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  BBC News | UK | Leo Blair: What's in a name?
Little Leo was also something of an historic happening, as he is the first baby to be born to a serving British prime minister for more than 150 years.
Tony Blair also once described his father, who lives in Shrewsbury with his second wife Olwen, as a "very ambitious" individual who was "successful and a go-getter".
Cherie Blair's dress sense may have come under the spotlight in recent years, but all eyes are now on the latest addition to the family.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/756633.stm   (716 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Leo Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leo George Blair (born 20 May 2000) is the youngest son of Tony Blair, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and his wife Cherie Blair.
Leo Blair is the first legitimate child to be born to a serving Prime Minister since Francis Albert Rollo Russell was born to Lord John Russell on 11 July 1849.
Leo lives in the flat of 11 Downing Street, London (although he would traditionally live in 10 Downing Street) with his parents and three siblings: Euan Blair, Nicky Blair and Kathryn Blair.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leo-Blair   (763 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Reviews for Tony Blair: Prime Minister: Books: John Rentoul   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Blair's father Leo Blair was born to a pair of actors and given to a James and Mary Blair in Glasgow.
Leo Blair as a teenager was a member of the Scottish Young Communist League and had ambitions to become a Communist Member of Parliment.
Leo Blair studied law eventually becoming a lecturer in Administrative Law at the University of Adelaide in Australia and eventually the University of Durham in Durham.
www.amazon.ca /Tony-Blair-Minister-John-Rentoul/dp/customer-reviews/0751530824   (1113 words)

  
 Working Moms Refuge | Family
Not only is the event extraordinary because Leo Blair is the first baby born to a sitting prime minister in 150 years, but also because the factors surrounding Leo's birth portray the first family as an icon of modernism.
In addition to Blair's much-anticipated decision to take time off the week after his son was born, the fact that Cherie had a baby at age 45 put her in the modern-day "career mom" bracket.
But Blair is pretty extraordinary himself, starting with his initial days as prime minister, when he established an untraditional routine of working habits that allotted him time for his family, including state lunches instead of state dinners.
www.momsrefuge.com /family/0005/newsalerts/blair.html   (549 words)

  
 Okay MD Crimbuffs interviews Leo Bear!
Leo Blair: I didn't choose it, rather, it chose me. You look confused.
Leo Blair: Cuban, Q-Bert, I can't tell the difference.
Leo Blair: Well of course Question Time want me. But the other Dimbalby stumpped up some heavy cash.
tv.cream.org /gorilla/leocrib.htm   (343 words)

  
 Steeples and Spires : Tony Blair
When Blair finally arrived as a member of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in 1983, the Gothic splendor of the nation's seat of democracy seemed all of a piece with the cloisters of his youth.
Born to parents who led the peripatetic life of music hall performers, Leo Blair had been all but abandoned as a child to a foster family in Glasgow, the city that was then at the industrial heart of Scotland.
Whatever his faults, Blair is an unfailingly courteous politician, one rarely heard to raise his voice in anger, one who always dispatches a note of thanks in response to a kindness or courtesy.
www.enotalone.com /article/6742.html   (1928 words)

  
 Definition of Leo Blair
Leo Charles Lynton Blair is the youngest son of the Right Honourable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cherie Booth QC.
Leo Blair is the first child to be born to a serving Prime Minister since Francis Albert Rollo Russell was born to Lord John Russell on July 11, 1849.
Despite the Blair's desire to shield Leo from publicity, he has had photos of himself published with some famous faces including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Jacques Chirac, the President of France.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Leo_Blair   (227 words)

  
 Tony Blair
Blair was a practicing barrister from 1976 to 1983, specializing in employment and industrial law.
Blair swept to victory in the general election held in June, soundly defeating his Conservative opponent.
Leo, born May 20, 2000, is the first child born to a sitting prime minister in 152 years.
www.angelfire.com /blues2/blueflame1/tonyblair.html   (747 words)

  
 Corner of Cyberspace
LEO BLAIR is only six days old and he has already proved to be political advantage to the government.
It was brought forward in November and coincided with a drop in Mr Blair’s poll rating and the inclusion of Ken Livingstone on the Labour mayoral candidate shortlist.
The baby, Leo, born 12:25 am on May 20 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, is the first new arrival for a serving British prime minister for more than 150 years.
hometown.aol.com /pravjey/pgdip/blairbaby.html   (1489 words)

  
 BLAIR   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is the son of Leo Blair, a barrister and a Tory.
Leo was the son of Charles Parsons and Gussie Bridson.
Blair is a committed Christian so he always turns the other cheek, does not judge others and loves everybody.
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 Blair kidnap claim » 7DAYS General and Local News | Dubai Abu Dhabi | UAE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The paper said "vigilante dads" aimed to kidnap Leo Blair and hold him hostage for a short period to "highlight the plight of fathers denied access to their kids".
Blair and his wife Cherie were said to have been told and were "concerned", it added.
Protection for the Blairs and their four children - Euan, 22 today, Nicholas, 21, 17-year-old Kathryn and Leo - was said to have been reviewed after the alleged plot was uncovered just before Christmas.
www.7days.ae /2006/01/19/blair-kidnap-claim.html   (430 words)

  
 CNN.com - Blair relents on holiday snap ban - August 1, 2000
On Monday, Blair's spokesman said an established deal where the Blairs posed for a holiday picture for the press on the condition they were then left alone, was off this year.
Blair was irritated after newspapers published unauthorized snaps of his baby Leo's christening over the weekend.
Leo Blair was christened in a Roman Catholic church in Blair's Sedgefield constituency in northeast England on Saturday.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/08/01/bc.britain.blair.family.reut   (492 words)

  
 Leo Blair: an investigation | Drink From The Furry Cup | News Satire
The Blair's millennial baby Leo Blair, born on the 22nd May has always been believed to be a publicity stunt.
Tony Blair has decided that if he is to stay in power indefinitely then he may need to be in two places at once; say meeting public and stopping people from blowing us up.
Leo is in fact not a baby but a genetic experiment to produce Tony Mk.
www.drinkfromthefurrycup.com /stories/051.shtml   (561 words)

  
 Goodbye Twitter. Hello Jaiku. - Vox
Leo, I have a feeling that once their servers recover from the shock, having you and the TWiT Army migrate to Jaiku will be the best thing that ever happened to them.
Leo I don't intend to sound rude about this, but as I read this I thought to myself "what is he thinking?".
Sorry if that sounds harsh, but Leo is pretty proud of the fact that he is (or was) the #1 twitter, and now he assumes that everyone should just leave twitter and follow him to Jaiku.
leoville.vox.com /library/post/goodbye-twitter-hello-jaiku.html   (3466 words)

  
 Leo Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leo Blair is the youngest son of the Right Honourable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cherie Booth QC.
Leo Blair is the first child to be born to a serving Prime Minister.
Despite the Blair's desire to sheild Leo from publicity, he has had photos of himself published with some famous faces including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Jacques Chirac, the President of France.
www.fact-index.com /l/le/leo_blair.html   (160 words)

  
 Publications 1
Alexander Blair Genealogy and a Brief History of Blairs Mills, PA Blair, Timothy V. Alexander Blair (1750-1822) was born in Pennsylvania and married to Rachael Carson in 1774.
Leo Amos Blair was born in 1898 in Utah.
Blair and Hutchin Family of Russell Co., VA, NC and MN.
blairgenealogy.com /pubs01.html   (744 words)

  
 Leo Blair
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Leo George Blair (born 20 May, 2000) is the youngest son of Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and his wife Cherie Blair.
Prior to his birth there was much speculation in the media that he would be born via elective caesarian section, in part due to Cherie's previous caesarian and in part due to Cherie's age.
www.spock.com /Leo-Blair   (108 words)

  
 Police uncover plot to kidnap Leo Blair | News | Telegraph
Leo is the youngest of Mr Blair's four children
Police foiled the plan at an early stage and it was unclear whether the people involved had the capability to carry it through or how far the scheme had progressed.
The alleged kidnap plot was reported in the Sun newspaper, which gave no details of the scheme but said it understood the men only wanted to hold Leo for a short period to highlight the plight of estranged fathers before releasing him unharmed.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/18/uleo.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/01/18/ixportaltop.html   (438 words)

  
 TIME Europe | Cover Story: Baby, It's Cold Outside | 6/5/2000
Blair himself is really the "brand" of New Labour, his earnest face heavily promoted as the party's message on wallet cards, posters and TV, now personally directing the effort to fix the Health Service.
Blair decided against paternity leave, but after two days at home with the newborn, he cleared his schedule for two weeks and asked his deputy John Prescott to take over most official duties.
In the Britain Blair is helping create, people are more consumerist, demanding, politically volatile, yet his strategy rests on their willingness to delay gratification and accept his word that things will someday get better.
www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0605/cover2.html   (1325 words)

  
 British police mum over alleged plot to kidnap Blair's youngest son - Your World - Middle East Times
Britain's biggest-selling daily said "vigilante dads" aimed to snatch Leo Blair and hold him hostage for a short period to "highlight the plight of fathers denied access to their kids".
The rarely-seen Leo George Blair has always been a focus of media attention, being the first baby born to a serving British prime minister for more than 150 years.
Just weeks after the birth, the Blairs issued the first of several calls for privacy after pictures of a sleeping Leo taken by a group of schoolchildren were printed.
www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060118-081742-5022r   (774 words)

  
 Opinion: Little Leo makes good politics
Not that the Blairs planned (that would be just too Machiavellian) their baby according to the election cycle, but who can resist those photos of one of the leaders of the western world, dressed to cuddle in a wrinkled denim shirt, gazing adoringly at his tiny son?
Little Leo must be worth at least 5 points in the polls.
When Cherie Blair, who earns a bigger salary than Tony, appeared in the High Court just days before Leo's birth to argue against her husband's government's policy on parental leave, the papers went wild.
www.sptimes.com /News/053000/Opinion/Little_Leo_makes_good.shtml   (489 words)

  
 Tony Blair: Powerful, charming and classy - one of the biggest political stars at MondoStars.com
Blair is the second son of Leo Blair and Hazel Corscadden, and raised Protestant in Adelaide, Australia and Durham England.
Blair won the seat of Sedgefield in the 1983 General Election at the age of 30.
Blair was re-elected in the 2001 general election; this time is most remembered for his dealing with foreign issues, including the "war on terror." The Labour Party elected Blair for a third term in May 2005.
www.mondostars.com /politics/tonyblair.html   (549 words)

  
 RTÉ News: Cherie Blair gives birth to a boy
Mother and baby, who is called Leo after Tony Blair's father, left the hospital shortly after the birth and are now resting back at home in Downing Street.
Leo Blair, who has yet to make his first public appearance, was delivered at London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital at12.25 am.
Cherie Blair is forty-five and it had been anticipated that the birth would be by Caesarean section.
www.rte.ie /news/2000/0520/blair.html   (414 words)

  
 Backing Blair
During the 2005 UK General Election and the 2006 local elections, we asked you to register a highly visible and damaging protest vote against Tony Blair, his style of government, his right-wing leanings, and his lies about the 'war' on terror and Iraq.
The purpose of Backing Blair was to do our bit to correct a local outbreak of a near-to-global infection that is marked by (but not limited to) the cynical manipulation of the terrorist threat for political gain.
There are a number of things that the Blair government has condoned, allowed, enabled or instigated under this banner that are well out of order; 'little' things like pre-emptive military strikes, the use of media, fl propaganda and even legislation to stifle dissent, detention without trial, torture and murder...
www.backingblair.co.uk   (504 words)

  
 Dear Mr Loving Pa, please take your complaint elsewhere - World - smh.com.au
Mr Blair's father, Leo, wrote a tender letter by hand to his son congratulating him on the occasion of his 1997 election victory.
But the proud Mr Blair snr was surprised subsequently to receive a form letter in response, addressed coldly to Mr L. Pa and advising him to take his complaint elsewhere.
The episode is recounted by Mr Blair's former communications director Tim Allan in an interview recorded for a BBC series to be broadcast this week.
www.smh.com.au /news/world/dear-mr-loving-pa-please-take-your-complaint-elsewhere/2005/09/03/1125302779941.html?from=moreStories   (296 words)

  
 ABC News: Protecting Politicians' Kids: Plot Against Blair's Son Thwarted
Blair and his wife, Cherie, learned of the potential threat just before Christmas.
The aim of the kidnapping was apparently to highlight the cause of fathers denied custody of their children.
Blair, his family and his son than what is reported in this morning's Sun newspaper," O'Connor said.
abcnews.go.com /International/story?id=1518289   (592 words)

  
 Blair's babe | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
30 August: As Tony Blair and his family returned from their summer holiday yesterday, Downing Street signalled a truce in its dispute with the media over intrusion into their private lives.
Leo Blair: the family portrait by Mary McCartney
He's going to be one huge asset to his dad at election time because - just look around the place - the nation's gone potty about the little blighters.
www.guardian.co.uk /blairbabe/0,2759,180879,00.html   (487 words)

  
 CNN.com - Plot to kidnap Blair son 'foiled' - Jan 18, 2006
Leo with his parents Cherie and Tony after Blair's election victory last year.
Blair, his family and his son than what is reported in this morning's Sun newspaper; however, we should approach the story with caution as it carries very little information in it.
Members of F4J have previously scaled high-profile buildings, including Buckingham Palace, dressed as superheroes, and campaigners threw purple powder at the prime minister as he was speaking in the House of Commons.
edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/01/18/blair.plot   (478 words)

  
 Police foil militant fathers' plot to kidnap Blair boy - World - smh.com.au
BRITISH police have foiled a plan to kidnap Tony Blair's five-year-old son, it was reported yesterday.
It is understood the men wanted to hold Leo for a short time and did not intend to harm him.
Fathers 4 Justice is known for attention-grabbing stunts: members have hurled condoms full of purple powder at Mr Blair in the House of Commons and scaled Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and the London Eye dressed as superheroes.
www.smh.com.au /news/world/police-foil-militant-fathers-plot-to-kidnap-blair-boy/2006/01/18/1137553646137.html   (505 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Franco-British summit - Hidden message in Leo picture
Jacques Chirac holds the picture of Leo Blair given to him by the Prime Minister at the Anglo-French summit.
Mr Chirac had taunted Mr Blair last year about whether he could look Leo in the face if the premier was responsible for starting a war - a spat which led to the postponement of the equivalent Anglo-French summit last year.
In an attempt to mollify relations, Mr Blair sent Mr Chirac a Winston Churchill pen as a birthday present and wrote a eulogy in a French magazine about what a "grand homme" the president was.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=14&id=1299742003   (419 words)

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