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Fri 08 Aug 2003Blair's formidable performanceHUTTON INQUIRY: Blair stuck to stressing a few simple themes as he gave evidence at the Hutton Inquiry, writes Deaglán de BréadúnIt is said that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing once gave up reading the newspapers for 10 years. Tony Blair should take a leaf out of the French elder statesman's book.