I voted for Tony Blair as Labour leader in 1994; I voted for him again to become Labour prime minister in 1997. I soon learned my lesson. As Prime Minister, he failed. Not so much domestically: sure, he disappointed but show me a political leader who doesn’t. But in foreign policy, Mr Blair was an

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister and former Leader of the Labour Party, said today in a speech at Trimdon Labour Club to local Labour supporters in Sedgefield: When I was Prime Minister I was known as an optimist. I still am. I’m optimistic about Britain, its future and the opportunities the world holds for us. Provided we take the right decisions, imbued with the right attitude of mind. St...

Bring your cooks and your personal trainers, your butlers and your heiresses. Because new Labour is the natural party of ambition Tony Blair As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted we must be new, newer, newest Labour. The government is Tony Blair, Tony Blair is the government. Brave, courageous, bold, fresh, change, prominent, reform, daring, progressive, market, fearless, distinct, Bl...

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister and former Leader of the Labour Party, said today in a speech at Trimdon Labour Club to local Labour supporters in Sedgefield: When I was Prime Minister I was known as an optimist. I still am. I’m optimistic about Britain, its future and the opportunities the world holds for us. Provided we take the right decisions, imbued with the right attitude of mind. St...

It seems the Labour Party are beginning to self-destruct before our very eyes. Now even those at LabourHome, the Labour Party’s blogging site, are calling for Tony Blair to be parachuted into Glenrothes and then taking over from Gordon Brown. Its hardly a vote of confidence for the Prime Minister or for Labour’s candidate, Lindsay Roy, in

Tony Blair did not believe when he stood down as Labour leader that Gordon Brown would beat David Cameron in a general election, it was claimed today. John Burton, who spent 24 years as Blair's agent in Sedgefield, said the then prime minister expressed his doubts about Brown after his farewell speech at Trimdon Labour Club in May 2007. Burton has written about the conversation in a book, We ...

Former prime minister Tony Blair has become a Labour party donor, according to figures released by the electoral commission.

The Labour Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, has ruled out an investigation into whether Tony Blair misled Parliament over the £1m Bernie Ecclestone donation to given to Labour in return for an exemption from tobacco advertising for Formula One motorsport. Martin has said that while answers given by Blair over the affair while he was Prime Minister "could have been clearer", there

It is indicative of how much turmoil the Labour Party has been over the last year and how the authority of the Prime Minister has been undermined by the resulting uncertainty that there have been so many Parliamentary revolts against the Government. Today's Times reports that Gordon Brown suffered more backbench rebellions in his first full year as Prime Minister than Tony Blair in his first ...

LABOUR must re-embrace the values of New Labour that were lost under Gordon Brown if it wants to return to power, according to Tony Blair.