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That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

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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
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Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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Ah yes, liberal democrats unified as ever in opportunism and in error.
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