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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives and the politicians feel misunderstood.
Tony Blair
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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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My course has never been about triangulation, and neither, really, is Bill Clinton's. It's not - it's about applying your values to the future in a practical and unblinking way, and that is an ideological view that is every bit as strong as views from the left or from the right.
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Ah yes, liberal democrats unified as ever in opportunism and in error.
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Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
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I'm one of these people that, once you have had your election and you have elected your candidate, let's see what actually happens.
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I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered.
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I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.
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I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.
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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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Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this [the vote on the Iraq war] through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'
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Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And, although I know it has its many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. And if it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes.
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Saddam Hussein's regime is despicable, he is developing weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked. He is a threat to his own people and to the region and, if allowed to develop these weapons, a threat to us also.
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The problem with the old ideology was that it suppressed the individual by starting with society. But it is from a sense of individual duty that we connect the greater good and the interests of the community
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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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Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree
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They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.
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There's a great frustration with the system. There's a lot of anger out there. But in the end, you need answers and not just anger. But anyway, let me not trespass too much into your politics. I've got enough problems in my own politics.
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