Rupert Murdoch pressured Tony Blair over Iraq, says Alastair Campbell

guardian.co.uk — Rupert Murdoch joined in an "over-crude" attempt by US Republicans to force Tony Blair to accelerate British involvement in the Iraq war a week before a crucial House of Commons vote in 2003, according to the final volumes of Alastair Campbell's government diaries.
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