Blair's reign under the microscope

The Unfulfilled Prime Minister: Tony Blair And The Quest For A Legacy, by Peter Riddell, Politico's, €23.35.

When Tony Blair was first elected prime minister in 1997, his campaign song was D:Ream's Things Can Only Get Better.

But did they? Eight years on, there are times when even Blair himself sounds alarmingly unsure.

“Every time I've ever introduced a reform, I've wished in hindsight that I'd gone much further,” he said wistfully at ...