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Tony Blair: Prime Minister
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During his ten years in office, Tony Blair was, by all accounts, the most media-obsessed Prime Minister Britain has ever seen. Perhaps his decision to put himself forward for this job must ... be viewed in that light, as a last attempt by an increasingly unpopular politician to save his face at home rather than a genuine attempt to work towards any real prospect of a safer world.
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For Tony Blair this is in all senses the moment of truth. It is literally true that his announced aim to stay as prime minister until shortly before the election after next is ... his real and settled intention.
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Blair has changed Parliamentary procedures significantly. One of his first acts as Prime Minister was to replace the two weekly 15-minute sessions of Prime Minister's Questions, held on a Tuesday and Thursday, with a single 30-minute session on a Wednesday. This reform was said to have led to greater efficiency, but critics have noted that it is easier to prepare for one long set of questions than for two shorter sessions. In addition to PMQs, Blair has held monthly press conferences, at which he fields questions in a less confrontational manner than in the Commons.
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After taking office in 1997, Blair gave particular prominence to his press secretary, who became known as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (the two roles have since been separated). Blair's first PMOS was Alastair Campbell, who served in that role from May 1997 to 8 June 2001, after which he served as the Prime Minister's Director of Communications and Strategy until his resignation on 29 August 2003 in the aftermath of the Hutton Inquiry. Campbell acquired a reputation as a sinister and Machiavellian figure, and both Blair and Campbell have frequently been criticised or satirised for their allegedly excessive use of "spin" and news management techniques (see below under Criticism).
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These awards have been instituted by the UK Trade & Investment at the behest of Prime Minister Tony Blair in September 2005. UK Trade & Investment India Business Awards recognise and celebrate UK-India business partnership, specifically in terms of inward investment, collaborative business partnership, entrepreneurship and innovation. (more…)
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Blair had high-level contacts at the bank long before Dimon’s telephone call. George Shultz, chairman of JP Morgan’s international advisory council, had held a party in his honour while Blair was still prime minister.
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