The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.
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BBCPolitics on 2nd Sep 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
Asked how incandescent the Prime Minister was that Tony Blair had met the new President, the PMS replied that Tony Blair was the Quartet Envoy and it was important for the Quartet and important for UK interests that he had a close relationship with the US administration. original source.
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DowningStreetSays on 6th Feb 2009 (via downingstreetsays.com)
BBC: Tony Blair has met nine children named after him during a visit to Kosovo. The nine were all born after Nato's 1999 military campaign, strongly backed by the former UK prime minister, which ousted Serbian forces from the region. ...
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MrEugenides on 10th Jul 2010 (via mreugenides.blogspot.com)
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks to the BBC about the events of 9/11 and how they changed the world.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Sep 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair tells the BBC the collapse of the euro would be "catastrophic" and said Europe must get behind it.
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BBCPolitics on 13th Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
The Daily Mail reports a quite astonishing quote from Tony Blair: “Mr Blair, replying to a question after delivering a lecture at Yale University in Connecticut, said: 'It is true that we had ten years of record growth when I was prime minister. 'I have, unfortunately, come to the conclusion that it was luck.'” Having not heard the audio one can’t tell if Blair was...
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Spectator on 1st Jan 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)
Via Liberal Conspiracy, I come across the thoughts of the Independent's John Rentoul, one of the very few Blair-fanciers left on the face of the planet: Just to prove my utter devotion to the finest peace-time prime minister, I confess my reaction when I read that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation Facebook page had been defaced with, among others, this comment: "Tony Blair was about as good for...
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Obsolete on 21st Apr 2009 (via septicisle.info)
Tony Blair has made millions of pounds since resigning as prime minister but the exact figure is shrouded behind a complex web of business interests.
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Telegraph on 17th Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
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
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Aug 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be awarded the US's highest civilian award next week.
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BBCPolitics on 5th Jan 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
BBC - “Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will receive the highest civilian award in the US - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - next week.”
