The moment that changed the world: the al-Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers.
The moment that changed the world: the al-Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers.
George Bush is told the news by his chief of staff Andy Card whilst listening to schoolchildren reading.
Tony Blair is about to tell the TUC that he must return to London.
Bush speaks to Blair by phone the following day as Condoleezza Rice stares out through the Oval Office window.
Bush waves the Stars and Stripes and shows solidarity with rescue workers at Ground Zero.
The Blairs in the US: Tony Blair, Laura Bush and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani applaud President Bush’s speech to Congress.
Cherie looks at the helmets representing some of the firemen who lost their lives.
Tony and Cherie Blair, Kofi Annan, Hillary and Bill Clinton join in singing a hymn at a memorial service in New York.
Osama Bin Laden is one of the FBI’s twenty-two ‘most wanted’ members of al-Qaeda.
Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq.
A headline greeting Bush’s labelling of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as ‘the axis of evil’.
TB and his two GBs: together in Washington on the day Bush hailed Blair ‘a true friend’ ...
... and a cartoonist’s take on Gordon Brown’s troubled relationship with Blair ...
... which at times could not be hidden from the cameras.
Transport secretary Stephen Byers.
Byers’ political adviser Jo Moore, whose political career came to be defined by one email about ‘burying bad news’.
The Queen with five of her prime ministers: Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Ted Heath, Jim Callaghan and John Major.
US actor Kevin Spacey adds a bit of showbiz sparkle to Labour’s 2002 conference, here with Tony and Cherie Blair and Bill Clinton.
The former US president and his actor friend later enjoyed a night out in Blackpool’s McDonald’s.
Tony Blair with weapons inspector Hans Blix.
Carole Caplin and Peter Foster, the Australian fraudster who sparked a crisis over two flats bought by Cherie Blair, and strained relations further between the Blairs, AC and his partner Fiona Millar.
Fiona Millar with Cherie Blair.
Strategists together: Peter Mandelson, Philip Gould and Campbell at a meeting with the German ambassador.
Me and my shadow: Campbell and Blair in a lift in Brussels ...
... before a very difficult conversation over Iraq with Jacques Chirac.
Another difficult conversation, this time with President Putin.
Tony Blair (seated) before the Commons debate on going to war with Iraq; with him are (left to right) Jonathan Powell, David Manning, Peter Hyman and Alastair Campbell.
Campbell watches Blair’s speech live on television from the Prime Minister’s office.
US–UK talks at Hillsborough Castle; clockwise from bottom left: Colin Powell, Alastair Campbell, George Bush, Tony Blair, Condi Rice, Ari Fleischer and Jack Straw.
The march against the war, February 2003.
Two ministers who eventually resigned in protest: Clare Short ...
... and Robin Cook.
Though the run-up to war preoccupied everyone, Campbell found time to train for the 2003 London Marathon. Here, at the finishing line with Fiona.
He raised half a million pounds for Leukaemia Research in memory of his best friend John Merritt ...
... prompting the charity to remind him of his day job.
Saddam is toppled.
Blair thanks the troops.
Bill Clinton (far right) works on a speech with (left to right) Peter Mandelson, Philip Gould and Alastair Campbell.
A cartoonist links Clinton’s past problems to Campbell’s current ones.
John Scarlett, the spy forced out into the open ...
... by the row over weapons inspector David Kelly.
Alastair Campbell, with Jonathan Powell behind him, leaves Number 10.
Alastair Campbell giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs select committee.
Lord Hutton headed the inquiry into David Kelly’s death.
BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan arrives to give evidence.
Campbell arrives to give evidence.
This artist’s impression shows Campbell being quizzed by the inquiry’s counsel, James Dingemans QC.
Campbell arrives home on the day of his resignation, 29 August 2003 ...
... an event enjoyed by Private Eye.