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.
"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.
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.
Sir Tony Blair distinguishes between genuine refugees and economic migrants and supports tougher measures against illegal immigrants.
published: 09 May 2023
George Bush and Tony Blair do "you're beautiful"
Animation with George Bush and Tony Blair
published: 11 Oct 2006
SOUTH AFRICA: PM BLAIR COMMENTS ON IRELAND PEACE PROCESS
(12 Nov 1999) English/Nat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
Speaking in Durban where he is attending the Commonwealth heads of state summit, Blair also reacted to Pakistan's exclusion from the four-day gathering.
A military government was installed in the country last month.
Blair also released 33 (m) million U-S dollars to help fight AIDS in southern Africa.
Reacting to a report on the AIDS scourge, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the 33 (m) million U-S dollar program to help develop an anti-AIDS vaccine and support other AIDS programmes.
Blair is in Durban attending the last Commonwealth heads-of-state summit for the century.
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published: 21 Jul 2015
Because Tony Blair Got Quite High
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This song is Because I Got High PARODY - Radio One
Indeed Chris Moyles did do this, and this is not done by Weird Al Yankovic like many of you say.
The original normal Because I Got High was made by 'Afroman'
published: 21 Oct 2010
Blair: 'I was vilified for criticising the media'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says a debate on the behaviour of the British media can only happen now because of the allegations of phone hacking and corruption at the News of the World.
published: 08 Jul 2011
Blair Faces Eggs And Shoes At Book Signing
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Anti-war protesters have thrown shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in Dublin. The missiles did not hit the former Prime Minister.
(12 Nov 1999) English/Nat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators ...
(12 Nov 1999) English/Nat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
Speaking in Durban where he is attending the Commonwealth heads of state summit, Blair also reacted to Pakistan's exclusion from the four-day gathering.
A military government was installed in the country last month.
Blair also released 33 (m) million U-S dollars to help fight AIDS in southern Africa.
Reacting to a report on the AIDS scourge, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the 33 (m) million U-S dollar program to help develop an anti-AIDS vaccine and support other AIDS programmes.
Blair is in Durban attending the last Commonwealth heads-of-state summit for the century.
Leaders of Britain and her former colonies are under pressure from their health ministers to declare AIDS a global emergency.
The money is part of a three-year, 163 (m) million U- S dollar initiative announced by Blair on a South African visit earlier this year.
Another 629 (m) million U-S dollars have been earmarked for Malawi.
Blair has described a British government report, on AIDS in former colonies "deeply shocking."
It predicted the disease would bring life expectancy in nine African countries from more than 60 years to about 40 years.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I think the strength of the Commonwealth lies in the ability for wealthier countries like Britain to have a real dialogue with some of the poorest countries in the world when we have a problem like Aids which is ravaging whole parts of Africa at the moment. Then we're able to have some sort of common partnership in order to tackle these problems, we can put some investment and money in and we can also put some know how and technology in and we can encourage other Commonwealth countries to give the leadership that is absolutely vital in tackling problems like this.
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Later on Friday, Blair and other commonwealth leaders will deliberate in closed session an agenda headed by the theme of reinforcing democratic principles.
One Commonwealth country, Pakistan, was excluded from the four-day gathering because of a military government installed last month.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We're following what is I think a very sensible path, we've made it clear that Pakistan has been suspended, we've made it clear that it's got to come back to democracy to become a full part of the Commonwealth again. And after all for the first time we welcome back Nigeria into the fold having made the transition dictatorship to democracy. Now that is a tangible result that was in many ways bought about as a result of Commonwealth pressure. What we're doing in Sierra Leone is co-ordinated by countries inside the Commonwealth - so the Commonwealth has a role. But we've made it clear what our views are on Pakistan and what we want is to see is a transition back to democracy as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
The British Prime Minister also said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Feuding political parties in Northern Ireland returned to talks on Friday.
It follows reports that the powerful pro-British Ulster Unionist Party (U-U-P) had turned down a compromise formula on Thursday.
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(12 Nov 1999) English/Nat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
Speaking in Durban where he is attending the Commonwealth heads of state summit, Blair also reacted to Pakistan's exclusion from the four-day gathering.
A military government was installed in the country last month.
Blair also released 33 (m) million U-S dollars to help fight AIDS in southern Africa.
Reacting to a report on the AIDS scourge, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the 33 (m) million U-S dollar program to help develop an anti-AIDS vaccine and support other AIDS programmes.
Blair is in Durban attending the last Commonwealth heads-of-state summit for the century.
Leaders of Britain and her former colonies are under pressure from their health ministers to declare AIDS a global emergency.
The money is part of a three-year, 163 (m) million U- S dollar initiative announced by Blair on a South African visit earlier this year.
Another 629 (m) million U-S dollars have been earmarked for Malawi.
Blair has described a British government report, on AIDS in former colonies "deeply shocking."
It predicted the disease would bring life expectancy in nine African countries from more than 60 years to about 40 years.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I think the strength of the Commonwealth lies in the ability for wealthier countries like Britain to have a real dialogue with some of the poorest countries in the world when we have a problem like Aids which is ravaging whole parts of Africa at the moment. Then we're able to have some sort of common partnership in order to tackle these problems, we can put some investment and money in and we can also put some know how and technology in and we can encourage other Commonwealth countries to give the leadership that is absolutely vital in tackling problems like this.
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Later on Friday, Blair and other commonwealth leaders will deliberate in closed session an agenda headed by the theme of reinforcing democratic principles.
One Commonwealth country, Pakistan, was excluded from the four-day gathering because of a military government installed last month.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We're following what is I think a very sensible path, we've made it clear that Pakistan has been suspended, we've made it clear that it's got to come back to democracy to become a full part of the Commonwealth again. And after all for the first time we welcome back Nigeria into the fold having made the transition dictatorship to democracy. Now that is a tangible result that was in many ways bought about as a result of Commonwealth pressure. What we're doing in Sierra Leone is co-ordinated by countries inside the Commonwealth - so the Commonwealth has a role. But we've made it clear what our views are on Pakistan and what we want is to see is a transition back to democracy as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
The British Prime Minister also said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Feuding political parties in Northern Ireland returned to talks on Friday.
It follows reports that the powerful pro-British Ulster Unionist Party (U-U-P) had turned down a compromise formula on Thursday.
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This song is Because I Got High PARODY - Radio One
Indeed Chris Moyles did do this, and ...
Mainly uploaded for the guys at HF. Discuss below and in thread
This song is Because I Got High PARODY - Radio One
Indeed Chris Moyles did do this, and this is not done by Weird Al Yankovic like many of you say.
The original normal Because I Got High was made by 'Afroman'
Mainly uploaded for the guys at HF. Discuss below and in thread
This song is Because I Got High PARODY - Radio One
Indeed Chris Moyles did do this, and this is not done by Weird Al Yankovic like many of you say.
The original normal Because I Got High was made by 'Afroman'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says a debate on the behaviour of the British media can only happen now because of the allegations of phone hacking and corrupt...
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says a debate on the behaviour of the British media can only happen now because of the allegations of phone hacking and corruption at the News of the World.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says a debate on the behaviour of the British media can only happen now because of the allegations of phone hacking and corruption at the News of the World.
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Anti-war protesters have thrown shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in Dublin. The miss...
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Anti-war protesters have thrown shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in Dublin. The missiles did not hit the former Prime Minister.
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Anti-war protesters have thrown shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in Dublin. The missiles did not hit the former Prime Minister.
(12 Nov 1999) English/Nat
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
Speaking in Durban where he is attending the Commonwealth heads of state summit, Blair also reacted to Pakistan's exclusion from the four-day gathering.
A military government was installed in the country last month.
Blair also released 33 (m) million U-S dollars to help fight AIDS in southern Africa.
Reacting to a report on the AIDS scourge, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the 33 (m) million U-S dollar program to help develop an anti-AIDS vaccine and support other AIDS programmes.
Blair is in Durban attending the last Commonwealth heads-of-state summit for the century.
Leaders of Britain and her former colonies are under pressure from their health ministers to declare AIDS a global emergency.
The money is part of a three-year, 163 (m) million U- S dollar initiative announced by Blair on a South African visit earlier this year.
Another 629 (m) million U-S dollars have been earmarked for Malawi.
Blair has described a British government report, on AIDS in former colonies "deeply shocking."
It predicted the disease would bring life expectancy in nine African countries from more than 60 years to about 40 years.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I think the strength of the Commonwealth lies in the ability for wealthier countries like Britain to have a real dialogue with some of the poorest countries in the world when we have a problem like Aids which is ravaging whole parts of Africa at the moment. Then we're able to have some sort of common partnership in order to tackle these problems, we can put some investment and money in and we can also put some know how and technology in and we can encourage other Commonwealth countries to give the leadership that is absolutely vital in tackling problems like this.
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Later on Friday, Blair and other commonwealth leaders will deliberate in closed session an agenda headed by the theme of reinforcing democratic principles.
One Commonwealth country, Pakistan, was excluded from the four-day gathering because of a military government installed last month.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We're following what is I think a very sensible path, we've made it clear that Pakistan has been suspended, we've made it clear that it's got to come back to democracy to become a full part of the Commonwealth again. And after all for the first time we welcome back Nigeria into the fold having made the transition dictatorship to democracy. Now that is a tangible result that was in many ways bought about as a result of Commonwealth pressure. What we're doing in Sierra Leone is co-ordinated by countries inside the Commonwealth - so the Commonwealth has a role. But we've made it clear what our views are on Pakistan and what we want is to see is a transition back to democracy as soon as possible."
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
The British Prime Minister also said that a peace agreement in Northern Ireland was "within our grasp" and urged negotiators in the province not to give up.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SUPER CAPTION:Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
Feuding political parties in Northern Ireland returned to talks on Friday.
It follows reports that the powerful pro-British Ulster Unionist Party (U-U-P) had turned down a compromise formula on Thursday.
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This song is Because I Got High PARODY - Radio One
Indeed Chris Moyles did do this, and this is not done by Weird Al Yankovic like many of you say.
The original normal Because I Got High was made by 'Afroman'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says a debate on the behaviour of the British media can only happen now because of the allegations of phone hacking and corruption at the News of the World.
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Anti-war protesters have thrown shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in Dublin. The missiles did not hit the former Prime Minister.
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.