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For other uses, see Anthony Blair (disambiguation) and Tony Blair (disambiguation). Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
Jul 5, 2024 · Tony Blair (born May 6, 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British Labour Party leader who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). He was the youngest prime minister since 1812 and the longest-serving Labour prime minister, and his 10-year tenure as prime minister was the second longest continuous period (after Margaret ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Is Tony Blair? In 1994, Tony Blair became the youngest leader of the Labour Party. In 1997, he was sworn in as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Apr 30, 2017 · On Monday, it was 20 years to the day that Tony Blair won a landslide general election victory for Labour - how did he change the country and what is left of his legacy?
Tony Blair, the longest serving Labour Prime Minister, oversaw the Northern Irish peace process, public sector reform and the response to the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorist attacks. Born. 6 May...
Jan 5, 2022 · More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. The ex-Labour leader, who was in power from 1997 to 2007, was...
Jul 1, 2024 · So it was quite a turnaround when Labour, under the leadership of the youthful Tony Blair, won the May 1, 1997 general election by a landslide. “New Labour, New Britain” was the party’s slogan, and “Things can only get better” by D-ream was its theme song. Under Blair, Labour won a majority of 179 seats, even bigger than the party’s ...
Jul 20, 2023 · Sir Tony was repudiated mostly because of the invasion of Iraq and because it grew unwilling to wear the compromises on high ideals that electoral success demand.
Tony Blair © Blair was prime minister for a decade from 1997 - 2007. He is responsible for moving the Labour Party from the left towards the centre ground of British politics, resulting in an...
Aug 16, 2023 · The former British prime minister, who left Downing Street widely unpopular, is back in favor with his party, Labour, which hopes his political skills can be an advantage as an election nears ...
Jul 19, 2023 · Tony Blair was warned there could be a UK terrorist attack "even more appalling" than 9/11, declassified government documents have revealed. Days after the 2001 US attacks, the then prime...
Jul 5, 2024 · Professor of Ethnic Peace and Conflict, University of Bradford, Eng. Author of Theft of a Nation: Romania Since Communism and others. Tom Gallagher. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Jan 7, 2022 · A petition calling for the removal of former Prime Minister Tony Blair's knighthood has collected more than one million signatures. The ex-Labour leader, who was in power from 1997 to 2007, was...
Aug 22, 2021 · Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain, on Saturday criticized the withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it a hasty move made “in obedience to an imbecilic political slogan about ending...
Tony Blair, orig. Anthony Charles Lynton, (born May 6, 1953, Edinburgh, Scot.), British politician and prime minister (1997–2007). He was among the youngest prime ministers in the history of the United Kingdom, and he was the Labour Party ’s longest-serving prime minister.
Sep 9, 2021 · Columnist David Ignatius interviews former British prime minister Tony Blair, who will discuss the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the allies’ response, how extremism has since evolved...
Tony Blair has adopted many personas as Britain’s leader: political reformer, griever in chief, general host of Friday night town meetings, relentless enforcer of a disciplined message. Both as a candidate and as Prime Minister, Blair has embraced a presidential style of leadership geared for the age of television and the era of declining ...
Jan 1, 2022 · Tony Blair, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Baroness Amos are to be appointed as members of the Order of the Garter, England's oldest and most senior order of chivalry.
Aug 17, 2022 · Findings from the former prime minister’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute, have suggested that winter will bring what a panel of doctors and other experts described as a “perfect storm,...
4 days ago · Artificial intelligence (AI) is the "game changer" that could "turbo charge" Britain’s faltering economy, Tony Blair has said. Speaking at an event hosted by his think-tank - the Tony Blair ...
Jan 1, 2022 · Tony Blair, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Baroness Amos are to be appointed as members of the Order of the Garter, England's oldest and most senior order of chivalry.
1 day ago · Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair attended Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant wedding in Mumbai with his wife Cherie. Another former UK PM Boris Johnsoon, too, attended the event. Indian and global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians have gathered in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani.
Jan 5, 2022 · More than 700,000 people have signed a petition calling for former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed. The ex-Labour leader, who was in power from 1997 to 2007, was...
We are the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. We work with political leaders around the world to drive change. We do this by advising on strategy, policy and delivery, unlocking the power of technology across all three.
Jul 3, 2024 · Editor’s Note: Philip Collins is a British journalist, former chief speech writer to Tony Blair, founder of writing consultancy The Draft and author of “Start Again: How We Can Fix Our Broken ...
Jan 25, 2024 · Blair: World is undergoing new Industrial Revolution. Sir Tony Blair has said that current global changes are of "even greater magnitude" than the 19th century Industrial Revolution. UK...
2 days ago · Boris Johnson, Tony Blair and Mike Tyson fly in for the most expensive wedding ever Star-studded guest list gathers in Mumbai as son of Asia’s richest tycoon marries in four-day ceremony
Jul 9, 2016 · Could Blair have exercised decisive restraint if he had threatened to withdraw his support? Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld would have been contemptuous, but what of the American people?
2 days ago · Narinder Nanu—AFP via Getty Images. Celebrities from Kim and Khloe Kardashian to boxer Mike Tyson are expected to join some of the biggest names in global business at a lavish family wedding ...
Tony Blair watches the fingerprinting of an asylum seeker in 2003 Tackling illegal immigration is one of the major challenges facing the new government. So far this year, more than 13,000 people ...
