Tony Blair
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Queens Park Rangers' finance director Gavin Taylor quits football club to set up hedge fund...of Jose Maria Aznar, the former Spanish Prime Minister. Their wedding in 2002 was attended by Mr Blair, as well as Silvio Berlusconi, Rupert Murdoch and Julio Iglesias. After serving briefly as an MEP, he moved into business and... In this article: QPR, Alejandro Agag, Tony Blair, Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, Premier League, Lakshmi Mittal, and Formula 1 |
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Independent.co.uk - Columnists | November 13, 2009
Richard Ingrams's Week: Lots of money for BBC staff, less for its contributors
...of his downmarket newspapers for New Labour. Blair even agreed to fly all the way to Australia in 1995 to make a bland and reassuring speech to the assembled executives of News International. As for Mandelson, it was Murdoch himself who is...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Gordon Brown, Pete Doherty, The Sun, Helen Smith, Peter Mandelson, and BBC
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Guardian | 3 days ago
Ben Bradshaw takes the gloves off
...policy decisions, from Europe to cross-media ownership. Blair was even accused of intervening on Murdoch's behalf when he was planning a bid for Silvio Berlusconi's Italian TV company. "That's long before my time, long before I had to deal...
In this article: Ben Bradshaw, Rupert Murdoch, News International, Conservative Party, ITV, BBC, James Murdoch, Labour Party, and Tax
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 2 days ago
Simpsons episode lampooning Sarkozy and Bruni becomes internet hit in France
...world figures. But while Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair and Fox owner Rupert Murdoch recorded their own voices for their appearances and escaped with a gentle ribbing, the harsher Sarkozy parody appeared without their consent.
In this article: Nicholas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni, Homer Simpson, France, The Simpsons, Simpsons, Camembert, Dailymotion, and Rupert Murdoch
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Dinner parties and chums network reinforce Wapping links with Tories
...paper will demand the same "Rolls Royce" service from the Conservatives provided by Alastair Campbell and Tony Blair in the years immediately following Murdoch's warm embrace of New Labour. That will include a string of scoops and unparalleled...
In this article: David Cameron, Tories, News International, Andy Coulson, Rupert Murdoch, Gordon Brown, Dominic Mohan, BBC, and The Sun
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Alan Watkins: Mr Brown's good week comes too late
...then turned on the new prime minister, John Major. The new hero was Mr Blair. This happy relationship continued until 2007, when Mr Blair gave way to Mr Brown. The paper (together with another of Mr Murdoch's productions, The Times) said...
In this article: Rupert Murdoch, Labour Party, Peter Mandelson, Harold Wilson, The Sun, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, John Major, and Tax
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Steve Richards: Blair is the only man for this job
...him timidly into the arms of President Bush as a Labour prime minister fearful of losing the support of Middle England and Rupert Murdoch's newspapers. The only relevant questions now are whether Blair has the qualifications for this...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Europe, Labour, George W. Bush, Britain, Iraq, Alex Ferguson, and David Cameron
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Bruce Anderson: A breach of trust that cost Brown the support of The Sun
...displayed. It was the Iraq War wot won it. Mr Murdoch knew that it was not easy for any British Labour leader to give the Americans such robust support and he admired Tony Blair's steadfastness. In 2005, without overwhelming enthusiasm, The...
In this article: The Sun, Rupert Murdoch, Gordon Brown, Labour Party, Trevor Kavanagh, Tories, Michael Portillo, and Neil Kinnock
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. On the day he resigned as Prime Minister, he was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States, and Russia.
Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party adopted the term "New Labour", abandoned policies it had held for decades, and moved towards the centre ground. Blair led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair handed over control of interest rates to the Bank of England; introduced the minimum wage; signed the Belfast Agreement; introduced tuition fees; and established the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly. In his first six years, Blair had British troops ordered into battle five times—more than any other prime minister in history.
- Name At Birth:
- Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
- Birth Date:
- May 06, 1953
- Birthplace:
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Religion:
- Roman Catholicism
- Spouse:
- Cherie Booth
- Residence:
- Connaught Square
- University Attended:
- St John's College, Oxford
- Occupation:
- Envoy
- Net Worth:
- £3 million est.
- Political party:
- Labour
- Title:
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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