Sep
09
2010

Protesters force Blair to call off book-launch party

Tony Blair decided to postpone a party to mark the launch of his memoirs in London last night to head off a protest by anti-war campaigners who threatened to disrupt it. The former prime minister, who had already scrapped a planned London book signing yesterday for the same reason, thought it would be best to push back the date of his party at Tate Modern.

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