Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.
I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.
I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
I obviously need to get to the gym.
If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us.
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.
Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government and I will lead it as party of government.
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
The City whizz-kids, with salaries only fractionally less than their greed, now seem not only morally dubious, but incompetent.
The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.
You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.
Blair has used his final New Year's speech to urge his followers to keep the New Labour spirit alive past his departure, as it is the only way for Labour to build a healthy future in power. This is seen by some as a snub in the face of Gordon Brown, a traditionalist Old Labour man.
Blair has been accused of attempting to 'bury bad news' in the week of the publication of an inquiry into Princess Diana's death; on the same day the report came out, Mr Blair opted to talk to police in relation to the 'cash for honours' investigation and announce several controversial new policies including one concerning a change in the existing IVF rules.
For the 2006 family Christmas card, the Blairs have settled on a sober photo of husband and wife, standing on the stairs of number 10, surrounded by the portraits of past British Prime Ministers. There have been suggestions that this is symbolic of Blair's upcoming departure, when his own photo will join those of past leaders.
Blair's father, a lawyer, was active in the Conservative Party, meaning that Blair chose a different route from the right-wing one of his family.
Blair has won a reputation as helping to build peace in Ireland. His famous 1997 meeting with Gerry Adams, after being elected as Prime Minister, was the first meeting between a British prime minister and a Sinn Fein leader in 76 years. In 2007, devolution was restored to Northern Ireland as powerhsaring began between Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party, with an end to the UVF.
Blair's total monetary expenses, claimed from the state, amounted to ?93,996 in the year 2004 into 2005. This made him the state's 637th most expensive MP (out of 659).
It is often said by critics that the only reason Blair joined Labour was because of his wife, Cherie; had he not met her he would have just as easily joined the Conservative Party.
Blair once claimed "Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war". This is rather ironic as he has used the royal perogative to head many wars whilst in power.
Tony Blair is responsible for the destruction of clause IV, the traditional Labour socialist law. In getting rid of it, he changed the party politics dramatically.
Tony is six feet or 1.83 meters tall.
Blair joined the Labour Party in 1975.
Blair married Cherie Booth on March 29, 1980.
Blair was the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, serving from 1997 to 2007.
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