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*'[http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/798.pdf A Global alliance for Global Values'] Tony Blair (2006), published by The Foreign Policy Centre
*'[http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/798.pdf A Global alliance for Global Values'] Tony Blair (2006), published by The Foreign Policy Centre
*[http://eherald.alp.org.au/download/now/blair_address2.pdf Address by Tony Blair'] to the Australian Parliament, 27th March 2006
*[http://eherald.alp.org.au/download/now/blair_address2.pdf Address by Tony Blair'] to the Australian Parliament, 27th March 2006
*[http://gavistg3.elca-services.com/Media_Center/Press_Releases/pr_WEF_26Jan2005_TBlairSpeech.php?amp;&& Address by Tony Blair] to the GAVI Alliance, mainly on Africa and Global Warming, and the need for concerted international action 27th January 2005. On global warming, he says
"So it would be true to say the evidence is still disputed. It would be wrong to say that the evidence of danger is not clearly and persuasively advocated by a very large number of entirely independent and compelling voices. They are the majority. The majority is not always right; but they deserve to be listened to."


==Books about [[Tony Blair]]==
==Books about [[Tony Blair]]==

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Biographical Articles

Speeches

"So it would be true to say the evidence is still disputed. It would be wrong to say that the evidence of danger is not clearly and persuasively advocated by a very large number of entirely independent and compelling voices. They are the majority. The majority is not always right; but they deserve to be listened to."

Books about Tony Blair

  • Abse, Leo (2001) Tony Blair: The Man Behind the Smile. Robson Books, ISBN 1-86105-364-9 Written by a former, left-wing Labour MP, updated as Tony Blair: the man who lost his smile Robson Books, ISBN1861056982. Reviewed ("Mugged by an 86-year-old")in the New Statesman magazine. Extract: "Adolescent dreams of new regenerative politics acted out in rock [music] may be tolerable. But when the dream of rebirth is elaborated into a political manifesto, then we are placed on the alert; for this is the poison offered by the Nazi and fascist hucksters and accepted by their dupes."
  • Beckett F, Hencke D (2006)The Survivor: Tony Blair in Peace and War . Aurum Press, ISBN 184513110X. Written by two investigative journalists, this book was nominated for Britain’s Channel 4 "Political Book of the Year" Award.
  • Campbell, Alastair (2007) The Blair Years: The Alastair Campbell Diaries. Knopf, ISBN 0307268314. By the controversial Press Secretary to Tony Blair. Review ("Not such a lovely bloke") in The Guardian and another ("Vivid, intriguing, boastful - and honest") in The Times. Extract: "April 2003: Clare [Short] was rabbiting on more than ever. I slipped TB [Tony Blair] a note about the time Saddam shot his health minister at a meeting because she was annoying him and did he want me to get a gun? 'Yes,' he scribbled."
  • Naughtie, James (2001) The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency. Macmillan, ISBN 1-4050-5001-2. James Naughtie is a broadcaster with the BBC, and political journalist. Interview inThe Washington Post.
  • Rawnsley, Andrew (2000) Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour. Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 0-241-14029-3. Rawnsley is a broadcaster and political journalist; he is Chief Political Commentator and Associate Editor for the Observer, a British Sunday newspaper. Review ("United they stand") in the New Statesman, October 2000.
  • Rentoul, John (2001) Tony Blair: Prime Minister. Little Brown, ISBN 0-316-85496-4. First sentence: "Tony Blair's political ambition began at the age of eleven, when his father Leo's ended, on 4 July 1964."
  • Seldon, Anthony (2004) Blair. Free Press, ISBN 0-7432-3211-9. Written by a historian and social commentator; see Selson on video "Tony Blair in History": introducing a Conference on "What ever happened to Cool Britannia? The UK after eight years of Blair." Montreal, August 2005.
  • Short, Clare (2004) An Honourable Deception? New Labour, Iraq, and the Misuse of Power. Free Press, ISBN 0-7432-6392-8. Clare Short was a left-wing minister in Blair's Cabinet; she resigned three times; twice in protest at Government policies in the two Gulf Wars and once in a protest against anti-terrorism legislation[2].
  • Stephens, Philip (2004) Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leader. Viking Books. ISBN 0-670-03300-6. Written by a senior editor of The Financial Times. Review ("A man for all seasons.") in The Economist. Extract: [For Blair,] "ending the tyranny in Iraq was a moral cause fully in accord with the teachings on just wars of Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas."
  • Stothard, Peter (2003) Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History HarperCollins, ISBN 0060582618. Review in The New Yorker. Sir Peter Stophard, a former Editor of The Times. accompanied Blair daily in March and April 2003,

Scholarly studies

  • Bevir, Mark and Rhodes, R. A. W. "Prime Ministers, Presidentialism and Westminster Smokescreens." Political Studies 2006 54(4): 671-690. Issn: 0032-3217 Fulltext: [ Ebsco ]
  • Elden, Stuart. "Blair, Neo-conservatism and the War on Territorial Integrity." International Politics 2007 44(1): 37-57. Issn: 1384-5748
  • Fielding, Steven. The Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of New Labour. Palgrave, 2003. 247 pp., offers a systematic argument that the Labour Party, under Blair's leadership, has been faithful to its past, and represents "traditional values in a modern setting."
  • Foley, Michael. John Major, Tony Blair and a Conflict of Leadership: Collision Course. Manchester U. Press, 2003. 212 pp.
  • Gardner, Lloyd C. "'Damned High Wire,' on the Special Relationship That Unites Bush and Blair in Iraq." Journal of Transatlantic Studies 2005 3(1 Supplement): 43-62. Issn: 1479-4012 Fulltext: [ Ebsco ]
  • Gray, John. "Blair's Project in Retrospect." International Affairs 2004 80(1): 39-48. Issn: 0020-5850 Fulltext: [ Ebsco ], argues Blair's project for closer relations with Europe was seriously damaged by his misjudged support for US foreign policy in Iraq in 2002-04.
  • King, Anthony, ed. New Labour Triumphs: Britain at the Polls. 1998.
  • Needham, Catherine. "Brand Leaders: Clinton, Blair and the Limitations of the Permanent Campaign." Political Studies 2005 53(2): 343-361. Issn: 0032-3217 Fulltext: [ Ebsco ]
  • Reitan, Earl A. The Thatcher Revolution: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and Tony Blair, and the Transformation of Modern Britain, 1979-2001. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. 260 pp.
  • Rubinstein, David. The Labour Party and British Society: 1880-2005. Brighton, Sussex Acad., 2005. 228 pp.