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Blair has used his Quartet Tony Blair Associates works with the Kazakhstan government, advising the regime on judicial, economic and political reforms, but has been subject to criticism after accusations of "whitewashing" the image and human rights record of the regime.
Tony Blair's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 2 May 1997 when he accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding John Major of the Conservative Party, and ended on 27 June 2007 upon his resignation.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair did not issue a list by June 2007, apparently because of the "Cash for Honours scandal". [3] Gordon Brown did not publish a resignation honours list either, [4] [5] but a dissolution list was issued on his advice (to similar effect). [6]
This is a timeline of events relating to the final years of Tony Blair's tenure as Leader of the Labour Party and prime minister and the leadership elections to find replacements for him and Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, from his announcement that he would not lead Labour into a fourth general election, concluding with Gordon Brown becoming prime minister.
A Journey is a memoir by Tony Blair of his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.Published in the UK on 1 September 2010, it covers events from when he became leader of the Labour Party in 1994 and transformed it into "New Labour", holding power for a party record three successive terms, to his resignation and replacement as prime minister by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
Prime Minister Tony Blair took office in 1997, and served for a decade. He is a major player in the final season of The Crown, as Blair (played by Bertie Carvel) tries to modernize the monarchy as ...
Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair choked up as he paid an emotional tribute to Lord John Prescott. The former UK deputy prime minister died “peacefully” surrounded by relatives at his care ...
Sir Tony Blair should be stripped of his knighthood as a result of his decision to take the UK to war in Iraq, MPs have heard. The Alba Party’s Neale Hanvey described the former prime minister ...