Tony Blair

Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for ten years, he was considered by many to be the pet of George W. Bush. He was head of the Ruling Socialist party in the UK, (Labour), but under his leadership the party began to drift further towards the center. Tony Blair took over from John Major in 1997, and during his 10 years in charge, his Deputy Prime Minister was John Prescott.

The White Knight
After eighteen years of right-wing Conservative government, the people of the UK gladly turned to the reformed Labour Party, under Tony Blair. They won with a whopping majority of seats, and played the song "things can only get better" on television, which seemed appropriate, and the whole country celebrated along with them.

For a good few years, things did get better. Poor old Labour had to clean up the mess left behind by the Tories, such as the wrecked NHS, but progress was being made, and economically the country prospered.

The Murky Knight
Unfortunately, Blair began to let himself down, by siding with George Bush on too many occasions. Giving that their two parties were at contrasting sides of the political spectrum, this was never going to be a bright idea. He copied Bush in misleading the public - he told us Iraq had weapons of mass destruction... they did not. He told us we were invading Iraq to free the people, and remove a threat... we were not. He denied the reason for invasion being oil... it was.

What the heck, we love him really
Despite this, Blair was the most liberal option available to the UK, and so we were glad for him really. We knew we'd miss him when he left, and sure enough, the credit crunch was timed perfectly so that he didn't have to deal with it. Ok, he should have told Bush to get lost, but he probably couldn't understand what Bush was saying in the first place. Let's face it, he was a lot better than John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Micheal Howard, David Cameron and whoever else the Tories threw at him. And anyone who keeps out the Conservatives is a great, great man.

Now that he has left power, the new Prime minister is Gordon Brown, although because of the way the Westminster democracy works there was no election. At the last election most people knew Gordon was coming.

Now he is gone, George W. Bush has gone as well. All the "Big Three" are gone John Howard, Tony Blair, and George W. Bush.

His current position is Special Envoy to the Middle East, an irony which should be lost on no liberal, as Blair was to blame for britain's co-operation in the so-called war on terror.