Tony Blair 'relished' sending British soldiers off to war
By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor
(Filed: 18/09/2005)
Tony Blair "relished" sending troops to war, according to claims by a former Downing Street aide which the Government tried to suppress.
The Prime Minister also railed at "the f***ing Welsh" and made policies minutes before going on television, Lance Price says in his book The Spin Doctor's Diary.
Mr Price, a former deputy head of Downing Street communications, claims that Mr Blair promised Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul, that the Government would not change its policy on Europe without telling him first.
The Government forced Mr Price to remove sections of the diary before publication. Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell accused the former BBC journalist of "betrayal".
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