(born on May 6, 1953) is a British politician who held the positions of Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was designated Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East upon his resignation, and he served in that capacity until 2015. He has served as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change’s executive chairman since 2016. Many of his measures as prime minister were influenced by the centrist “Third Way” political philosophy. He is one of just two people in history to have formed three majority governments, the other being Harold Wilson, and the only previous Labour leader still alive to have guided the party to victory in a general election.
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The Blairs’ residence is unknown.
London’s Connaught Square
A private common garden with mature trees, shrubs, and flower beds is surrounded by primarily four-story terraced homes. Tony Blair’s former residence in London with his wife Cherie.
How is David Cameron currently acting?
Internationally, Cameron’s administration authorized the bombing of the Islamic State and made a military intervention in the First Libyan Civil War. At home, his administration oversaw the Scottish independence vote and the vote on voting reform, both of which reaffirmed Cameron’s preferred conclusion. He continued to serve as prime minister, this time presiding over a Conservative-only administration, after the Conservatives unexpectedly won the majority in the 2015 general election. He proposed a referendum on the UK’s continued membership in the EU in order to carry out a manifesto commitment. Theresa May took over as prime minister when Cameron, who favored ongoing membership, resigned in order to create room for a new leader. Since 2017, Cameron has served as the head of Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Cameron has received plaudits for both modernizing the Conservative Party and reducing the country’s deficit. He has come under fire, nevertheless, for deciding to conduct the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, which caused political unrest in the UK in the late 2010s. He has also been charged with political opportunism and elitism. He was linked to the Greensill controversy after leaving office due to his lobbying of government officials on behalf of Greensill Capital.
Gordon Brown resigned, but why?
On May 10, 2010, Brown declared his intention to step down as Labour leader, with a replacement to be picked before the 2010 Labour Party Conference. The following day, talks to create a coalition government between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats fell apart. Brown went to Buckingham Palace in the evening to inform Queen Elizabeth II of his resignation as prime minister and to request that she invite David Cameron, the leader of the opposition, to form a government. With immediate effect, he gave up his position as Labour Party leader.