Tony Blair
Alison Rowat: King's Speech is like a parade at Disney World, only less believable
![Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18290855.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18290855.jpg)
![Sir Keir and wife Victoria arrive at their new home](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18279132.jpg)
![Sir Keir and wife Victoria arrive at their new home](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18279132.jpg)
![Labour leader Keir Starmer takes a selfie on the campaign trail](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18247165.jpg)
![Labour leader Keir Starmer takes a selfie on the campaign trail](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18247165.jpg)
![Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18200789.jpg)
![Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18200789.jpg)
General Election
![Nigel Farage announces his candidacy in the general election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18156806.jpg)
![Nigel Farage announces his candidacy in the general election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18156806.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater were able to exert such influence because of the Holyrood electoral system](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17614356.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater were able to exert such influence because of the Holyrood electoral system](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17614356.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has pinned his colours to the Rwanda mast](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18006840.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has pinned his colours to the Rwanda mast](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18006840.jpg)
![Almost half of voters think Keir Starmer is doing badly as Labour leader](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17924298.jpg)
![Almost half of voters think Keir Starmer is doing badly as Labour leader](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17924298.jpg)
![Former First Minister Alex Salmond](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17761118.jpg)
![Former First Minister Alex Salmond](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17761118.jpg)
Exclusive
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17702498.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17702498.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf and his deputy, Shona Robison](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17414012.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf and his deputy, Shona Robison](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17414012.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf with Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17597817.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf with Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17597817.jpg)
![The village of Tobermory on Mull](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9688071.jpg)
![The village of Tobermory on Mull](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9688071.jpg)
!['A good man:' Friends and family pay tribute to Alistair Darling at memorial service](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17566450.jpg)
!['A good man:' Friends and family pay tribute to Alistair Darling at memorial service](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17566450.jpg)
![Liz Truss MP throws herself into a Q&A session](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17243862.jpg)
![Liz Truss MP throws herself into a Q&A session](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17243862.jpg)
Opinion
![Tony Blair appeared on stage with Sir Keir Starmer recently](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17114708.jpg)
![Tony Blair appeared on stage with Sir Keir Starmer recently](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17114708.jpg)
Opinion
![Would Sir Keir Starmer restore international confidence in the country if Labour wins the next General Election?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16781818.jpg)
![Would Sir Keir Starmer restore international confidence in the country if Labour wins the next General Election?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16781818.jpg)
Letters
![The Blair-Brown governments were on a mission to fight child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17035295.jpg)
![The Blair-Brown governments were on a mission to fight child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17035295.jpg)
Opinion
![Carol Vorderman, Marcus Rashford and Gary Lineker](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17001572.jpg)
![Carol Vorderman, Marcus Rashford and Gary Lineker](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17001572.jpg)
Spotlight
![Theresa May being interviewed by Sophy Ridge in 2017.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17005527.jpg)
![Theresa May being interviewed by Sophy Ridge in 2017.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17005527.jpg)
![Alastair Campbell pictured at Tony Blair's side during the New Labour era](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16808897.jpg)
![Alastair Campbell pictured at Tony Blair's side during the New Labour era](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16808897.jpg)
Letters
![Sir Keir Starmer has claimed his project of reforming the Labour Party in the aftermath of the Corbyn era is an “on steroids” version of Sir Tony Blair’s symbolic rewriting of Clause IV](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16782989.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer has claimed his project of reforming the Labour Party in the aftermath of the Corbyn era is an “on steroids” version of Sir Tony Blair’s symbolic rewriting of Clause IV](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16782989.jpg)
Letters
![Tony Blair (left) signs the Good Friday agreement with George Fergusson at his shoulder and Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern on his right](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16642406.jpg)
![Tony Blair (left) signs the Good Friday agreement with George Fergusson at his shoulder and Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern on his right](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16642406.jpg)
![Sir Tony Blair played a pivotal role in negotiating the historic deal in 1998.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16623850.jpg)
![Sir Tony Blair played a pivotal role in negotiating the historic deal in 1998.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16623850.jpg)
![Some leaders, including Alex Salmond, have left office promising to return](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16599887.jpg)
![Some leaders, including Alex Salmond, have left office promising to return](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16599887.jpg)
![Among the First Minister's final gigs was an appearance on ITV's Loose Women](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16581891.jpg)
![Among the First Minister's final gigs was an appearance on ITV's Loose Women](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16581891.jpg)
![The then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. The author is on the left, showing Mr Blair where to sign.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12831406.jpg)
![The then Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern sign the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. The author is on the left, showing Mr Blair where to sign.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12831406.jpg)
![The SNP leadership race is more akin to Succession's warring familial factions – that is, without the credible characters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16508800.jpg)
![The SNP leadership race is more akin to Succession's warring familial factions – that is, without the credible characters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16508800.jpg)
Opinion
![Lockerbie bomber row upended plan for 'constructive' working with UK](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16313434.jpg)
![Lockerbie bomber row upended plan for 'constructive' working with UK](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16313434.jpg)
NATIONAL RECORDS
![Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16130677.jpg)
![Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16130677.jpg)
![Robin Cook photographed making his resignation speech in the House of Commons in March 2003.. He is looked on by Jeremy Corbyn, back left, and other Labour MPs. Photo PA.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12135821.jpg)
![Robin Cook photographed making his resignation speech in the House of Commons in March 2003.. He is looked on by Jeremy Corbyn, back left, and other Labour MPs. Photo PA.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12135821.jpg)
![One million people sign petition aiming to rid Tony Blair of his knighthood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13334314.jpg)
![One million people sign petition aiming to rid Tony Blair of his knighthood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13334314.jpg)
![Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13336939.jpg)
![Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13336939.jpg)
newsletter
![Starmer: Blair deserves a knighthood, Johnson doesn't](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13348124.jpg)
![Starmer: Blair deserves a knighthood, Johnson doesn't](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13348124.jpg)
![Starmer backs Blair after 500,000 sign petition to strip him of knighthood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12928392.jpg)
![Starmer backs Blair after 500,000 sign petition to strip him of knighthood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12928392.jpg)
![McConnell given brush off by Blair in constitutional row](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13342577.jpg)
![McConnell given brush off by Blair in constitutional row](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13342577.jpg)
NATIONAL RECORDS
![Sleaze rows quickly threatened Tony Blair's 'moral authority'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13336939.jpg)
![Sleaze rows quickly threatened Tony Blair's 'moral authority'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13336939.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![Number 10's secret advice on Clinton and Lewinsky affair](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13336947.jpg)
![Number 10's secret advice on Clinton and Lewinsky affair](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13336947.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![George W Bush had 'limited horizons' before becoming president](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13336964.jpg)
![George W Bush had 'limited horizons' before becoming president](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13336964.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![Ashdown wanted 'unbelievable' redesign of Commons chamber](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13336972.jpg)
![Ashdown wanted 'unbelievable' redesign of Commons chamber](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13336972.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![What happens when a prime minister resigns?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13281481.jpg)
![What happens when a prime minister resigns?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13281481.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown once had a close relationship and together renewed the Labour party](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13066983.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown once had a close relationship and together renewed the Labour party](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13066983.jpg)
![Blair said 'no' over devolving abortion](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12790926.jpg)
![Blair said 'no' over devolving abortion](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12790926.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![Sean Connery feared tax bill if he campaigned in devolution vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12790910.jpg)
![Sean Connery feared tax bill if he campaigned in devolution vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12790910.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![Pat McFadden and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12790932.jpg)
![Pat McFadden and Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12790932.jpg)
![John Major urged second referendum on devolution to double-check final plan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12790901.jpg)
![John Major urged second referendum on devolution to double-check final plan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12790901.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
![Tony Blair and Donald Dewar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12790920.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Donald Dewar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12790920.jpg)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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