Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blairis a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with then-US President George W. Bush, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth6 May 1953
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
decision government safety taken
The government decision was taken on grounds of safety and nonproliferation,
amazingly circumstance country people thousands
Thousands of people up and down the country have been amazingly stoical in these circumstances,
given parties time
We have given the parties some time to reflect. We will come back on Friday,
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We have got to address how to get some sort of dynamism in our economies while tackling pockets of high unemployment and social exclusion,
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We were never going to be able at this G8 to resolve the disagreement over Kyoto, nor to renegotiate a set of targets for countries in place of the Kyoto Protocol,
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We in Europe have a real opportunity to show that...we are not fair-weather friends, who turn away at the first sign of difficulty.
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We hope that diplomatic efforts will succeed in solving the crisis, but we are not ready to rule out any alternative in this period,
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We hope that this move, along with other efforts being made at international level, will help bring about a reduction in oil prices in the very near future.
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We are never going to be able to go as fast as the situation demands because actually it demands urgent action in every situation now. We are never going to be able to do everything that everyone wants, ... Let's just concentrate on getting these commitments delivered.
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We hold absolutely to the 30th of June timetable,
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We hope we can get the rest of the transport system back up and running again as soon as possible.
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To succeed, we have to be quick on our feet, ... We have to embrace the Internet now, not in a few years time. Most of all, if we are to succeed, knowledge and how we use it need to be at the heart of all that we do.
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Why is it you remain so wedded to this proposal for 90 days? ... Surely it's wrong ... surely you are going to have to back down.
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We are two countries that have undergone a lot of change,