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
past years people
If we want to contrast what we have done in the past few years on delivery with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman delivered, let us remember the interest rates at 10 per cent. to 15 per cent., the 1.5 million fewer people in work, the boom and the bust and the borrowing at 8 per cent.
years economy consumption
We are going to expand enormously -- our economy, our consumption, over the years to come ... But the consequences of that on emissions are going to be severe unless we change direction.
believe years iraq
Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.
years iraq weapons
We are asked now seriously to accept that in the last few years-contrary to all history, contrary to all intelligence-Saddam decided unilaterally to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd.
thinking voting-age years
I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman on the voting age. I think that it should remain as it is.
business believe years
Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe this is a serious proposition
years europe important
If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.
years cost lasts
There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5 billion.
opportunity years two
If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet will become as commonplace in the office as the telephone.
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,