1. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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1. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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2. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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3. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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4. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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5. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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6. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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7. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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8. Tony Blair is in New Delhi wearing two badges: elder statesman for the Raisina Dialogue and social activist for his Generation Global schools project.
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9. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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10. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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11. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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12. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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13. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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15. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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17. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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18. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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19. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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20. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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21. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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22. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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23. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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24. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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25. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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26. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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27. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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28. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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29. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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30. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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31. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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32. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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33. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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34. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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35. Tony Blair has never really apologised for taking the UK into the Iraq War either, despite the conclusions of the Chilcot Inquiry.
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36. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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37. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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38. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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39. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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40. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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41. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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42. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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43. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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44. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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45. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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46. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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47. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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48. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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49. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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50. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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51. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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52. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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53. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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54. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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55. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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56. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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57. Tony Blair was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W Bush, for his support for the War on Terror and his role in achieving peace in Northern Ireland.
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58. Tony Blair retired as Prime Minister and Leader of Labour Party in 2007.
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60. Tony Blair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997, winning by a landslide.
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62. Tony Blair attended Chorister School in Durham from 1961 to 1966, after moving back to Edinburgh, he boarded at Fettes College.
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63. Tony Blair was Prime Minister for the United Kingdom from 1997 for ten years.
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64. Tony Blair was the first leader of the United Kingdom Labour Party to win 3 general elections in a row.
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65. In 2011, Tony Blair was presented with the Liberty Medal by former president Bill Clinton.
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70. In 2010 Tony Blair published his memoir, A Journey, in which he reasserted his support for the Iraq War and described his strained relationship with Gordon Brown.
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73. Tony Blair eliminated all but 92 of the hereditary members of the House of Lords as the prelude to more-extensive reforms of that chamber.
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74. Tony Blair gave important powers to unelected advisers, notably media consultant Alistair Campbell.
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75. Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernizing the format of "Prime Minister's Question Time", during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament.
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76. Tony Blair gave control of the economic agenda to Gordon Brown, his chancellor of the Exchequer and eventual successor.
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77. Tony Blair enjoyed a 179-seat majority in the House of Commons—the biggest parliamentary majority in the history of the Labour Party and the largest majority of any party since 1935.
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78. Tony Blair summed up his reforms—often opposed by members of his own party—by describing the party as New Labour.
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81. Tony Blair led the Labour Party to three election victories in a row, the first two with huge majorities (179 and 167 seats in the House of Commons, respectively).
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83. Tony Blair took on new duties after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
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84. Tony Blair succeeded in convincing Labour Party members to rewrite Clause Four of the party charter.
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86. In 1983 Tony Blair was elected to Parliament along with 208 other Labour Party MPs, the smallest number since 1935.
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89. Tony Blair combined the traditional emphasis of Labour on the responsibility of the community with the Conservative's emphasis on the individual.
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93. On 8 July 2010, Tony Blair was awarded the Order of Freedom by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Limaj.
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94. On 16 February 2009, Tony Blair was awarded the Dan David Prize by Tel Aviv University for "exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict".
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95. On 22 May 2008, Tony Blair received an honorary law doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, alongside former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, for distinction in public service and roles in the Northern Ireland peace process.
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96. On 16 March 2007, Tony Blair featured in a comedy sketch with Catherine Tate, who appeared in the guise of her character Lauren Cooper from The Catherine Tate Show.
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97. On 14 March 2007, Tony Blair appeared as a celebrity judge on Masterchef Goes Large after contestants had to prepare a three-course meal in the Downing Street kitchens for Blair and Bertie Ahern.
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99. Tony Blair made an animated cameo appearance as himself in The Simpsons episode, "The Regina Monologues".
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100. Tony Blair had informed Pope Benedict XVI on 23 June 2007 that he wanted to become a Catholic.
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101. On 22 December 2007, it was disclosed that Tony Blair had joined the Roman Catholic Church.
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