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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He now runs a consultancy business and performs charitable work. Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Blair led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats, the most the party has ever held. The party went on to win two more elections under his leadership: in 2001, in which it won another landslide victory, and in 2005, with a reduced majority.
Blair was elected Labour Party leader in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership, the party used the phrase "New Labour" to distance it from previous Labour policies and its opposition to the traditional conception of socialism. Blair declared support for a new conception that he referred to as "social-ism", involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent, and advocated social justice, cohesion, equal worth of each citizen, and equal opportunity. Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism. Supporters, including the party's public opinion pollster Philip Gould, stated that after four consecutive general election defeats, Labour had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past, in order to win again.
Hundreds of life peerages have been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the Life Peerages Act 1958.
Tony Blair (born 1953) is a British diplomat and former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.
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"Tony Blair" is a single by Chumbawamba which was made available exclusively to the UK mailing list as a Christmas present in 1999. The song is an attack on then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair, performed in a 1950s doo-wop style. The lyrics read like a heartbroken letter to an ex-lover who had broken all his promises.
The cover art pays tribute to the iconic artwork of Elvis Presley's debut album, which was also referenced by The Clash's London Calling album cover.
Rupert Perry, the head of EMI Records UK at the time, was reportedly very displeased with the band for issuing the single, and sent them a letter which included the statement "I actually think Tony is really fab". All copies of the CD in EMI offices were later confiscated. The song can be downloaded in mp3 format from the band's website.
Over one million people have signed a petition against the knighthood of former prime minister Tony Blair, reviving the debate surrounding his place in history. How did the UK’s longest-serving Labour prime minister become so unpopular? #tonyblair #iraqwar #iraq #georgebush #middleeast #waronterror Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Middle East Eye Website: https://middleeasteye.net Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/MiddleEastEye
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair recounts his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and how he changed from "Western-facing" to "cold and calculating." #CNN #News
"For #Britain to be absent from #Europe is a real problem for us" Former Prime Minister #TonyBlair says the #UK is in a weaker position geopolitically because of #Brexit, but it can still carve out "blocks of cooperation" with the #EU -- #politics #worldnews -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/BloombergTV Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktakeNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagra...
Tony Blair led Labour to general election victory on 2 May 1997. Mr Blair's first Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) took place on 21 May 1997. It was also the first time that PMQs was held in a new format, with the two 15-minute sessions held on a Tuesday and Thursday replaced by a single 30 minute session on a Wednesday. Transcript - Commons Hansard: Prime Minister's Questions - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970521/debtext/70521-18.htm#70521-18_spnew8
In conversation with Richard Lui, Anchor and Journalist at NBC News, TBI’s Executive Chairman, Tony Blair explores the themes of his new book ‘On Leadership’, including the need to drive meaningful reforms in government and the transformative power of the technological revolution to reimagine the world as we know it. Find out more about ‘On Leadership’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leadership-Lessons-21st-Century/dp/1529151511/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid;=&sr;= Stay up to date with our work: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tony-blair-institute-for-global-change/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/institutegc/ X: https://twitter.com/InstituteGC Website: https://institute.global/
It's 20 years since Tony Blair won a landslide general election victory for Labour. Here's how we covered that day. Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNewsnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/bbcnewsnight
Chatted with former Prime Minister Tony Blair about: - What he tells the dozens of world leaders who come seek advice from him - What he learned from Lee Kuan Yew - Intelligence agencies track record on Iraq & Ukraine - How much of a PM’s time is actually spent governing - What will AI’s July 1914 moment look like from inside the cabinet Enjoy! Timestamps 00:00:00 – A prime minister’s constraints 00:04:10 – CEOs vs. politicians 00:10:30 – COVID, AI & how gov. deals with crisis 00:21:21 – Learning from Lee Kuan Yew 00:27:33 – Foreign policy & intelligence 00:31:07 – How much leadership actually matters 00:35:29 – Private vs. public tech 00:39:04 – Advising global leaders 00:46:36 – The unipolar moment in the 90s Links Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/tony-blair Apple Podca...
Speaking to James O'Brien, former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, says he believes peace in the Middle East felt "more achievable" when he was in Number 10. Asked if peace in the Middle East feels further away than when he was in power, Blair stresses: “Well, I think you’d have to say yes to that. “But it could easily be revived.” During the interview, Blair also touches on Donald Trump's potential re-election, the Tory leadership contest and the spread of disinformation on social media. Listen to the full show on Global Player: https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/LBCYouTubeListenLive #Presenter #Subject #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter h...
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He now runs a consultancy business and performs charitable work. Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Blair led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats, the most the party has ever held. The party went on to win two more elections under his leadership: in 2001, in which it won another landslide victory, and in 2005, with a reduced majority.
Blair was elected Labour Party leader in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership, the party used the phrase "New Labour" to distance it from previous Labour policies and its opposition to the traditional conception of socialism. Blair declared support for a new conception that he referred to as "social-ism", involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent, and advocated social justice, cohesion, equal worth of each citizen, and equal opportunity. Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism. Supporters, including the party's public opinion pollster Philip Gould, stated that after four consecutive general election defeats, Labour had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past, in order to win again.
Oh, tonight I'm gonna show them what I'm made of, oh
The killer queen inside me's coming to say hello
Oh, tonight I will return the fame and riches earned
With you I'd watch them all be burned
Whenever I start feeling strong
I'm called a **tch in the night
But I don't need these 14 karat guns to win
I'm a woman I insist, it's my life
I can be the queen that's inside of me, this is my chance to release
And be brave for you, you'll see, I can be the queen you need me to be
This is my chance to be the dance, I've dreamed it's happening
I can be the queen
I am wind and hurricane, the stormy sky and rain
When you run dry I'll flood your pain
In between the moments of the lady I've become
A voice beats through the noise like drums, rum pum pum pum
Whenever I start feeling strong
I'm called a **tch in the night
But I don't need these 14 karat guns to win
I'm a woman I insist, it's my life
I can be the queen that's inside of me, this is my chance to release
And be brave for you, you'll see, I can be the queen you need me to be
This is my chance to be the dance, I've dreamed it's happening
I can be the queen
The quee-ee-en
The que-que-queen
Que-ee-en que-que-queen
Starry night, come inside me like never before
Don't forget me when I come crying to heaven's door
I will fly on a challenger across the sky