Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

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Born 1953 · age 73United Kingdom

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He led Labour to three straight victories and reshaped British politics for a decade, then watched it collapse under the weight of Iraq. The war — built on claims of weapons that didn't exist — turned a landslide prime minister into one of the most divisive figures in modern British history.

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Blair won the Labour leadership in 1994 after John Smith's death, rebranded the party as "New Labour", and became the youngest prime minister of the 20th century when Labour took 418 seats in 1997, ending 18 years out of power. His first term brought constitutional reforms, devolution in Scotland and Wales, a minimum wage, the Good Friday Agreement, and interventions in Kosovo and Sierra Leone. After 9/11, he backed the 2003 invasion of Iraq on false beliefs about weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda ties; 139 of his own MPs voted against it. As casualties mounted, his popularity collapsed…

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Tony Blair
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The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party.
As quoted in "Socialism is So Hot Right Now" (17 September 2018), by Jonah Goldberg, Commentary
Tony Blair
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Socialism for me was never about nationalization or the power of the state, not just about economics or even politics.
As quoted in "Socialism is So Hot Right Now" (17 September 2018), by Jonah Goldberg, Commentary
Tony Blair
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I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.
Sunday Telegraph (7 April 1996).
Tony Blair
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I want to see a publicly-owned railway, publicly accountable.
Paul Routledge, "Why the unions aren't rocking Blair's boat", The Independent on Sunday (8 October 1995).
Tony Blair
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I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
Michael White, "Blair wants 'to make UK young again'", The Guardian (4 October 1995).
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