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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
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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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I had no intention of returning into the British political debate, really at all, even though I've obviously got very strong views on it, until Brexit happened, because I think Brexit is a destiny-changing decision for my country.
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Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.
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We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.
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The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom and bust.
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I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
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It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.
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I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.
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I am a pretty straight sort of guy.
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
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