Tony Blair

Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest More ... victory in Labour's history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain's dominant political figure of the last two decades. A Journey is Tony Blair's firsthand account of his years in office and beyond. Here he describes for the first time his role in shaping our recent history, from the aftermath of Princess Diana's death to the war on terror. He reveals the leadership decisions that were necessary to reinvent his party, the relationships with colleagues including Gordon Brown, the grueling negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland, the implementation of the biggest reforms to public services in Britain since 1945, and his relationships with leaders on the world stage--Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush. He analyzes the belief in ethical intervention that led to his decisions to go to war in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and, most controversially of all, in Iraq. A Journey is a book about the nature and uses of political power. In frank, unflinching, often wry detail, Tony Blair charts the ups and downs of his career to provide insight into the man as well as the politician and statesman. He explores the challenges of leadership, and the ramifications of standing up, clearly and forcefully, for what one believes in. He also looks ahead, to emerging power relationships and economies, addressing the vital issues and complexities of our global world. Few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Tony Blair, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come.

My Political Life

A Journey

Christopher Hitchens

Be It Resolved Religion Is a Force for Good in the World

Hitchens vs. Blair

New Britain presents Tony Blair on all the major debates of British public life: from nationalized health care to crime prevention, from the welfare state to monetary policy, from religion to family values, from individualism to isolationism, from taxation to trade unions, from NATO to Northern Ireland, from community rebirth to economic growth. After seventeen years of Conservative Party rule under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, a change in Great Britain's leadership appears imminent. In Blair's Stakeholder Nation, government works in partnership with private and voluntary sectors to harness the pawer of the market to serve the public interest. In New Britain, we read in Blair's own articulate words how to improve the standard of living of all Britain's families; how to base a new social order on merit, commitment, and inclusion; how to decentralize British institutions of political power; and how to expand Britain's leadership in foreign affairs.

My Vision Of A Young Country

New Britain

Un incontro-scontro fra due dei più brillanti oratori del nostro tempo sul ruolo della religione nella società globalizzata.Un “processo a Dio” appassionante, che vede rispettivamente nelle vesti dell’accusa e in quelle della difesa due polemisti d’eccezione come Christopher Hitchens e Tony Blair. Il primo, implacabile e brillante accusatore delle follie e dei disvalori cui l’uomo si abbandona nel nome di una fede: oscurantismo, superstizione, intolleranza, senso di colpa, terrore verso la sessualità, anti-secolarismo. Il secondo, ex primo ministro britannico, convertito al cattolicesimo, è uno dei leader politici che più apertamente si sono dichiarati uomini di fede e si sono spesi per il dialogo interreligioso.Le domande sul banco dell’imputato sono spinose. Le religioni provocano gravi danni alla salute degli individui e delle nazioni o contribuiscono allo sviluppo delle civiltà? Fanno bene o male al mondo? Producono fanatismo? Fomentano ingenue credenze o aiutano a trovare il senso del proprio agire quotidiano? La fede in Dio è compatibile con la modernità? La religione si intromette troppo nella vita politica degli Stati?Un dibattito illuminante, arguto, provocatorio, con più di un pizzico di humour, su un tema centrale nella riflessione contemporanea.


La religione fa bene al mondo?

Processo a Dio

Mike McNichols has created a marvelous fable about evangelism, spiritual formation, faith community, and ministry leadership in The Bartender. This is a study guide to that book. It was written by one who has led several discussion groups on The Bartender and who discovered that readers found it deeply fascinating. The issues it raises are so relevant to many contemporary conversations about how those who believe intersect and interact with those who may not . . . or those who do but don't know they do yet. Mike McNichol's choice to discuss these issues in the context of a fable made them accessible in ways that a more didactic approach would not have. As a result, this guide has been adapted for the use of a more general audience. Specifically, it's been formatted into twelve sessions for those who would wish to read, discuss it, and practice its principles together over a defined period of time. Of course, it can be adapted for other schedules and formats. Whether you're reading this on your own or as part of a group, The Bartender's Assistant is a helpful guide for the journey.

A Guide for the Journey

The Bartender's Assistant

Iain Dale

Dale goes behind the smile to reveal the character and political beliefs of 'Phoney Tony' - former lead singer of the Ugly Rumours, husband of hot shot barrister Cherie Booth, and the youngest British Prime Minister this century

The Tony Blair Book of Quotations

The Blair Necessities

This collection of speeches, letters and articles from the early 1980s to the present day gives an insight into Blair's political journey. It includes the pro-modernisation speech he give in Australia in 1992 and his appearance at the Women's Institute where he was booed off stage.

Tony Blair in His Own Words

No society can ever prosper economically or socially unless all its people prosper, unless we use the talents and energies of all the people rather than just the few, unless we live up to the ambition to create a society where the community works for the good of every individual and every individual works for the good of the community, says the British Labour Party's dynamic new leader, Tony Blair.In "New Britain," we read in Blair's own articulate words how to improve the standard of living of all Britain's families; how to base a new social order on merit, commitment, and inclusion; how to decentralize British institutions of political power; and how to expand Britain's leadership in foreign affairs.

My Vision of a Young Country

Miroslav Volf

More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of industry bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way to the inner longings of our hearts. Integral to both globalization and religions are compelling, overlapping, and sometimes competing visions of what it means to live well. In this perceptive, deeply personal, and beautifully written book, a leading theologian sheds light on how religions and globalization have historically interacted and argues for what their relationship ought to be. Recounting how these twinned forces have intersected in his own life, he shows how world religions, despite their malfunctions, remain one of our most potent sources of moral motivation and contain within them profoundly evocative accounts of human flourishing. Globalization should be judged by how well it serves us for living out our authentic humanity as envisioned within these traditions. Through renewal and reform, religions might, in turn, shape globalization so that can be about more than bread alone.

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