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Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
Autobiographer
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Politician
Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Blair
Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and now the release of those pictures of executed British soldiers.
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She was the people's princess and that is how she will stay, how she will remain in our hearts and our memories for ever.
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I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's often seen as sort of splitting the difference between right and left.
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They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.
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The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.
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