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I remember when Tony Blair came into office, and there was a sense I was thinking, 'Well, what on Earth am I going to do now?' until I realized that's exactly what he was thinking.

— Rory Bremner

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I first met Tony Blair in 1996, he was open and idealistic, keen to bring a breath of fresh air to government. But something happened - was it just the arrogance of power? - that narrowed Labour's vision from purposeful reform and investment, to peevish and petulant pragmatism.

— Rory Bremner

Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.

— Bianca Jagger

If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

— William Hague

I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.

— David Walliams

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

— Peter Mandelson

I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.

— Doris Lessing

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.

— Noel Gallagher

People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.

— Bianca Jagger

Tony Blair took us to war in Iraq on the basis of the supposed threat of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

— Charles Kennedy

✗Opposing Perspectives

Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid.

— George Galloway