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In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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