I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just

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I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today - Tony Blair

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Former British Prime Minister, who started promisingly but whose abiding legacy after his ten years of leadership was probably going to War in Iraq. The day he resigned as Prime Minister he also gave up being an MP (never having liked the House of Commons or Britain anyway hence spending most of his time as leader abroad or covering foreign matters) and was appointed, perhaps ironically, a peace envoy

Born:6th May, 1953
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Starsign: Taurus

Author Keywords: Minister, Prime, British, Current

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Jean-Claude Juncker, John G Diefenbaker, William Churchill, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Isaac Watts

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