Celebrities
Tony Blair
- 6 May 1953
- British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
- Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
- He is the second-longest-serving prime minister in post-war British history after Margaret Thatcher
- He became the youngest prime minister of the 20th century after winning the 1997 general election [mp3]
- At various points in his premiership, he was among both the most popular and most unpopular politicians in British history.
- At school his teachers said he was a complete pain in the backside and they were very glad to see the back of him
- At college he played guitar and sung in a rock band called Ugly Rumours
- After leaving college he spent a gap year working as a rock music promoter in London
- He was accused of misleading Parliament over the Iraq war and resigned
- He is married to Cherie Booth and they have 4 children
- In 2003 he made an animated cameo appearance as himself in The Simpsons episode “The Regina Monologues”
