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  Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG
Cherie Blair's autobiography leaves all sorts of lingering questions - apart from the ones of tone and taste raised by almost all reviewers, including me in the Globe and Mail, Toronto.
There is the moment when she discusses the origins of the name of constituency home which she and Tony Blair bought after his last-minute selection as a Labour MP in 1983.
Tony Blair, to whom she was not yet married, was there too.
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  Cherie Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2002, Blair hit the newspaper headlines in the scandal referred to as "Cheriegate" because of her involvement with Peter Foster, a convicted Australian conman, who assisted her with the purchase of two flats in Bristol.
Blair attracted some criticism for her handling the case of Shabina Begum, a student at the mainly-Muslim Denbigh High School in Luton, who was refused permission to wear full head-to-toe jilbab, when the school uniform code only permitted students to wear the shalwar kameez.
For her client Blair claimed that it was about prejudice, however she was criticised for her involvement in the case when Begum was being supported by the controversial Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, of which her brother Shuweb Rahman was a member.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cherie_Blair   (1588 words)

  
 Tony Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blair made a statement about the day's bombings, saying that he believed it was "reasonably clear" that it was an act of terror, and that he hoped the people of Britain could demonstrate that their will to overcome the events is greater than the terrorists' wish to cause destruction.
Blair's first PMOS was Alastair Campbell, who served in that role from May 1997 to 8 June 2001, after which he served as the Prime Minister's Director of Communications and Strategy until his resignation on 29 August 2003, in the aftermath of the Hutton Inquiry.
Blair rarely applies such labels to himself, though he promised, in advance of the 1997 election, that New Labour would govern "from the radical centre", and he is on record as describing himself as a "social democrat".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Blair   (10763 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Cherie Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
CHERIE BLAIR is at the centre of a legal wrangle in Malaysia over whether she can represent a company in a controversial court case involving the country's ex-finance minister.
CHERIE Blair yesterday fuelled speculation that her husband will try to stay on as Prime Minister for as long as possible, talking about her "fantastic" life in Downing Street.
CHERIE Blair has said she brought her children up to follow her faith because she does not want them to be "simply part of the Establishment".
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=427   (480 words)

  
 CNN.com - Cherie Blair suffers miscarriage - August 6, 2002
Tony Blair is with his wife and the couple have delayed their departure for a holiday in France, a Downing Street statement says.
Blair will join the rest of their family later for what they hope will be a quiet holiday.
The Blairs have four children -- Euan, 17, Nicky, 16, Kathryn, 13, and baby Leo who was born in 2000, the first child born to a serving British prime minister for 150 years.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/08/06/uk.blairs/index.html   (428 words)

  
 CNN.com - Blair wife sorry for bomb remarks - June 18, 2002
Blair, a human rights lawyer, made her comments next to Queen Rania of Jordan at a charity appeal for medical aid for Palestinians.
Blair has run into opposition criticism before, with one Liberal Democrat calling her a "super-minister without portfolio" after she chaired a series of seminars in Downing Street earlier this year.
Blair agreed with a statement by Queen Rania that "the killing of innocent civilians is not acceptable, irrespective of perpetrator or victim.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/06/18/uk.cherie/index.html   (447 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Blair's wife criticized for U.S. speaking engagement   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cherie Blair — who also uses her maiden name, Booth, professionally — a prominent human rights lawyer, is expected to earn $54,400 from a talk at Washington's Kennedy Center Monday evening.
The main opposition Conservative Party has accused Cherie Blair of profiting from her husband's position by making the address at a time when the prime minister is going to the White House for official meetings.
Cherie Blair, who is Britain's official ambassador for the London Olympic bid, spent Monday morning in New York where she lobbied to bring the 2012 games to her city.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-06-06-blair-critics_x.htm   (577 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Profile: Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair's experiences since her husband became prime minister demonstrate the dangers of being the spouse of a well-known politician.
He had children with a number of partners and recently Mrs Blair was said to have been "delighted" to discover that she had a half sister in Australia.
Mrs Blair fought and lost the no-hope seat of Thanet North in Kent at the 1983 general election.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2053193.stm   (559 words)

  
 Witchcraft and nail clippings: the weird world of Cherie Blair?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Even by the standards of the alternative therapies said to be used by Cherie Blair, submitting her husband's toenail clippings to a health guru's pendulum is taking her alleged New Age obsession to a higher level.
Among the milder activities Cherie Blair is said to have taken jars of her own and her husband's hair and nail clippings to health guru who "dowsed" the jars by waving a pendulum over them to detect "poisons and blockages" that could affect the Blairs.
Before emerging from the pyramid, the Blairs were instructed to give voice to their hopes and fears and then undergo a "rebirth." This involved smearing each other with Mayan fruits and mud and exiting a "womb" in the pyramid whilst violently screaming.
www.red-ice.net /specialreports/2005/09sep/cherieblair.html   (1304 words)

  
 CNN.com - Cherie Blair the 'sound of summer' - Aug. 4, 2003
The singing skills of Cherie Blair, the wife of Britain's prime minister, are this summer set to dazzle Britons on the dance floor.
Cherie stepped in to help her husband Tony Blair when he was asked to sing during a grilling by Chinese students in Beijing last month on the case for war in Iraq.
Mrs Blair sang the Beatles song at the end of a gruelling question and answer session with students in Beijing shortly after the death of government scientist Dr David Kelly.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/08/04/uk.cherie   (564 words)

  
 Cherie [Blair] said Bush 'stole' power and tackled him on executions   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cherie Blair is said to have made no secret of her conviction that Mr Bush “stole” the presidential election, and picked an argument with him over the death penalty during a private dinner.
Mrs Blair scarcely concealed her impatience as the Blair team debated on the plane whether the gift he had brought for the President, a bust of Winston Churchill, was of sufficient quality for the Oval Office.
Cherie is nothing but an embarassment, to her husband and the rest of the country.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1064270/posts   (3819 words)

  
 ABC News: Labour Spent $13K on Cherie Blair's Hair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cherie Blair, the wife of Britain's prime minister, left, and Russian first lady Lyudmila Putin touring the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow, in this file photo from Oct. 4, 2003.
Cherie Blair, who uses the surname Booth in her professional life as a lawyer, has long had her hair done by Andre Suard, a stylist at the upscale Michaeljohn salon.
Cherie Blair, whose clothing and appearance are often mocked by the British media, has been criticized in the past for her reliance on a pricey hairstylist.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1871588&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (441 words)

  
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 Bush 'stole' the presidential election: Cherie- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
LONDON: In a forthright view that is likely to embarrass her husband, Cherie Blair, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, is reported to have observed that George W Bush "stole" the US presidential election from Al Gore.
Although Tony Blair was pragmatic about Bush's victory, Mrs Blair was far less sanguine about the Supreme Court decision that gave him the keys to the White House.
The book's disclosures of Mrs Blair's forthright views will cause embarrassment in Downing Street, because of Blair's good working relations with Bush, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, although they will not surprise officials or ministers who know her well.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/443220.cms   (213 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Anger at Cherie 'sympathy' for suicide bombers
Initially, Downing Street and Tony Blair sought to play down the significance of her comments, insisting that she was not supporting the suicide bombers.
Ned Temko, editor of the Jewish Chronicle, said while Mrs Blair did not set out publicly to endorse terror "there is a dangerously narrow line between suggesting there can be some sort of rational explanation for the deliberate targeting of men, women and children in buses and restaurants and justifying it".
Mrs Blair's remarks were in sharp contrast to the condemnation issued a few hours earlier by Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/06/19/nmid19.xml   (871 words)

  
 Yourish.com » Another reason to dislike Cherie Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Back in 1997, there were rumors that Cherie Blair’s intense dislike for cats has resulted in the death of the official 10 Downing Street feline-in-residence, Humprhey.
Blair’s office issued a statement saying Cherie was sad to see him go.
Cherie Blair would make an excellent Ambassador to the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Belarus,Iraq somewhere very dangerous where she can appreciate suicide bombers.
www.yourish.com /2006/03/20/916   (314 words)

  
 PRIME MINISTER’S WIFE CHERIE BLAIR SAYS 'I COULD SOMETIMES CHUCK IT ALL IN'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
She doesn’t often give interviews, but British prime minister’s wife Cherie Blair has spoken out on subjects ranging from her views on papal birth control policy to feminism and the stress of being a working mum which sometimes leads her to feel like “chucking it in”.
Cherie also revealed that, despite being a practising Catholic, she was at odds with the Catholic church’s stance on birth control.
While the power at Number 10 lies in her husband’s hands, Cherie confessed that the leadership post was one she once had her sights set on.
www.hellomagazine.com /2001/10/04/cherie   (602 words)

  
 AM - Cherie Blair apologises for Bristol flat saga
LINDA MOTTRAM: Cherie Blair, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, has issued a rare apology, and defence of her actions in the ongoing scandal surrounding her involvement with Australian conman, Peter Foster.
CHERIE BLAIR: My immediate instinct, when faced with the questions from the Mail on Sunday, 10 days ago, was to protect my family's privacy, and particularly my son, in his first term at university, living away from home.
MATT PEACOCK: It was a convincing and dramatic statement from Mrs Blair likely not only to scotch most of the accusations against her, but if anything, to increase her popularity over the very tabloids who have been attacking her.
www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s745007.htm   (444 words)

  
 rediff.com US edition: Row over Cherie Blair's remarks on the burkha
British Muslim leaders are irked with Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie for describing the burkha (veil) as a "symbol of the oppression of women".
Cherie Blair had said at a meeting attended by several Afghan women that "nothing more symbolises the oppression of women than the burkha, which is a very visible sign of the role of women in Afghanistan".
Cherie Blair said the refugees had described to her the difficulties of wearing the burkha and "how difficult it makes just ordinary, everyday living".
www.rediff.com /us/2001/nov/20uk.htm   (303 words)

  
 babyworld - celebrity - celebbabies - Cherie Blair
Pregnant at 45, Cherie was aware that having a baby later in life increased her health risks.
As far as the media is concerned, Cherie remains understandably guarded about the most recent addition to her family, but she was keen to thank all her well wishers shortly after the birth.
Considering his job description, Tony Blair is no ordinary father, but he seems to keep his feet on the ground when it comes to coping with his baby son.
www.babyworld.co.uk /celebrity/celebbabies/cherieblair.asp   (698 words)

  
 Cherie Blair Gets Caught Out
UK Cherie Blair broke down in tears tonight as she denied there was anything improper in her contact with the convicted fraudster Peter Foster over the purchase of two flats.
One minute, Cherie and her kind demand to be treated as professional equals, then they turn round and play the little woman.
+ UK Cherie Blair was last night fighting against a fresh wave of allegations about her links with Peter Foster, the convicted fraudster, after it emerged that papers on his legal fight against extradition were faxed to her private study in Downing Street.
www.angryharry.com /esPoorCherie.htm   (1135 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Special report: Cherie Blair
July 16: Cherie Blair under fire over claims that she helped the partner of her personal fixer secure a top-level meeting with a senior Downing Street policy adviser.
August 27 2004: Cherie Booth's chambers, Matrix, are to draw up the document to impeach her husband, Tony Blair, for 'high crimes and misdemeanours' in the run up to the war against Iraq, it was disclosed yesterday.
March 28 2004: Cherie Booth today launches an impassioned attack on the jailing of women, warning of a 'cycle of poverty and crime' spiralling down the generations unless more female criminals are spared prison.
politics.guardian.co.uk /cherie/0,,857295,00.html   (2043 words)

  
 Pope hears advice from Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has told a Vatican conference that young people should be encouraged to listen to their consciences, rather than just a set of rules prescribed by the Church.
Blair was a surprise guest at the opening session and spoke about her experience as a human rights lawyer, a Catholic and a mother.
Pope springs a surprise on Cherie Blair (The Scotsman 29/4/06)
www.cathnews.com /news/605/5.php   (1099 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Laura Bush, Cherie Blair pay tribute to slain Rwandans   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, joined Mrs.
Bush and her daughter Jenna at a museum that offers an unsparing, haunting account of the 100-day slaughter in 1994 by Hutu militias that killed nearly half a million minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Blair said it was especially poignant for her to be remembering the British dead at a site that marks those lost in Rwanda.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-07-14-bush-blair-rwanda_x.htm?csp=34   (705 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Cherie warns on anti-terror moves
But Mr Mercer said: "Cherie Blair or Cherie Booth, whichever name she's going under just at the moment, is entitled to her private opinions of course and to express those.
Mr Blair says extra powers being looked at include extending the time people can be held without charge.
On Tuesday Mr Blair vowed not to "give an inch to terrorism" and said Iraq was no excuse for the London bombings.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4719977.stm   (698 words)

  
 Cherie Booth Blair, The Most Powerful Women - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But as the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cherie Booth Blair, 50, has wielded power not only through her lawyering (as a Queen's counsel with London's Matrix Chambers law firm) but also due to the fact that she's got the ear of one of the world's most powerful men.
Blair is also a trustee for a slew of foundations and a noted human rights activist, having spoken out about female prisoners and human rights law.
Blair continues to plow ahead with her projects, publishing The Goldfish Bowl in 2004, a book about the demanding lives of spouses of other British prime ministers.
www.forbes.com /lists/2005/11/2KI5.html   (339 words)

  
 Indigo Jo Blogs: Cherie Blair: an embarrassment?
Today the press have been making a big fuss about a speech Cherie Blair, in her capacity as Cherie Booth QC, made in Malaysia in which she warned against the erosion of human rights in the "war on terror".
Cherie Booth is a senior lawyer and is well-known for her work in human rights cases including that of Shabina Begum.
A lot of people forget that Tony and Cherie are not the "first couple" of this country; the names of the first couple, not that the term is ever used, are Phillip and Elizabeth.
blogistan.co.uk /blog/mt.php/2005/07/28/cherie_blair_an_embarrassment   (2385 words)

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