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Tony Blair is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He led the Labour Party from July 1994 through 2007, and brought Labour into power with a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, replacing John Major as Prime Minister and ending 18 years of Conservative government. He was the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister. He moved the Labour Party towards the centre of British politics, using the term "New Labour" to distinguish what he calls "modern social democracy" and his party's refusal to reverse privatisation and support for a market economy from its past belief in nationalisation and Fabian socialism. After the advent of the "War on Terror" much of his agenda was dominated by foreign affairs and he supported many aspects of the foreign policy of George W. Bush. His party won an unprecedented third term in the 2005 general election, but its majority in the House of Commons was reduced considerably.

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