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DIED. ROBIN COOK, 59, former British Foreign Secretary who resigned from Prime Minister Tony Blair's Cabinet in 2003 to protest the war in Iraq; after collapsing during a mountain hike; in Inverness, Scotland. Known for his debating skills and scandalous divorce, Cook declined to run against Blair for Labour Party leader in the '90s, declaring, "I am not good-looking enough...
Under the Labour Party’s reforms, health care waiting times were drastically reduced, cancer treatment became more efficient, and care for heart-attack patients was improved, Berwick explained, citing independent assessments by private health care foundations...
Berwick played an important role in helping Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labour Party develop a plan to improve the NHS—especially through its “Modernisation Plan” for the U.K.’s health care system...
...European constitution. In a blizzard of speeches, op-eds and interviews in Europe, he's been trying to reach around the punch-drunk institutions of Brussels to persuade skeptical voters that Europe must modernize or atrophy. Blair loves this role, having perfected it in a career spent admonishing the Labour Party to shape up, but it's a definite departure in European politics. It used to be only the U.S. President who would jet around the world telling other countries how to organize themselves. Blair has no backup band of celebrities to help him make his case for European reform...
...chief architect of Britain's "New Labour" strategy, Peter Mandelson was Tony Blair's most valued adviser. As E.U. Commissioner for Trade, he now focuses on Europe's competitiveness. He spoke last week in Brussels to Time's Leo Cendrowicz - but only until a phone call from 10 Downing Street interrupted the interview ... The European Union is facing a crisis of confidence. How can the E.U. make itself more relevant in an increasingly complex environment? It's a crisis of direction rather than a crisis of identity. It reflects two things. Firstly, people take for granted that...