Tony Blair

The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. He has led the Labour Party since July 1994, (following the death of John Smith in May of that year) and brought Labour into power with a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, replacing John Major as Prime Minister and ending 18 years of Conservative government. He is now the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, and the only person to have led the party to three consecutive general election victories, just as Margaret Thatcher was the only Conservative Prime Minister to win three consecutive general elections.

Further reading

• Seldon, Anthony (2004). Blair Free Press, ISBN 0743232119
• Short, Clare (2004). An Honourable Deception? New Labour, Iraq, and the Misuse of Power Free Press, ISBN 0743263928
• Naughtie, James (2004). The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency Macmillan, ISBN 1405050012
• Riddell, Peter (2004). The Unfulfilled Prime Minister: Tony Blair and the End of Optimism Politico's Publishing, ISBN 1842751131
• Blair, Tony edited by Paul Richards (2004). Tony Blair: In His Own Words, Politico's Publishing, ISBN 1842750895
• Abse, Leo (2003). Tony Blair: The Man Who Lost His Smile Robson Books, ISBN 1861056982
• Naughtie, James (2001). The Rivals: The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage Fourth Estate ISBN 1841154733
• Rentoul, John (2001). Tony Blair Prime Minister Little Brown, ISBN 0316854964
• Abse, Leo (2001). Tony Blair: The Man Behind the Smile Robson Books, ISBN 1861053649
• Rawnsley, Andrew (2000). Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour Hamish Hamilton ISBN 0241140293
• Revised edition (2001), Penguin Books ISBN 0140278508
• Gould, Philip (1999). The Unfinished Revolution: How the Modernisers Saved the Labour Party Abacus, ISBN 0349111774
• Blair, Tony, edited by Iain Dale (1998). The Blair Necessities: Tony Blair Book of Quotations Robson Books, ISBN 1861051395