Tag: Tony Blair

• Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:47 UTC

  Blair calls on Labour to abandon ideology and embrace a “radical centre” or face relegation

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened on Wednesday in the Labour Party's internal crisis with an essay of more than 5,600 words published on the website of his organization, the Tony Blair Institute, in which he demands that his party colleagues abandon ideological disputes, adopt what he calls a “radical centre,” and formulate a national project before contesting the party's leadership. “Trying to remove a prime minister before even knowing what new political direction is being proposed is not a way to behave,” the former Labour leader wrote, in an intervention that has received no public backing from the party's main figures.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 23:55 UTC

  Tony Blair and Yamandú Orsi discuss child poverty, artificial intelligence, and drug trafficking in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi received former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at Torre Ejecutiva on Wednesday, as part of Blair’s official visit to the region, which also included stops in Buenos Aires and Asunción. Blair, who heads the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, arrived in Montevideo to advance cooperation agreements recently signed with the Uruguayan government.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 00:42 UTC

  Tony Blair in Montevideo: will meet President Orsi this Wednesday

  

  Uruguayan president Yamandu Orsi will receive this Wednesday midday at the Executive Tower, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to the presidential office release. The former prime minister currently holds the chair of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and is on a regional tour, having met on Tuesday Paraguayan president, Santiago Peña in the capital Asuncion.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 08:39 UTC

  Tony Blair eyed for leading role in Trump's Gaza peace plan

  

  Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair resurfaced onto the international political arena after being tapped to play an oversight role in US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Gaza Strip.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  State-Owned Enterprises essential in global recovery, G20 reviews

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week played a key role during discussions in Jakarta regarding global health actions towards a prompt recovery. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) were found to be pivotal in this regard. Indonesia this year presides over the G20.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:12 UTC

  More than half a million sign petition to have Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”

  

  More than half a million people have signed a petition to have former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”. Sir Tony was appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:12 UTC

  Blair and Major blast Johnson over “shocking” plan in breach of international law

  

  Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major on Sunday said Britain must drop a “shocking” plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law.

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Tony Blair blasts Corbyn for Labour’s catastrophic defeat

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Labour's most successful election winner, will tell the opposition party it must change course after its catastrophic defeat last week or disappear as a party of government.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Britain is a dangerous mess, warns Tony Blair; “the Marxist Leninist wing has taken over Labour”

  

  Former prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a Dec. 12 election.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Brexit: Corbyn says UK needs a general election; ex PM Tony Blair warns of “an elephant trap”

  

  Jeremy Corbyn says the UK “needs” a general election, despite warnings from Tony Blair that it could prove a “trap” for Labour. Mr Corbyn said his “priority” was to work towards blocking a no-deal Brexit, with an election afterwards.