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  • 'I'm sorry': Historic moment Tony Blair FINALLY apologises for Iraq War

    10/24/2015 8:29:04 PM PDT · by DaveinOK54 · 121 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/24/15 | Simon Walters and Glen Owen and Martin Beckford and Daniel Bates
    Tony Blair has finally said sorry for the Iraq War – and admitted he could be partly to blame for the rise of Islamic State. The extraordinary confession by the former Prime Minister comes after 12 years in which he refused to apologise for the conflict. Blair makes his dramatic ‘mea culpa’ during a TV interview about the ‘hell’ caused by his and George Bush’s decision to oust Saddam Hussein. (snip)
  • Speak English or lose benefits: Cameron to stop payouts to immigrants who use taxpayer-funded tr

    01/19/2014 11:31:43 PM PST · by cunning_fish · 18 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 18 January 2014 | Simon Walters and Martin Beckford
    David Cameron plans to strip welfare handouts from immigrants who cannot speak English. In a radical bid to slash Britain’s benefits bill, the Prime Minister intends to stop printing welfare paperwork in foreign languages and prevent claimants using taxpayer-funded translators at benefits offices. The move – which would also hit British residents who cannot speak English – was due to be announced tomorrow, but has been delayed following a row with Nick Clegg.