Tony Blair





Tony Blair

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May 06, 1953

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Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007, Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. On the day he stood down as Prime Minister, he was appointed official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia, and stepped down as an MP.

Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in July 1994 following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many policies that it had held for decades. Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, which ended...more


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“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.”
Tony Blair

“If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that.”
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“A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.”
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Spotlighted Book Discussion Poll I - October 26, 2011

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  3 votes, 1.7%

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  3 votes, 1.7%

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  3 votes, 1.7%

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  2 votes, 1.1%

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