Tony Blair was left reeling last night after students disrupted his debut speech at Yale University to protest at his role in taking Britain and America to war in Iraq.
The former Prime Minister, who is normally immensely popular in the US for his support for President George W Bush’s ‘war on terror’, faced an unexpected protest from anti-war protesters when he arrived to give his lecture at the Ivy League university.
Some smuggled banners bearing anti-war slogans into the venue which they held up as Mr Blair was speaking and when he had finished boos could be heard amid the applause.
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