Michael White

Guardian newspaper / BBC

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Associate editor of the Guardian newspaper and commentator on the BBC

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Tony Hayward spent this weekend watching his yacht race off the Isle of Wight, another black eye for the CEO of what used to be called British Petroleum.

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Tony Blair  is now Middle East Envoy for the Quartet of the US, Russia, the UN and the European Union. Britain's new prime minister is his long-time understudy.

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