Married on 29 March 1980, the Blairs have three sons and one daughter: Euan (born 1984), Nicholas (born 1985), Kathryn (born 1988), and Leo (born 2000). [198] Blair was reported to have accepted a business advisory role with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, a situation deemed incompatible with his role as Middle East envoy. Interviewed about the book by Carole MacNeil on the Canadian network CBC Television on 1 June 2008, Blair stated that she felt most of the controversy about her in the British media was due to her pioneering role as the first wife of a British Prime Minister who had her own career, with the media simply not knowing how to treat her fairly and objectively.[56]. [202], In February 2009 he applied to set up a charity called the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative: the application was approved in November 2009. born 1988, age 30 with Cherie Blair. [citation needed] He called for Britain to leave the EEC[36] as early as the 1970s,[37] though he had told his selection conference that he personally favoured continuing membership[citation needed] and voted "Yes" in the 1975 referendum on the subject. Despite opposition from Labour's left wing, he abolished Clause IV, the party's formal commitment to the nationalisation of the economy, weakened trade union influence in the party, and committed to the free market and the European Union. [104] A YouGov opinion poll in 2005 found that a small majority of British voters, including many New Labour supporters, placed Blair on the right of the political spectrum. [45] This involved the deletion of the party's stated commitment to "the common ownership of the means of production and exchange", which was widely interpreted as referring to wholesale nationalisation. [234], Blair was interviewed in June 2020 for an article in the American magazine The Atlantic on European views of U.S. foreign policy following the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession, increased tensions in Sino-American relations, and the George Floyd protests. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tony-blair-urges-uk-step-121647687.html Tony Blair 1997. Blair denied that he would have supported the invasion of Iraq even if he had thought Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. Revuelta en Save the Children por un premio a Tony Blair. [123] This change made it easier for UK residents to bring foreign spouses into the country. [136] Blair argued it was in Britain's interest to "protect and strengthen the bond" with the United States regardless of who is in the White House. [68], Blair ordered Operation Barras, a highly successful SAS/Parachute Regiment strike to rescue hostages from a Sierra Leone rebel group. Somehow this has become distorted by excitable Right-wing newspaper columnists into being a "plot" to make Britain multicultural. [29] Blair publicly apologised for her embarrassing connection to Foster, stating "I did not think it was my business to choose my friends' friends". At the last minute, he was added to the shortlist and won the selection over Huckfield. Speaking on Times Radio, the former prime minister insisted that a goal should be set to increase vaccinations to five million per week. ony Blair has said the entire country needs to be placed under a ramped-up Covid-19 vaccination programme with up to five million jabs a week. Tony Blair The Prime Minister outlines Labour's initiative to strengthen society by helping parents to cope Sun 20 Mar 2005 05.24 EST First published on Sun 20 Mar 2005 05.24 EST [42][43], In 1976, while she was studying to become a barrister, she met future Prime Minister and husband Tony Blair. The CIA-influenced British prime minister in the book is said to be a thinly disguised version of Blair. In 1997, his government gave the Bank of England powers to set interest rates autonomously and he later oversaw a large increase in public spending, especially in healthcare and education. [105] The Financial Times on the other hand has argued that Blair is not conservative, but instead a populist. Leaving Fettes College at the age of eighteen, Blair next spent a gap year in London attempting to find fame as a rock music promoter. [47] The Blair children attended Catholic secondary schools, including The London Oratory School. Although her birth was registered as 'Cherie', owing to her maternal grandmother's influence, she was christened 'Theresa Cara' in deference to the requirement that she be given a saint's name. General Charles Guthrie, the Chief of the Defence Staff, revealed in 2007 that he and Blair had discussed the invasion of Zimbabwe. [157] Zimbabwe had embarked on a program of uncompensated land redistribution from the country's white commercial farmers to the black population, a policy that disrupted agricultural production and threw Zimbabwe's economy into chaos. [161][162][163][better source needed], A Cabinet Office freedom of information response, released the day after Blair handed over power to Gordon Brown, documents Blair having various official phone calls and meetings with Rupert Murdoch of News Corporation and Richard Desmond of Northern and Shell Media. Tony Blair Family. "[261], Michael Sheen has portrayed Blair three times, in the films The Deal (2003), The Queen (2006), and The Special Relationship (2009). Speaking on Times Radio, the former prime minister insisted that a goal should be set to increase vaccinations to five million per week. [163][258] Blair categorically denied the allegations. [272], On 16 February 2009, Blair was awarded the Dan David Prize by Tel Aviv University for "exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict". He did not reverse the privatisation of the railways enacted by his predecessor John Major and instead strengthened regulation (by creating the Office of Rail Regulation) and limited fare rises to inflation +1%. Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed the sum came from Britain's Department for International Development, which works to "eliminate world poverty", the 'Daily Express' … [162][163], Blair made an animated cameo appearance as himself in The Simpsons episode, "The Regina Monologues" (2003). David Cameron mocks Tony Blair for his Save the Children 'Global Legacy' award. [41], Blair demanded an inquiry into the Bank of England's decision to rescue the collapsed Johnson Matthey bank in October 1985. He currently serves as the executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, established in 2016. "[32][33], On 12 December 2008, Blair gave a lecture alternatively entitled "The Church and Women's Rights: time for a fresh perspective? Where the Iranian people — highly educated and connected, despite their government — are protesting for freedom, they should be supported. [26], Blair joined the Labour Party shortly after graduating from Oxford in 1975. Leo George Blair (born 20 May 2000) is the youngest son of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair and Cherie Blair. [220], In September 2012, Desmond Tutu suggested that Blair should follow the path of former African leaders who had been brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The Blair Musical. He became involved in Labour politics and was elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield in 1983. [213] Friends had said that the act was partly motivated by the wish to "repair his reputation". [188] The profits from the firm go towards supporting Blair's "work on faith, Africa and climate change". The entire country must be placed under a Covid-19 vaccination programme, according to Tony Blair. [59], British barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Writings, portrayals, and coverage in books, film and theatre, Chancellors of Liverpool John Moores University, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Tony Blair has responded to criticism of His plans by arguing that Britain's pedophile reserve should be "relocated to the new hold still from their current positions as PE teachers, Welsh children's home orderlies, and Catholic ministers. 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