http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair Blair as Prime MinisterMain article:Premiership of Tony BlairBlair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May1997, serving concurrently as the First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service, the Leader of the Labour Party , and Member of Parliament for the constituency ofSedgefield in the North East ofEngland and a Privy Counsellor. With victories in 1997, 2001, and 2005, Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister, the only person to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories. Blair addressing a crowd in Armaghin 1998 Blair is both credited with and criticised for moving the Labour Party towards the centre of British politics, using the term "New Labour" to distinguish his pro-market policies from the more collectivist policies which the party had espoused in the past. In domestic government policy, Blair significantl y increased public spending on health and education while also introducin g controversial market-based reforms in these areas. Blair's tenure also saw the introd uction of a National Minimum Wage, tuition fees for higher education, and constitutional reform such as devolution in Scotland and Wales. The British economy performed well, and Blair kept to Conservative commitments not to increase income tax, although he did introduce a large number of subtle tax increases referr ed to as stealth taxes by his opponents. His contribution towards assisting the Northern Ireland Peace Process by helping to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement after 30 years of conflict was widely recognised. [24][25] From the start of the War on Terror in 2001, Blair strongly supported United States foreign policy, notably by participating in the invasions ofAfghanistan in 1
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Blair as Prime Minister
Main article: Premiership of Tony Blair
Blair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May
1997, serving concurrently as the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Minister for the Civil Service, the Leader of the Labour Party, and
Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in the
North East of England and a Privy Counsellor. With victories in 1997,
2001, and 2005, Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving prime
minister, the only person to lead the party to three consecutive
general election victories.
Blair addressing a crowd in Armagh in 1998
Blair is both credited with and criticised for moving the Labour Party
towards the centre of British politics, using the term "New Labour"
to distinguish his pro-market policies from the more collectivist policies which the party had espoused in the past.
In domestic government policy, Blair significantly increased public
spending on health and education while also introducing
controversial market-based reforms in these areas. Blair's tenure
also saw the introduction of a National Minimum Wage, tuition fees
for higher education, and constitutional reform such as devolution in
Scotland and Wales. The British economy performed well, and Blair
kept to Conservative commitments not to increase income tax,
although he did introduce a large number of subtle tax increases
referred to as stealth taxes by his opponents.
His contribution towards assisting the Northern Ireland Peace
Process by helping to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement after 30
years of conflict was widely recognised.[24][25] From the start of the
War on Terror in 2001, Blair strongly supported United States foreign
policy, notably by participating in the invasions of Afghanistan in