Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley, OBEin Kidderminster, Worcestershire is a British journalist. He was European Political Editor at CNN International. Prior to CNN, he was Political Editor at the BBC...
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It's also the key to possibly getting NATO involved.
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is going to cause controversy with the U.S.
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It would be interesting to know how much Tony Blair will raise those questions in private, although in public he will continue to say that such matters are for commanders on the ground,
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are not remotely on the same scale as the U.S..
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The British and Irish remain hopeful all the same that some of the presidential stardust will rub off.
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After September 11 governments everywhere have had to plan what they would do in the event of a major civil emergency, especially the UK government,
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stricter standards applied to those who influence impressionable young people.
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Quite a lot of agreement exists on the general principle of avoiding the over-production of food.
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These situations are always incredibly difficult for prime ministers and government, but so far there's been no public outcry against Blair for refusing to deal with terrorists,
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The fact that George Bush has come to Belfast to meet Tony Blair in this location ... is in a sense a mark of respect for Tony Blair, an attempt to show outside world -- because George Bush doesn't voyage outside the United States all that easily -- it's a sign that he takes him seriously and listens to his advice. It gives him some sort of political payback,
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But one thing he didn't address, having raised in his speech the suggestion that politics in France had to change, he didn't have anything to suggest how the political system should change,
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Both sides know that with stock markets everywhere in free fall it is hardly the time to spark an all-out trade war.
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I don't think we'll see huge divisions here in Greece.
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He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.