# Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton 'Tony' Blair is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Blair led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, winning 418 seats, the most the party has ever held. He was succeeded as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 by Gordon Brown. Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6 May 1953, the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Blair has one elder brother, Sir William Blair, a High Court judge, and a younger sister, Sarah.

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Tony Blair is Godfather to a daughter of Rupert Murdoch.

see recent article on his →relationship to Rupert Murdoch (14 Febr. 2014); → (19 April 2014)

See →Daily Mail (4 Nov. 2013) and →Daily Star (5 Nov. 2013) on a former party at Blair's involving Sir J. Savile.

See →Left Futures on alleged Blair-Savile-Connection.

See also →Grove Masonic Lodge

See also PM's:

Gordon Brown, British MP, served 2007–2010, born 1951.

David Cameron, serving since 2010, born 1966.

Latest News:

1. →Daily Mail, Tony Blair's religious charity's 'links to extremism': Advisers claimed to be tied to the Muslim Brotherhood which is being investigated by British spies (13 April 2014).
2. →The Guardian, Don't be nostalgic about Tony Blair. His effect on Britain and beyond was toxic (14 April 2014)
3. →The Guardian, Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch: the deconstruction of a friendship (14 April 2014)
4. →The Mirror, Tony Blair demands investigation into claims one of his ministers sexually abused children (01 May 2014)
5. →The Independent, Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war will not be ‘very kind’ to Tony Blair (08 May 2014)
6. →Express, Government watchdog to quiz Tony Blair charity (08 Sept. 2014)