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The former Prime Minister and Labour leader has propelled himself back into the political mainstream in recent months to try and help with the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Mr Blair, who left Downing Street in 2007 after a decade in charge, has been increasingly influential in decision-making at the highest level during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the frontline of the coronavirus crisis: Intensive care nurses and doctors battle to save Covid patients as it is warned London’s hospitals could be overwhelmed in two weeks
Shattered staff at St George s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are working to the limit
University College Hospital staff in London say that they re having to make choices about who gets treatment
Medical director at NHS London Vin Diwakar provided the worrying analysis to medical directors in London
Even if Covid patients grew at the lowest likely rate and capacity is increased NHS would still be short 2,000
Updated: 6 Jan 2021, 8:57
TONY Blair was the youngest Prime Minister in a century when he swept to victory at the dawn of the Cool Britannia era.
The former PM has since become known as an arch-remoaner and the divisive ex-Labour leader is still an active voice in UK politics.
3 Tony Blair served as Prime Minister for ten years after sweeping to victory in 1997Credit: PA:Press Association
What is Tony Blair s background?
Mr Blair went to Fettes public school in Edinburgh with dreams of becoming a rock music producer.
However, he chose to study law at Oxford, then trained as a barrister.
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