“I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.” PoliticianMovedBritishActiveLabourDay To DaySupporterMoved OnBlair Author:Peter Mandelson
“When you look at the things people are really fed up with, like the collapse of the pension system, like the failure to get money to the frontline of the health service, Gordon Brown is more responsible for that than any other politician including Tony Blair” PeopleLooksFailurePoliticianResponsibleIncludingBrownFedsCollapsePensionFed UpGet MoneyBlairHealth ServicesFrontline Author:George Osborne
“Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.” PoliticianIraqBrilliantLegacyBlairEntwined Author:Noel Gallagher
“The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters - think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair's rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.” ThinkingInterestInternetPoliticianEasierCommunicateVotersEmbarrassingYoutubeBlair Author:Theresa May
“Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in many areas, but in Iraq I believe he got it wrong. He got it wrong.” BelieveMadeAbleI BelieveGenerationsPoliticianMajorsAreasIraqContributionBlair Author:Kofi Annan
“I guess I am nostalgic for a time - the nineteenth century and early twentieth - when writers were, to use Stefan Collini's phrase, "public moralists" and politicians, plutocrats, bankers, arms dealers, and experts and technocrats were not solely defining the moral norms as well as the political lives of our societies. We do have some writers claiming to be public moralists, but, as I said, they have actually been more jingoistic than even the henchmen of Bush and Blair.” WellsSaidUsePoliticalMoralCenturyArmsPoliticianPhrasesExpertsOur SocietyNormDefiningBankersNineteenth CenturyNostalgicDealerBlairPolitical LifeMoralistHenchmen Author:Pankaj Mishra