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Anthony „Tony“ Charles Lynton Blair ist ein britischer Politiker. Er war von 19Vorsitzender der Labour-Partei und von 19Premierminister des Vereinigten Königreichs von Großbritannien und Nordirland. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod. Anthony „Tony“ Charles Lynton Blair (* 6. Mai in Edinburgh, Schottland) ist ein britischer Politiker. Er war von 19Vorsitzender der Labour-Partei. Blair steht für: Blair (Name), einen Vor- und Familiennamen (mit Namensträgern). Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Blair (Livingston County, Illinois) · Blair. Zum Start der neuen Konsolengeneration hübscht Bloober Team (bekannt für Layers of Fear und Blair Witch) eines seiner besten Spiele gehörig auf. Wie sehr. Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite. Alles Wichtige aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Kultur, Wissenschaft, Technik und mehr. Aktuelle Nachrichten, Videos und Informationen zu Tony Blair im Überblick: Hier finden Sie alle Meldungen der FAZ zum ehemaligen britischen Premier Tony. Es ist jedoch unwahrscheinlich, dass das Kinopublikum dem Blair WitchTeam ein zweites Mal auf den Leim geht. Trotzdem hat Artisan Entertainment bereits.
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BLAIR - Tu ausencia (Prod. Bullz)In , he stood for election to the Shadow Cabinet , receiving 71 votes. The old guard argued that trends showed they were regaining strength under Smith's strong leadership.
Meanwhile, the breakaway SDP faction had merged with the Liberal Party ; the resulting Liberal Democrats seemed to pose a major threat to the Labour base.
Blair, the leader of the modernising faction, had an entirely different vision, arguing that the long-term trends had to be reversed. The Labour Party was too locked into a base that was shrinking, since it was based on the working-class, on trade unions, and on residents of subsidised council housing.
The rapidly growing middle-class was largely ignored, especially the more ambitious working-class families. They aspired to middle-class status, but accepted the Conservative argument that Labour was holding ambitious people back with its levelling-down policies.
They increasingly saw Labour in terms defined by the opposition, regarding higher taxes and higher interest rates. The steps towards what would become New Labour were procedural, but essential.
Calling on the slogan, " One member, one vote " John Smith with limited input from Blair secured an end to the trade union block vote for Westminster candidate selection at the conference.
This would be achieved in John Smith died suddenly in of a heart attack. Blair defeated John Prescott and Margaret Beckett in the subsequent leadership election and became Leader of the Opposition.
Blair announced at the end of his speech at the Labour Party conference that he intended to replace Clause IV of the party's constitution with a new statement of aims and values.
He inherited the Labour leadership at a time when the party was ascendant over the Conservatives in the opinion polls, since the Conservative government's reputation for monetary excellence record was left in tatters by the Black Wednesday economic disaster of September Blair's election as leader saw Labour support surge higher still [51] in spite of the continuing economic recovery and fall in unemployment that the Conservative government led by John Major had overseen since the end of the —92 recession.
Aided by the unpopularity of John Major 's Conservative government itself deeply divided over the European Union , [53] "New Labour" won a landslide victory at the general election , ending eighteen years of Conservative Party rule, with the heaviest Conservative defeat since According to diaries released by Paddy Ashdown , during Smith's leadership of the Labour Party, there were discussions with Ashdown about forming a coalition government if the next general election resulted in a hung parliament.
Ashdown also claimed that Blair was a supporter of proportional representation PR. With victories in , , and , Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, [59] and the first and only person to date to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories.
His contribution towards assisting the Northern Ireland peace process by helping to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement after 30 years of conflict was widely recognised.
In his first six years in office, Blair ordered British troops into combat five times, more than any other prime minister in British history.
Blair had been a major advocate for a ground offensive, which Bill Clinton was reluctant to do, and ordered that 50, soldiers — most of the available British Army — should be made ready for action.
From the start of the War on Terror in , Blair strongly supported the foreign policy of George W. Bush , participating in the invasion of Afghanistan and invasion of Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq was particularly controversial, as it attracted widespread public opposition and of Blair's own MPs opposed it.
As a result, he faced criticism over the policy itself and the circumstances of the decision. Alastair Campbell described Blair's statement that the intelligence on WMDs was "beyond doubt" as his "assessment of the assessment that was given to him.
Testifying before the Iraq Inquiry on 29 January , Blair said Saddam was a "monster and I believe he threatened not just the region but the world.
Blair denied that he would have supported the invasion of Iraq even if he had thought Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction. He said he believed the world was safer as a result of the invasion.
One of his first acts as Prime Minister, was to replace the then twice-weekly minute sessions of Prime Minister's Questions held on Tuesdays and Thursdays with a single minute session on Wednesdays.
In addition to PMQs, Blair held monthly press conferences at which he fielded questions from journalists [80] and — from — broke precedent by agreeing to give evidence twice yearly before the most senior Commons select committee, the Liaison Committee.
As the casualties of the Iraq War mounted, Blair was accused of misleading Parliament, [88] [89] and his popularity dropped dramatically.
Labour's overall majority at the general election was reduced from to 66 seats. As a combined result of the Blair—Brown pact , Iraq war and low approval ratings, pressure built up within the Labour Party for Blair to resign.
At a special party conference in Manchester on 24 June , he formally handed over the leadership of the Labour Party to Gordon Brown , who had been Chancellor of the Exchequer under Blair's three ministries.
Blair resigned from his Sedgfield seat in the House of Commons in the traditional form of accepting the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds , to which he was appointed by Gordon Brown in one of the latter's last acts as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Blair decided not to issue a list of Resignation Honours , making him the first Prime Minister of the modern era not to do so. In , Blair said, "We are a left of centre party, pursuing economic prosperity and social justice as partners and not as opposites".
Critics and admirers tend to agree that Blair's electoral success was based on his ability to occupy the centre ground and appeal to voters across the political spectrum, to the extent that he has been fundamentally at odds with traditional Labour Party values.
Some left-wing critics, such as Mike Marqusee in , argued that Blair oversaw the final stage of a long term shift of the Labour Party to the right.
There is some evidence that Blair's long term dominance of the centre forced his Conservative opponents to shift a long distance to the left to challenge his hegemony there.
Blair increased police powers by adding to the number of arrestable offences, compulsory DNA recording and the use of dispersal orders. During his time as prime minister, Blair raised taxes; introduced a National Minimum Wage and some new employment rights while keeping Margaret Thatcher 's trade union reforms [] ; introduced significant constitutional reforms; promoted new rights for gay people in the Civil Partnership Act ; and signed treaties integrating Britain more closely with the EU.
He introduced substantial market-based reforms in the education and health sectors; introduced student tuition fees and sought to reduce certain categories of welfare payments.
Blair and Brown raised spending on the NHS and other public services, increasing spending from Non-European immigration rose significantly during the period from , not least because of the government 's abolition of the primary purpose rule in June The former government advisor Andrew Neather in the Evening Standard stated that the deliberate policy of ministers from late until early was to open up the UK to mass migration.
Somehow this has become distorted by excitable Right-wing newspaper columnists into being a "plot" to make Britain multicultural.
There was no plot. Blair criticised other governments for not doing enough to solve global climate change.
In a visit to the United States, he made a comment on "great industrialised nations" that fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Again in , Blair went before the United States Congress and said that climate change "cannot be ignored", insisting "we need to go beyond even Kyoto.
Blair built his foreign policy on basic principles close ties with U. In Britain joined the U. Along with enjoying a close relationship with Bill Clinton , Blair formed a strong political alliance with George W.
Bush , particularly in the area of foreign policy. For his part, Bush lauded Blair and the UK. The alliance between Bush and Blair seriously damaged Blair's standing in the eyes of Britons angry at American influence.
However, a perception of one-sided compromising personal and political closeness led to discussion of the term "Poodle-ism" in the UK media, to describe the " Special Relationship " of the UK government and Prime Minister with the US White House and President.
On 30 January , Blair signed The letter of the eight supporting U. Blair showed a deep feeling for Israel , born in part from his faith.
Levy praised Blair for his "solid and committed support of the State of Israel". Blair, on coming to office, had been "cool towards the right-wing Netanyahu government".
They criticised Blair's support for the road map for peace which included the retaining of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. In Blair was criticised for his failure to immediately call for a ceasefire in the Lebanon War.
The Observer newspaper claimed that at a cabinet meeting before Blair left for a summit with Bush on 28 July , a significant number of ministers pressured Blair to publicly criticise Israel over the scale of deaths and destruction in Lebanon.
Bush on Middle East policy. The documents showed Blair was willing to appear alongside Assad at a joint press conference even though the Syrians would probably have settled for a farewell handshake for the cameras; British officials sought to manipulate the media to portray Assad in a favourable light; and Blair's aides tried to help Assad's "photogenic" wife boost her profile.
The newspaper noted:. The Arab leader was granted audiences with the Queen and the Prince of Wales, lunch with Blair at Downing Street, a platform in parliament and many other privileges The red carpet treatment he and his entourage received is embarrassing given the bloodbath that has since taken place under his rule in Syria The courtship has parallels with Blair's friendly relations with Muammar Gaddafi.
Blair had been on friendly terms with Colonel Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, when sanctions imposed on the country were lifted by the US and the UK.
Even after the Libyan Civil War in , he said he had no regrets about his close relationship with the late Libyan leader.
Blair had an antagonistic relationship with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and allegedly planned regime change against Mugabe in the early s.
Blair was reported by The Guardian in to have been supported politically by Rupert Murdoch , the founder of the News Corporation organisation.
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.
The response includes contacts "clearly of an official nature" in the specified period, but excludes contacts "not clearly of an official nature.
Lord Avebury said: "The public can now scrutinise the timing of his Murdoch's contacts with the former Prime Minister, to see whether they can be linked to events in the outside world.
Blair appeared before the Leveson Inquiry on Monday 28 May Blair has been noted as a charismatic , articulate speaker with an informal style.
After taking office in , Blair gave particular prominence to his press secretary, who became known as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman the two roles have since been separated.
Blair had close relationships with the Clinton family. The strong partnership with Bill Clinton was made into the film " The Special Relationship " in Blair's apparent refusal to set a date for his departure was criticised by the British press and Members of Parliament.
It has been reported that a number of cabinet ministers believed that Blair's timely departure from office would be required to be able to win a fourth election.
After the death of John Smith in , Blair and his close colleague Gordon Brown they shared an office at the House of Commons [44] were both seen as possible candidates for the party leadership.
They agreed not to stand against each other, it is said, as part of a supposed Blair—Brown pact.
Brown, who considered himself the senior of the two, understood that Blair would give way to him: opinion polls soon indicated, however, that Blair appeared to enjoy greater support among voters.
During the election campaign Blair publicly endorsed Gordon Brown's leadership, praising the way he had handled the financial crisis.
Bush had preliminary talks with Blair to ask him to take up the envoy role. White House sources stated that "both Israel and the Palestinians had signed up to the proposal".
In January , it was confirmed that Blair would be joining investment bank JPMorgan Chase in a "senior advisory capacity" [] and that he would advise Zurich Financial Services on climate change.
Blair taught a course on issues of faith and globalisation at the Yale University Schools of Management and Divinity as a Howland distinguished fellow during the —09 academic year.
Blair's links with, and receipt of an undisclosed sum from, UI Energy Corporation , have also been subject to media comment in the UK.
Blair established Tony Blair Associates to "allow him to provide, in partnership with others, strategic advice on a commercial and pro bono basis, on political and economic trends and governmental reform".
Blair has been subject to criticism for potential conflicts of interest between his diplomatic role as a Middle East envoy, and his work with Tony Blair Associates, [] [] [] and a number of prominent critics have even called for him to be sacked.
Blair responded to such criticism by saying his choice to advise the country is an example of how he can "nudge controversial figures on a progressive path of reform", and has stated that he receives no personal profit from this advisory role.
Blair described the report as "nonsense". In November Blair launched the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, which aims to "increase childhood participation in sports activities, especially in the North East of England, where a larger proportion of children are socially excluded, and to promote overall health and prevent childhood obesity.
Reflecting Blair's own faith but not dedicated to any particular religion, the Foundation aims to "show how faith is a powerful force for good in the modern world".
In February he applied to set up a charity called the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative: the application was approved in November In December , Blair created the Tony Blair Institute to promote global outlooks by governments and organisations.
In March , it was reported that Blair's memoirs, titled The Journey , would be published in September Media analysis of the sudden announcement was wide-ranging, describing it as an act of "desperation" to obtain a better launch reception of a humiliating "publishing flop" [] that had languished in the ratings, [] [] " blood money " for the lives lost in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, [] [] an act with a "hidden motive" or an expression of "guilt", [] [] a "genius move" to address the problem that "Tony Blair ha[d] one of the most toxic brands around" from a PR perspective, and a "cynical stunt to wipe the slate", but also as an attempt to make amends.
The book was published on 1 September and within hours of its launch had become the fastest-selling autobiography of all time.
Blair was pelted with eggs and shoes, and encountered an attempted citizen's arrest for war crimes. Since the Iraq War, Blair has been the subject of war crimes accusations.
Bush are guilty of crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide as a result of their roles in the Iraq War. The proceedings lasted for four days, and consisted of five judges of judicial and academic backgrounds, a tribunal-appointed defence team in lieu of the defendants or representatives, and a prosecution team including international law professor Francis Boyle.
In July , former Iraqi general Abdulwaheed al-Rabbat launched a private war crimes prosecution, in the High Court in London, asking for Tony Blair, former foreign secretary Jack Straw and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith to be prosecuted for "the crime of aggression" for their role in the invasion of Iraq.
The High Court ruled that, although the crime of aggression was recognised in international law, it was not an offence under UK law, and, therefore, the prosecution could not proceed.
The Chilcot report after the conclusion of the Iraq Inquiry was issued on 6 July and it criticised Blair for joining the US in the war in Iraq in Afterwards, Blair issued a statement and held a two-hour press conference to apologise and to justify the decisions he had made in "in good faith" and denying allegations that the war had led to a significant increase in terrorism.
He stated: "whether people agree or disagree with my decision to take military action against Saddam Hussein; I took it in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country.
I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse. I will at the same time say why, nonetheless, I believe that it was better to remove Saddam Hussein and why I do not believe this is the cause of the terrorism we see today whether in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world".
Blair wrote in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on 8 February "Where Iran is exercising military interference, it should be strongly pushed back.
Where it is seeking influence, it should be countered. Where its proxies operate, it should be held responsible. Where its networks exist, they should be disrupted.
Where its leaders are saying what is unacceptable, they should be exposed. Where the Iranian people — highly educated and connected, despite their government — are protesting for freedom, they should be supported.
State Department and Saudi Arabia. Blair did not want the UK to leave the EU. Blair had called for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Blair also maintained, that once the terms deciding how the UK leaves the EU were known the people should vote again on those terms.
Blair stated, "We know the options for Brexit. Parliament will have to decide on one of them. If Parliament can't then it should decide to go back to the people.
However after the general election when the pro-withdrawal Conservative party won a sizeable majority of seats, Blair argued that remain supporters should "face up to one simple point: we lost" and "pivot to a completely new position We're going to have to be constructive about it and see how Britain develops a constructive relationship with Europe and finds its new niche in the world.
He affirmed his belief in the continued strength of American soft power and the need to address Iranian military aggression, European defence budgets, and Chinese trade.
He said, however, "I think it's fair to say a lot of political leaders in Europe are dismayed by what they see as the isolationism growing in America and the seeming indifference to alliances.
But I think there will come a time when America decides in its own interest to reengage, so I'm optimistic that America will in the end understand that this is not about relegating your self-interest behind the common interest; it's an understanding that by acting collectively in alliance with others you promote your own interests.
His first grandchild a girl was born in October Blair's financial assets are structured in a complicated manner, and as such estimates of their extent vary widely.
In an interview with Michael Parkinson broadcast on ITV1 on 4 March , Blair referred to the role of his Christian faith in his decision to go to war in Iraq, stating that he had prayed about the issue, and saying that God would judge him for his decision: "I think if you have faith about these things, you realise that judgement is made by other people According to Press Secretary Alastair Campbell 's diary, Blair often read the Bible before taking any important decisions.
He states that Blair had a "wobble" and considered changing his mind on the eve of the bombing of Iraq in A longer exploration of his faith can be found in an interview with Third Way Magazine.
There he says that "I was brought up as [a Christian], but I was not in any real sense a practising one until I went to Oxford. There was an Australian priest at the same college as me who got me interested again.
In a sense, it was a rediscovery of religion as something living, that was about the world around me rather than some sort of special one-to-one relationship with a remote Being on high.
Suddenly I began to see its social relevance. I began to make sense of the world". At one point Alastair Campbell intervened in an interview, preventing the Prime Minister from answering a question about his Christianity, explaining, "We don't do God.
Cherie Blair's friend and "spiritual guru" Carole Caplin is credited with introducing her and her husband to various New Age symbols and beliefs, including "magic pendants" known as "BioElectric Shields".
The couple, wearing only bathing costumes, took part in a rebirthing procedure, which involved smearing mud and fruit over each other's bodies while sitting in a steam bath.
Later on, Blair questioned the Pope's attitude towards homosexuality, arguing that religious leaders must start "rethinking" the issue.
The move was described as "a private matter". The Pope and his advisors criticised some of Blair's political actions, but followed up with a reportedly unprecedented red-carpet welcome, which included the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , who would be responsible for Blair's Catholic instruction.
Blair made an animated cameo appearance as himself in The Simpsons episode, " The Regina Monologues " On 14 March , Blair appeared as a celebrity judge on Masterchef Goes Large after contestants had to prepare a three-course meal in the Downing Street kitchens for Blair and Bertie Ahern.
During the sketch, Blair used Lauren's catchphrase "Am I bovvered? The CIA-influenced British prime minister in the book is said to be a thinly disguised version of Blair.
In the film, he is wrongly implicated in the deaths of Robin Cook and John Smith and on the run from Inspector Hutton. In May , before his resignation, it was speculated that Blair would be offered a knighthood in the Order of the Thistle , owing to his Scottish connections rather than the Order of the Garter , which is usually offered to former Prime Ministers.
On 22 May , Blair received an honorary law doctorate from Queen's University Belfast , alongside former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern , for distinction in public service and roles in the Northern Ireland peace process.
On 16 February , 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 was awarded the prize in May From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to For other uses, see Anthony Blair disambiguation and Tony Blair disambiguation.
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Thomas Gutschker, Brüssel Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger Alle Artikel und Videos zu: Tony Blair. Hunter Biden und die Ukraine :. Sozialreformen und eine Öffnung des Landes gegenüber der Europäischen Union bildeten weitere Kernpunkte seiner M8 Bmw.In Blair was criticised for his failure to immediately call for a ceasefire in the Lebanon War. The Observer newspaper claimed that at a cabinet meeting before Blair left for a summit with Bush on 28 July , a significant number of ministers pressured Blair to publicly criticise Israel over the scale of deaths and destruction in Lebanon.
Bush on Middle East policy. The documents showed Blair was willing to appear alongside Assad at a joint press conference even though the Syrians would probably have settled for a farewell handshake for the cameras; British officials sought to manipulate the media to portray Assad in a favourable light; and Blair's aides tried to help Assad's "photogenic" wife boost her profile.
The newspaper noted:. The Arab leader was granted audiences with the Queen and the Prince of Wales, lunch with Blair at Downing Street, a platform in parliament and many other privileges The red carpet treatment he and his entourage received is embarrassing given the bloodbath that has since taken place under his rule in Syria The courtship has parallels with Blair's friendly relations with Muammar Gaddafi.
Blair had been on friendly terms with Colonel Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, when sanctions imposed on the country were lifted by the US and the UK.
Even after the Libyan Civil War in , he said he had no regrets about his close relationship with the late Libyan leader. Blair had an antagonistic relationship with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and allegedly planned regime change against Mugabe in the early s.
Blair was reported by The Guardian in to have been supported politically by Rupert Murdoch , the founder of the News Corporation organisation.
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.
The response includes contacts "clearly of an official nature" in the specified period, but excludes contacts "not clearly of an official nature.
Lord Avebury said: "The public can now scrutinise the timing of his Murdoch's contacts with the former Prime Minister, to see whether they can be linked to events in the outside world.
Blair appeared before the Leveson Inquiry on Monday 28 May Blair has been noted as a charismatic , articulate speaker with an informal style.
After taking office in , Blair gave particular prominence to his press secretary, who became known as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman the two roles have since been separated.
Blair had close relationships with the Clinton family. The strong partnership with Bill Clinton was made into the film " The Special Relationship " in Blair's apparent refusal to set a date for his departure was criticised by the British press and Members of Parliament.
It has been reported that a number of cabinet ministers believed that Blair's timely departure from office would be required to be able to win a fourth election.
After the death of John Smith in , Blair and his close colleague Gordon Brown they shared an office at the House of Commons [44] were both seen as possible candidates for the party leadership.
They agreed not to stand against each other, it is said, as part of a supposed Blair—Brown pact. Brown, who considered himself the senior of the two, understood that Blair would give way to him: opinion polls soon indicated, however, that Blair appeared to enjoy greater support among voters.
During the election campaign Blair publicly endorsed Gordon Brown's leadership, praising the way he had handled the financial crisis.
Bush had preliminary talks with Blair to ask him to take up the envoy role. White House sources stated that "both Israel and the Palestinians had signed up to the proposal".
In January , it was confirmed that Blair would be joining investment bank JPMorgan Chase in a "senior advisory capacity" [] and that he would advise Zurich Financial Services on climate change.
Blair taught a course on issues of faith and globalisation at the Yale University Schools of Management and Divinity as a Howland distinguished fellow during the —09 academic year.
Blair's links with, and receipt of an undisclosed sum from, UI Energy Corporation , have also been subject to media comment in the UK.
Blair established Tony Blair Associates to "allow him to provide, in partnership with others, strategic advice on a commercial and pro bono basis, on political and economic trends and governmental reform".
Blair has been subject to criticism for potential conflicts of interest between his diplomatic role as a Middle East envoy, and his work with Tony Blair Associates, [] [] [] and a number of prominent critics have even called for him to be sacked.
Blair responded to such criticism by saying his choice to advise the country is an example of how he can "nudge controversial figures on a progressive path of reform", and has stated that he receives no personal profit from this advisory role.
Blair described the report as "nonsense". In November Blair launched the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, which aims to "increase childhood participation in sports activities, especially in the North East of England, where a larger proportion of children are socially excluded, and to promote overall health and prevent childhood obesity.
Reflecting Blair's own faith but not dedicated to any particular religion, the Foundation aims to "show how faith is a powerful force for good in the modern world".
In February he applied to set up a charity called the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative: the application was approved in November In December , Blair created the Tony Blair Institute to promote global outlooks by governments and organisations.
In March , it was reported that Blair's memoirs, titled The Journey , would be published in September Media analysis of the sudden announcement was wide-ranging, describing it as an act of "desperation" to obtain a better launch reception of a humiliating "publishing flop" [] that had languished in the ratings, [] [] " blood money " for the lives lost in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, [] [] an act with a "hidden motive" or an expression of "guilt", [] [] a "genius move" to address the problem that "Tony Blair ha[d] one of the most toxic brands around" from a PR perspective, and a "cynical stunt to wipe the slate", but also as an attempt to make amends.
The book was published on 1 September and within hours of its launch had become the fastest-selling autobiography of all time.
Blair was pelted with eggs and shoes, and encountered an attempted citizen's arrest for war crimes. Since the Iraq War, Blair has been the subject of war crimes accusations.
Bush are guilty of crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide as a result of their roles in the Iraq War.
The proceedings lasted for four days, and consisted of five judges of judicial and academic backgrounds, a tribunal-appointed defence team in lieu of the defendants or representatives, and a prosecution team including international law professor Francis Boyle.
In July , former Iraqi general Abdulwaheed al-Rabbat launched a private war crimes prosecution, in the High Court in London, asking for Tony Blair, former foreign secretary Jack Straw and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith to be prosecuted for "the crime of aggression" for their role in the invasion of Iraq.
The High Court ruled that, although the crime of aggression was recognised in international law, it was not an offence under UK law, and, therefore, the prosecution could not proceed.
The Chilcot report after the conclusion of the Iraq Inquiry was issued on 6 July and it criticised Blair for joining the US in the war in Iraq in Afterwards, Blair issued a statement and held a two-hour press conference to apologise and to justify the decisions he had made in "in good faith" and denying allegations that the war had led to a significant increase in terrorism.
He stated: "whether people agree or disagree with my decision to take military action against Saddam Hussein; I took it in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country.
I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse. I will at the same time say why, nonetheless, I believe that it was better to remove Saddam Hussein and why I do not believe this is the cause of the terrorism we see today whether in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world".
Blair wrote in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on 8 February "Where Iran is exercising military interference, it should be strongly pushed back.
Where it is seeking influence, it should be countered. Where its proxies operate, it should be held responsible. Where its networks exist, they should be disrupted.
Where its leaders are saying what is unacceptable, they should be exposed. Where the Iranian people — highly educated and connected, despite their government — are protesting for freedom, they should be supported.
State Department and Saudi Arabia. Blair did not want the UK to leave the EU. Blair had called for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Blair also maintained, that once the terms deciding how the UK leaves the EU were known the people should vote again on those terms.
Blair stated, "We know the options for Brexit. Parliament will have to decide on one of them. If Parliament can't then it should decide to go back to the people.
However after the general election when the pro-withdrawal Conservative party won a sizeable majority of seats, Blair argued that remain supporters should "face up to one simple point: we lost" and "pivot to a completely new position We're going to have to be constructive about it and see how Britain develops a constructive relationship with Europe and finds its new niche in the world.
He affirmed his belief in the continued strength of American soft power and the need to address Iranian military aggression, European defence budgets, and Chinese trade.
He said, however, "I think it's fair to say a lot of political leaders in Europe are dismayed by what they see as the isolationism growing in America and the seeming indifference to alliances.
But I think there will come a time when America decides in its own interest to reengage, so I'm optimistic that America will in the end understand that this is not about relegating your self-interest behind the common interest; it's an understanding that by acting collectively in alliance with others you promote your own interests.
His first grandchild a girl was born in October Blair's financial assets are structured in a complicated manner, and as such estimates of their extent vary widely.
In an interview with Michael Parkinson broadcast on ITV1 on 4 March , Blair referred to the role of his Christian faith in his decision to go to war in Iraq, stating that he had prayed about the issue, and saying that God would judge him for his decision: "I think if you have faith about these things, you realise that judgement is made by other people According to Press Secretary Alastair Campbell 's diary, Blair often read the Bible before taking any important decisions.
He states that Blair had a "wobble" and considered changing his mind on the eve of the bombing of Iraq in A longer exploration of his faith can be found in an interview with Third Way Magazine.
There he says that "I was brought up as [a Christian], but I was not in any real sense a practising one until I went to Oxford. There was an Australian priest at the same college as me who got me interested again.
In a sense, it was a rediscovery of religion as something living, that was about the world around me rather than some sort of special one-to-one relationship with a remote Being on high.
Suddenly I began to see its social relevance. I began to make sense of the world". At one point Alastair Campbell intervened in an interview, preventing the Prime Minister from answering a question about his Christianity, explaining, "We don't do God.
Cherie Blair's friend and "spiritual guru" Carole Caplin is credited with introducing her and her husband to various New Age symbols and beliefs, including "magic pendants" known as "BioElectric Shields".
The couple, wearing only bathing costumes, took part in a rebirthing procedure, which involved smearing mud and fruit over each other's bodies while sitting in a steam bath.
Later on, Blair questioned the Pope's attitude towards homosexuality, arguing that religious leaders must start "rethinking" the issue.
The move was described as "a private matter". The Pope and his advisors criticised some of Blair's political actions, but followed up with a reportedly unprecedented red-carpet welcome, which included the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , who would be responsible for Blair's Catholic instruction.
Blair made an animated cameo appearance as himself in The Simpsons episode, " The Regina Monologues " On 14 March , Blair appeared as a celebrity judge on Masterchef Goes Large after contestants had to prepare a three-course meal in the Downing Street kitchens for Blair and Bertie Ahern.
During the sketch, Blair used Lauren's catchphrase "Am I bovvered? The CIA-influenced British prime minister in the book is said to be a thinly disguised version of Blair.
In the film, he is wrongly implicated in the deaths of Robin Cook and John Smith and on the run from Inspector Hutton. In May , before his resignation, it was speculated that Blair would be offered a knighthood in the Order of the Thistle , owing to his Scottish connections rather than the Order of the Garter , which is usually offered to former Prime Ministers.
On 22 May , Blair received an honorary law doctorate from Queen's University Belfast , alongside former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern , for distinction in public service and roles in the Northern Ireland peace process.
On 16 February , 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 was awarded the prize in May From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to For other uses, see Anthony Blair disambiguation and Tony Blair disambiguation.
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