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3 hours ago · Tony Blair keeps texting Keir Starmer with advice. Keir Starmer has revealed that he regular receives texts from former prime minister Tony Blair with advice on what he needs to do. The Labour leader revealed the detail while talking to the The Independent ’s John Rentoul at his election count in north London just hours before he was ...
20 hours ago · How very Sir Tony Blair. At his first cabinet meeting in 1997, Sir Tony famously began by telling his ministers: "Just call me Tony." Sir Tony also was known for "sofa government", relaxed ...
20 hours ago · For Keir Starmer’s new cabinet, stability is the change. The new prime minister is sensibly taking advice from Tony Blair, his most successful predecessor, writes John Rentoul
20 hours ago · 6 July 2024 • 8:26pm. General Election 2024, NHS (National Health Service), Labour Party, Tony Blair. Alan Milburn was seen as an ally of Sir Tony against Gordon Brown Credit: Neil Hall/EPA-EFE ...
20 hours ago · Labour has won a historic landslide General Election, with an overall majority of circa 170 – just short of Tony Blair’s 178 seat majority in 1997. With the Conservative party split like a ‘cat-o'-nine-tail’ whip, Labour also owes a huge debt of gratitude to Nigel Farage and Reform for so ...
10 hours ago · The son of Guyanese immigrants also served as a minister in the cabinets of Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was a shadow foreign secretary while in the opposition and has advocated for the case of “progressive realism” in its foreign policy. Wes Streeting - Health and Social Care Secretary
20 hours ago · Some 32 percent of Tony Blair's first cabinet was privately educated, compared to 35 percent under Harold Wilson and 25 percent under Clement Attlee. Nationwide, around 10 percent of the UK's ...
