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'''Tony Blair''', full name '''Anthony Charles Lynton Blair''' (born May 6, 1953) has been the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] since May 1997. He belongs to and is the current leader of the British [[Labour Party]], having been elected to the party leadership in 1994 following the death of his predecessor, John Smith. He has stated publicly that he will retire in or before September 2007,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5322094.stm]</ref> and he is expected to announce his resignation in May 2007.
'''Tony Blair''', full name '''Anthony Charles Lynton Blair''' (born May 6, 1953) has been the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] since May 1997. He belongs to and is the current leader of the British [[Labour Party]], having been elected to the party leadership in 1994 following the death of his predecessor, John Smith. He has stated publicly that he will retire in or before September 2007,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5322094.stm]</ref> and he is expected to announce his resignation in May 2007.
While the Labour Party is a self-described "democratic [[socialist]] party"<ref>[http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php?id=labourdemocracy]</ref>, Blair has coined the phrase "[[New Labour]]" to distinguish his own pro-[[business]] policies from the more [[collectivist]] platform of his predecessors. He has also used the phrase "[[The Third Way]]".
While the Labour Party is a self-described "democratic [[socialist]] party"<ref>[http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php?id=labourdemocracy]</ref>, Blair has coined the phrase "[[New Labour]]" to distinguish his own pro-[[business]] policies from the more [[collectivist]] platform of his predecessors. He has also used the phrase "[[The Third Way]]". He has been criticized by some more left-wing members of the Labour Party for being too receptive to conservative thinking, particularly in foreign policy - a comparison may be made with American Democrats and former Democrats such as [[Joe Lieberman]] who have been criticized by the Democratic "base" for "selling out" to conservative ideology.
== Personal ==
== Personal ==