Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
mean media people
The fear of missing out means today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
real believe media
I say the elite looks out of touch because it's kind of saying; look we'll manage all this for you. You know, we know best. We'll sort it all out for you. And then because people believe that doesn't meet their case for change and they want real change, social media and the way the relationship between people can come into a sense of belonging very quickly, that then is itself a revolutionary phenomenon. You see this around the world.
media blame breakdown
No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.
opportunity thinking media
I think people think their incomes have been flat lining for a long period of time. They feel that the next generation's opportunities are not going to be improvement. So and I also think that social media then allows insurgent movements to gain scale at speed.
reality social-media revolutionary
You choose your own reality and you - social media then amplifies those conspiracy theories. So that's why I say social media is itself a revolutionary phenomenon.
media creative healthy
You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.
commitment government media
So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.
thinking social-media revolutionary
I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.
absolutely chance
We will never have a better chance (of peace) this generation, of that I have absolutely no doubt,
europe opportunity sign turn
We in Europe have a real opportunity to show that...we are not fair-weather friends, who turn away at the first sign of difficulty.
countries undergone
We are two countries that have undergone a lot of change,
felt sentiments totally
These sentiments are completely and totally unacceptable, ... I felt a real sense of revulsion at those remarks.
greater infinitely iraqi living people prosperity saddam standard
The standard of living and prosperity of the Iraqi people would be infinitely greater were Saddam not there,
according strategy timing
The strategy and timing are proceeding according to plan,