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'Inevitable Hassle' Leads Tony Blair To Cancel Book Party

First Posted: 09/08/10 01:50 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:35 PM ET

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Tony Blair today cancelled a second event scheduled to mark the launch of his memoirs after anti-war campaigners prepared to mount a protest against him.

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Tony Blair today cancelled a second event scheduled to mark the launch of his memoirs after anti-war campaigners prepared to mount a protest against him.
Tony Blair today cancelled a second event scheduled to mark the launch of his memoirs after anti-war campaigners prepared to mount a protest against him.
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TheBaffler
a long the riverrun
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05:09 AM on 09/10/2010
The war against Iraq was something of a hassle, though not an inevitable one. Thanks, you sniveling lapdog.
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andycan
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11:26 PM on 09/09/2010
The most decorous thing to do for Bush's lap-dog is to stop yapping.
Blair was a boring shill and understudy to Bush and Cheney.
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kinogod
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06:44 AM on 09/09/2010
"no where to run to, baby, no where to hide....
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Macready
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06:20 AM on 09/09/2010
Another way to look at bliar's cancellation is in financial terms . . . . he makes mega bucks from lecture tours all around America . . and many Americans think he is wonderful . . just why . . I don't know . . but that is beside the point . . . . and he is the special peace envoy in the Middle East and well I am very sure he knows that the protest will get big media coverage just like it did in Ireland . . and tony does not want that . . it might affect his money making opportunities in the US . . .
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LemonMeringue
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10:06 PM on 09/08/2010
Gotta respect the Brits for mounting a protest. I guess they still get to exercise free speech in that country, without the White House calling them unpatriotic.
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lenuk
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06:59 AM on 09/09/2010
The reality is that these 'protesters' are a tiny minority.

A fairly crude poll taken on one of the talk-radio stations in London yesterday suggested that only about 5% of people supported the protesters.
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caveman1313
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09:20 PM on 09/08/2010
blair should have used obama's ghost writer
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caveman1313
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09:03 PM on 09/08/2010
um, he is now being accuses of plagiarism.....
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LemonMeringue
Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs - Feb. 24th
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10:06 PM on 09/08/2010
Blair did not use a ghost writer for which I respect him. It actually makes me want to read his book.
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DJSkelton
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12:57 PM on 09/08/2010
A sad day for free speech in the UK when a three times election winning PM has to cancel a book launch because of the threats of an anti democratic mob. Have blogged about it here:

http://thoughtsofaprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/09/cancellation-of-blair-book-signing.html
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dems08
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05:49 PM on 09/08/2010
sad day for freedom of religion when pubs whip up hate for a religion, interfering in the building of a community center.
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Macready
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05:09 AM on 09/09/2010
well said dems08 . . . totally agree
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KCM7
“I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know”
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09:29 PM on 09/08/2010
I see.

You protect a war criminals right to free speech., and reject the protesters right to free speech.
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SoSorry
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10:34 PM on 09/08/2010
Nice one KCM7.. fanned.
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Macready
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05:10 AM on 09/09/2010
fanned KCM7 . . . well said
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