Blair in a spin
A series of damaging leaks from inside Downing Street shows that the Blair government is in a panic. Why?
IMAGINE that your deepest fears and darkest imaginings had a habit of turning up on the front pages of the newspapers. Imagine you suspected that one of your inner circle of friends had turned into a deadly enemy and you could not find the turncoat. This is pretty much the waking nightmare that Tony Blair finds himself in.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Blair in a spin”
From the July 22nd 2000 edition
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