"Of Interest Only to Collectors of Narrative Contradiction"

Peter Stothard on Tony Blair:

A JOURNEY by Tony Blair reviewed by Peter Stothard - TLS: The other area that seemed a ripe source of stories was the one marked Iraq, especially the shrines to the genius of George W. Bush that the book’s limited pre-publicity had promised. The result here was more of a disappointment to those seeking new facts. But there are no new heights of hagiography either: when Bush is described as having been both “very smart” and of “immense simplicity in how he...