Tony Blair

Britain's Tony Blair dropped in on him in Tripoli in 2004, and was back again to sign an oil deal earlier this year.

New Labour, as the name suggests, made a fetish of youth; Tony Blair went out of his way to speak of Britain as a "young country" .

Tony Blair spent most of his prime ministership running around the issue of nuclear power (at the last minute deciding it was all right).

More debate on the matter is expected Wednesday when Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his weekly appearance in parliament.

Tony Blair yesterday gave a fresh hint that he is ready to quit soon after the general election.

Tony Blair has hinted at a slower retreat, saying British troop numbers may be cut by half within a year.

As one of the boys' mothers put it: "I hope to God that he grows up to be like Tony Blair or just a fraction like him. "

He dropped in for lunch with Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, and took television cameras with him to a London job centre.

During a visit to Kosovo this summer, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie met with a remarkable group of children.

The next morning, after Tony Blair and I talked a bit, I walked outside, complimented Al, and pledged to work with President-elect Bush.

When Tony Blair wore jeans to meet George Bush two years ago, the British prime minister was criticized for his pants' snug fit.

You know , what does Tony Blair get up to in private with his fashion guru ?

One colleague said he was just like Tony Blair, but with shinier skin and better teeth.

Mr Brown's emphasis on empowering the users of public services through information is rather different from that of Tony Blair.

In reality, far from being any kind of peacemaker, Tony Blair is effectively one of the architects of Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.

Lily: She was terrified but she was very lucky to have bumped into Michael, that's Michael Sheen who played Tony Blair in the same film.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says Zarqawi's death is an important moment for Iraq and a blow to al-Qaida around the world.

You could be in the position of the prime minister, Tony Blair, whose ancestor acquired his name from adoptive or foster parents.

If one leader made the case for armed intervention in Kosovo it was the British prime minister, Tony Blair.

In his youth, Tony Blair's rebellious streak often landed him in trouble.

His testimony was a telling rehearsal for the imminent appearance of the star witness: his old boss, Tony Blair.

At least in the case of Tony Blair, the stubborn idealism compensates for and even redeems the annoyances.

The documents reveal the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was involved in discussions which led to the disclosure of Dr Kelly's name.

"You know that Tony Blair, " the Queen is saying, "he was here the other day with that Cherie woman. Can't say I'm a fan. "

Tony Blair, perhaps the most religious prime minister since the war, was generally warier of being seen to "do God" .

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to be called to give evidence to an inquiry into the controversial Iraq War, AFP reported.

Britain's Tony Blair called it a mark of separation.

She would, much earlier, have parted company with Tony Blair, stung by his failure to use her for big peacemaking missions overseas.

Unlike the last three elections, in which Labour led by Tony Blair sauntered home, this time the outcome is uncertain.

Tony Blair was believed to have been invited, but was unable to go.

As Britain's Tony Blair recently pointed out, at the heart of the region's politics stands the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

NAOTO KAN, Japan's new prime minister, seems to have a soft spot for the Britain of 1997, when Tony Blair's New Labour swept to power.

Tony Blair's response was the trademark slogan that Labour would be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" .

Gordon Brown is still pushing for Tony Blair to be appointed despite opposition from other member states.

The one that stands out (and made it onto our list at number 10), asked whether I would have invaded Iraq if I were Tony Blair.

It was the big House of Commons majorities enjoyed by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that enabled them to govern autocratically.

But condoms filled with purple flour were the last thing Tony Blair expected to be attacked with in 2004. The culprits?

Tony Blair sent Humphrey into retirement in 1997 amid persistent speculation that his wife Cherie forced him out.

"Education, education, education, " Mr Zapatero said, aping Britain's Tony Blair, as he announced his new priorities.

Since he took over from Tony Blair in 2007, his popularity has plummeted.

If the British could choose their leader from a host of recent Anglo-American greats, they would pick Bill Clinton before Tony Blair.

Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to visit Germany, France and Russia next week as he continues to sell the plan and win over more support.

The trend is even taking on political connotations in the run-up to the May 5 general election, called Tuesday by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

But since the project was blessed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2005 it has hit a number of roadblocks.

Tony Blair's real political legacy, he maintains, was "to threaten with ruin the party he led but never really cared for" .

It would be a mistake to appoint Tony Blair to the presidency of the EU.

Even Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, Washington's firmest European supporter, faces serious opposition at home on this issue.

TONY BLAIR, the prime minister, came to power vowing to restore trust in politics by forging a "contract with the British people" .

Labour government under Tony Blair sensibly built on its predecessors' work but tried to combine free markets with social justice.

In all three elections that Tony Blair fought and won, education came top of the list of public services to be "saved" .

Neil: Yes, Tony Blair reacts to questions he doesn't like as if they are completely invalid questions.

Tony Blair: It would be a great comfort to your people. . . and would help them with their grief.

In my own defence, and as my diaries show, I argued for some years with Tony Blair that we needed to act on the culture of our media.

"Angela is the very opposite of the flashy glad-hander as a politician, " says former British prime minister Tony Blair.

At the beginning of A Journey, Tony Blair brags that he has "the soul of a rebel" .

Tony Blair complained about the "scars on my back" from his fights with public-sector workers.

Britain's Tony Blair and France's Jacques Chirac were crucial to getting a climate change deal but both would be leaving office in months.

Several western leaders, including George W. Bush and Tony Blair, initially felt that they had struck up a good relationship with Mr Putin.

Later that summer, invited Bush to Prime Minister Tony Blair one of the Chequers estate vacation.

Taking internal flak, however, is a key element in an opposition's rehabilitation, as both David Cameron and Tony Blair knew.

Tony Blair has unquestionably been the most remarkable politician of his generation, in the UK and across Europe.

Which expression was used in Downing Street to describe the dysfunctional relationship between Tony Blair and Mr Brown?

Mr Brown lobbied for weeks to get Tony Blair the presidency. He failed; but the failure gave him negotiating capital.

"I was listening to Tony Blair moaning about you all being anti- American, " she says, ever-so-prim in her pretty pink pinafore.

Mr Brown has inherited the British-Libyan rapprochement engineered by Tony Blair.

The child-bearing trend began in 2000, when Tony Blair sired the first baby born to a serving prime minister in more than 150 years.

In a rash moment, Tony Blair promised Britons a referendum on its first version, the EU constitutional treaty.

Like Tony Blair, painted in the book as a fervent supporter of the invasion of Iraq, Bush is a moralist.

Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday he fully agrees with the assessment of his spy chief.

Since 1999, when Tony Blair announced his ambition to end child poverty, the profile of the poor has changed profoundly.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair described his talks with the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, as "friendly and constructive" .

Tony Blair, had they asked, could have told him that.

Many figures who featured prominently in his predecessor Tony Blair's administration are likely tobe replaced today.

Diplomats and politicians, including Tony Blair, were glad of his advice.

Dignitaries making statements at the opening of the Assembly included Tony Blair, British Prime Minister.

Indeed, with Tony Blair a lame-duck British prime minister, Germany could take on Britain's role as America's favourite partner in Europe.

Come to think of it, so does Tony Blair.

BP was so worried about the proceedings that the company prevailed on then Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene.

Tony Blair's idea was to stick close to the superpower.

But the partnership between Tony Blair and George Bush has shaped world events in the nearly five years since the attacks of September 11th.

Journalist and spin doctor Campbell is perhaps best known for his role as Prime Minister Tony Blair's official spokesman.

In Britain, Peter Mandelson, architect of Tony Blair's New Labour, pronounced himself "intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich" .

Labour MPs and peers have given outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair a steel-string acoustic guitar as a leaving present.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's verdant governor, and Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, both sent messages of support to the mayor.

In the bitter aftermath of the Iraq invasion, Tony Blair was many times accused of sending British troops to war on a deceit.

In the end "Tony Blair" will evoke Iraq, maybe with a footnote on his constitutional reforms.

Cowperthwaite may be smiling; but Tony Blair and Gordon Brown should be ashamed of themselves.

Two days later, British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Putin about an increase in Russian intelligence activity in Britain.

Tony Blair's memoir is part psychodrama, part treatise on the frustrations of leadership in a modern democracy.

Have pity, then, on Tony Blair, who will have to juggle all these conflicting interests as a new peace envoy (see article).

He is no Tony Blair, ideologically rootless, as I had previously suspected.

Tony Blair ought not to apologise for the slave trade, because there is no way he can be held responsible for it.

As for Britain, some accuse Tony Blair of following George Bush into Iraq to shore up Britain's "special relationship" with the superpower.

In December 2006 Tony Blair gave a speech on multiculturalism that reads like a list of Mr Cameron's talking points.

Relations today between President Jacques Chirac of France and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain tell part of the story.

Tony Blair, Britain's Prime Minister from 1997-2007, is special envoy to the Middle East for the U. N. , the E. U. , the U. S. and Russia.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied striking a "covert" deal with George Bush to invade Iraq at a private meeting in 2002.

The leader of Taliban Mullah Mohammed Omar once called US President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to a duel with the AK-47.

Like Gordon Brown's premiership, Labour's manifesto is a bit more statist than the "New" Labourism of Tony Blair's time in office.

Meanwhile, the prime minister, Tony Blair, had a foreign policy adviser and an intelligence co-ordinator, who both worked from Number 10.

"EDUCATION, education, education" , trumpeted Tony Blair during his campaign to become prime minister.

The UK-Libyan intelligence relationship that developed under former prime minister Tony Blair's entente with Col Gaddafi is well known.

In 2004, Tony Blair visited Libya and hailed Col Gaddafi as a partner in the "war on terror" .

By contrast, his predecessor and bitter rival Tony Blair came third in the list of success, only marginally behind Margaret Thatcher.

Tony Blair gets just over 50 seconds in the Simpsons episode that will be shown in the UK in January.

His experience left him sceptical, sometimes hostile, towards any resort to war; he vehemently opposed Tony Blair's Iraq adventure.

The Labour government of Tony Blair wanted to modernise the EMRS used by the National Health Service in England and Wales.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says coalition forces will not retreat from Iraq, and will remain until it is a true democracy.

Tony Blair has accordingly been coy about whether he wants to become the first full-time president of the European Council.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported the Iraq war despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it.

Prime Mnister Tony Blair said Friday he fully agrees with the assessment of his spy chief .

Tony Blair is said to be reluctant to campaign openly.

Tony Blair, once a firm favourite for the president's job, has drifted in the betting.

Britain created a special government office to work with non-profit groups several years ago, when Tony Blair was prime minister.

Tony Blair* and Gordon Brown* talked excitedly about "transforming" Whitehall* and its fuddy-duddy ways.

Alastair Campbell, left, with Tony Blair, says the former prime minster resented interference from the Prince of Wales.

'An opportunity for a frank conversation with Vladimir Putin' that's how Tony Blair describes the G8 Summit.

Tony Blair's sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having what she describes as a "holy experience" during a visit to Iran.

In Britain Tony Blair extolled the benefits of private equity at his monthly press conference this week.

Two veterans of the world stage, Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair, will step aside, leaving Europe even more introverted .

That is a return to tradition for a party that under Tony Blair was able to convince business to write it cheques.

And similar research in 2008 found that whites thought of ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair as somehow more American than Obama.

Tony Blair went further, micro-managing public services from the centre through performance targets.

Yet under Tony Blair, their most avowedly Europhile prime minister, Britons actually grew more hostile.

In 2005, British Prime Minister Tony Blair even hailed collaboration on Dongtan as a sign of strong U. K. -China relations.

But it will be harder and lonelier without a confident Tony Blair at his side.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Parliament to brace for a long fight .

Gordon Brown and Tony Blair were suckers for flashy but insubstantial ideas about transformation.

I don't think it is any surprise that the Europe minister in this government has said that we would support Tony Blair as a candidate.

Michael Sheen has played former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and comedy legend Kenneth Williams.

Former British leader Tony Blair said Kennedy inspired devotion and respect everywhere.

For all the disappointments, posterity will look more kindly on Tony Blair than Britons do today.

Mideast envoy Tony Blair says Israel has agreed in principle to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip.

In a hammy gesture on the eve of the 1997 poll, Tony Blair claimed that voters had just 24 hours to save the NHS.

The previous Labour government of Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced the first fees for students soon after it was elected in 1997.

But I see no reason for Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and others to reproach themselves.

Labour already faced a malaise far from the optimism brought by its 1997 victory under Tony Blair.

The speech also gave me a chance to publicly thank Tony Blair for his friendship and our partnership.

Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's powerful director of communications, came from the Daily Mirror.

If Tony Blair starts quickly he, too, may find that he is planting on his own initiative after the first 10 years.

Tony Blair and Bill Clinton proclaimed a "third way" , but this degenerated into platitude and vacuity.

Meantime, British Prime Minster Tony Blair attended the annual EU-China summit in Beijing where he discussed trade and investment.

IF Tony Blair told the Queen to give Noel a knighthood as his parting gesture before stepping down, would you accept it?

Or, world leaders could decide to do as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has done and despatch two cards.

The schools, free from local authority control, have greater freedoms than the academies established by Tony Blair.

Can you really imagine Tony Blair, that apostle of organic recycling, applying rooted compost in a cold wind?

FAMOUS FANS: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair, 58, and Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson, 43, are both fans of this treatment.

Tony Blair has emerged as a clear favourite to become the first permanent EU president.

But remember how Mr Obama sent back the bust of Churchill that Tony Blair had given George Bush?

A deal now looks likelier, if only just. Great credit is due to Tony Blair for persevering.

When Tony Blair hinted that Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" could hit London within 45 minutes, the establishment mostly believed him.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair described climate change as the single most important long term issue facing the global community.

The president fully backs Tony Blair and our allies in Britain.

His appointment frustrated those eager to show greater European muscle abroad by giving the job to a household name like Tony Blair.

Mr Brown has long been considered virtually certain to take over from Tony Blair as prime minister.

For all these reasons, Tony Blair is unlikely to emerge as the first full-time President of the European Council.

Five years ago, Mr. Brown's predecessor Tony Blair did the same, as had many of his forerunners.

Imagine if Tony Blair lost his job as British prime minister because he guest-hosted Delia Smith's cooking show.

He inherited the party leadership from Tony Blair in 2007, and has survived several coup attempts since then.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has made a guest appearance in The Simpsons, which was shown in the US on Sunday.

Attended Cathedral Chorister School, Durham with Tony Blair.

AFTER months of teasing, this week Britain's Tony Blair will finally reveal his departure date.

Halpern previously worked for Tony Blair's Labour administration.

Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

Participation in the Iraq war cost Tony Blair his reputation and the Spanish government an election.

Child poverty would be abolished by 2020, Tony Blair announced.

In Turkey I was accused of willingly handing over my article to Tony Blair's government to intentionally start a war against Iraq.

Mr Cameron had planned to be more circumspect abroad than Tony Blair.

In 2005, he contributed to the Exeter conference on "avoiding climate change" commissioned by Tony Blair.

Tony Blair supported stronger European foreign, energy and environmental policy from outside the euro.

Tony Blair, in Dublin with the Irish Prime Minister, was ten when the Beatles had their first number one.

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy, said today the ceasefire would only endure if the peace process was revitalised.

It's Gordon Brown's first major overseas trip since replacing Tony Blair as prime minister.

Although the Tories want to make changes, they will be in the direction favoured by Tony Blair of fostering competition to improve service.

The then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, announced a fresh inquiry because of "the weight of new material available" .

Some people love famous stars like Britney Spears, David Beckham or even Tony Blair.

Amid a standing ovation in the House of Commons, Tony Blair left the chamber.

Last year Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the Commission for Africa to generate action for a strong and prosperous Africa.

But Tony Blair, en route to the Middle East to try to broker a deal in Palestine, let other cats out of the bag.

In 1997 Tony Blair pledged that since his party was elected as New Labour, it would govern as such.

The UK government headed by Tony Blair made a big mistake in supporting Bush against the UN and the world opinion in smashing up Iraq.

She thinks Tony Blair is a woman.

In one sense, Tony Blair and George Bush could draw comfort from yesterday's scene in Najaf.

Tony Blair won three elections too, and Bill Clinton left office with approval ratings of 68 per cent, the same as Reagan's.

People have criticized Tony Blair for acting like George W. Bush's "poodle. "

Tony Blair, a Labour predecessor of Mr Cameron's, embodied that attitude.

David, who has the support of Tony Blair, is the current favorite, but Ed is seen by many as Labor's best hope.

Tony Blair, Britain's outgoing prime minister, has an even more ambitious reduction in mind, of 60%.

He has grilled ex-Pakistani general Pervez Musharraf and ex-British prime minister Tony Blair.

When British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a 48 hour ultimatum to Iran, the sailors were released.

Peter Mandelson's memoirs The Third Man. I quite enjoyed it. I'm hoping Tony Blair's A Journey finds its way into my Christmas stocking.

Just hours earlier, his predecessor, Tony Blair made his last appearance in the House of Commons.

We understand. . . how differently Tony Blair appears to be viewed by many people in the UK as compared with many people in the US.

When it last triumphed at a parliamentary election, in 1997, Tony Blair had just won office for the first time.

The first acts, the most important scenes were written by Tony Blair, New Labour and its youth wing - Labour Students.

January 31, 2003 Bush meets at the White House with Tony Blair.

It is Golden. Brown's first major over sea's trips since replacing Tony Blair's Prime Minister.

Tony Blair cancels book signing amid security fears.

According to reports, Tony Blair has arrived at the hearing site, this is his second time at the war in Iraq hearing.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is calling Iran's capture of 15 sailors and marines very serious.

The Labour leader is Tony Blair, the current Prime Minister.

Tony Blair: I'm the one supposed to be advising you.

One thing Hutton Enquiry didn't make clear is: ask Tony Blair where is the Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Humphrey had led Xiangfu cats "effect" of the 8 years in office shortly after Tony Blair announced his retirement.

Following Tony Blair's visit to China last year, we decided to establish Task Forces to facilitate this step-change in bilateral relations.

Tony Blair and his advisors agreed.

LABOUR under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has ruled Britain for longer than any non-Conservative government in the past 100 years.

I had gotten George Mitchell involved again, and we had done our best to help Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair avoid this day.

WHEN Britain's Labour Party chose Tony Blair as leader in 1994, left-wingers held their noses.

And in fact George Bush and Tony Blair are having great fun during all of this.

As Tony Blair's chief of staff for 13 years, I was only too familiar with the call in the middle of the night.

Is Tony Blair the right man to bring peace to the Middle East?

Tony Blair's government introduced university tuition fees in 1998.

British politicians, such as Tony Blair and Jack Straw, have denounced the veil as a symbol of separation.

Tony Blair becomes president of the EU?

Tony Blair is Clinton's counterpart in Britain.

You liberated them after UK Prime Minister Tony Blair gave you a 48 hour ultimatum.

the other, which they fixate on in private, is 1997, when Tony Blair's new model Labour Party won its first landslide.

He does a hilarious imitation of Tony Blair.

Look at Great Britain, when a friend of mine [Tony Blair] retired and automatically promoted Gordon Brown to the post of prime minister.

My first question was 'am I playing Tony Blair?

Tony Blair: Well, perhaps that's where I can help.

If Tony Blair does start to learn my noble art, he may even revert to telling the truth.

'Tony Blair waving to the crowds, people waving to them there.

Tony Blair says he will resign after his next term, should he win the election.

Tony Blair will cling on as prime minister for another five or six months, insisting that he can still accomplish something useful.

Just add that up, all these leakages. That's far more than the 50 billion Tony Blair wants to raise for Africa.

Nor does it evoke 1997, when Tony Blair's New Labour jettisoned socialism and espoused the Third Way.

Tony Blair famously flew to Australia to get on his knees to Murdoch in order to gain his support before the 1997 election.

His next stop is Britain where he will consult with Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The London Eye was opened by Tony Blair on (millennium) New Year's Eve and it became a global event in itself.

Tony Blair made his name in that post.

When figures such as Tony Blair talk about "managing" the transition, alarm bells ring.

Tony Blair left Downing Street for Buckingham Palace at about 1. 18pm.

By 1997, when Tony Blair's Labourgovernment came to power, the ground was shifting.

Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, favoured a 50-50 mix, as did Tony Blair.

Tony Blair gave it top billing when his party came to power in 1997.

Of all 19th-century politicians, who was most like Tony Blair?

For example: Biting the inside of the mouth (George W. Bush), patting head (Prince William), hands in pockets (Tony Blair).

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is on a surprise visit to Iraq on Dec.

JUST who does Tony Blair think he is?

At first Tony Blair said good old Brian, what a champion of free speech.

You've said you want a relationship with America that is "solid but not slavish, " which was interpreted as a dig at Tony Blair.

The move was welcomed by the former British prime minister Tony Blair, who is working with the Climate Group.

Last year, Tony Blair overcame that problem by "expressing regret" for the slave trade.

among the guests who attended was the british prime minister tony blair

It is this new job of president of the council that is thought to interest Tony Blair, Britain's former prime minister (see article).

Flights to the U. S were canceled indefinitely. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has this to say,

Tony Blair's manifesto vowed that his ministers would be "wise spenders, not big spenders" ;

Tony Blair reflects on the lessons of his decade as Britain's prime minister