn July 2006, two Prime Ministers came to Washington, one a novice, the other a very familiar visitor. Following the elections only months earlier, Nouri al-Maliki had been appointed Prime Minister of Iraq, personifying that very démocratisation of...

PrefaceAny assessment of a Prime Minister still in office is bound to be interim and provisional, rather than final: indeed, it will remain interim until several years, or even longer, after he or she has resigned. But the longer a Prime Minister is in office, the less tentative even a provisional...

Introduction Rt Hon. Peter Mandelson MP Where it started The Blair Revolution was written in the heyday of New Labour, when all lay before us. This was a time of excitement when, for the Labour Party, there certainly was a 'revolution' under way. The sacred texts of the party's constitution had...