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Lionel Barber’s diaries — encounters with Merkel, Fuld and a piano-playing Putin

Exclusive extracts from the memoir of the FT’s former editor — from Tony Blair’s tips to a showdown with Philip Green

16 November 2005Two weeks after I was appointed editor My first meeting with Tony Blair in Downing Street. I’ve been doing some background reading on the Blair years, thanks to a colleague lending me a copy of The Insider, the private diaries of Piers Morgan, the roguish ex-editor of the Daily Mirror and News of the World. Piers appears to have enjoyed considerable sofa time with TB, a mildly incestuous relationship which later soured over the Iraq war. I had resolved to keep my distance from the government, but Downing Street called seeking a meeting within days of my appointment. Now I am sitting opposite Blair, flanked by his bald middle-aged PR flak-catcher Dave Hill.

“Thank you for seeing me, Prime Minister.”

TB: “Call me Tony.”

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