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Tony Blair's Labour Party Advice And 15 Other Times He's Aired His Opinion

Tony Blair: The Former PM Who Just Won't Go Away
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File photo dated 21/07/14 of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is to take on a new role combating anti-Semitism after announcing he is stepping down as the QuartetÕs Middle East envoy.
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Tony Blair is back, this time advising Labour Party members on the leadership contest, leaving many of them seriously unhappy.

The race for the top job is heating up – especially now left winger Jeremy Corbyn might actually take the crown against all the odds.

Blair, arguably the party's most electoral successful prime minister for decades, has been advising members ‘Labour won’t win from the left'.

He also told Corbyn's supporters to 'get a transplant' if their hearts lay with him as a candidate.

People on Twitter did not react well.

Not that Blair’s intervention is especially surprising. If there’s a major event, he’s likely to air his opinion.

Just like with….

Blair Interventions
IRAQ(01 of15)
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Blair's no stranger to Iraq for obvious reasons. He is however, adamant that the current surge in violence is absolutely nothing to do with to do with that time he ordered the British Army to topple Saddam which consequently unleashed horrific sectarian violence that has wracked the country for over 10 years now. Nope, nothing to do with that... (credit:AP)
UKRAINE(02 of15)
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April 2014 Blair doesn't think we should be bothering with worrying over the Ukraine. In fact he thinks we should team up with Putin and concentrate our fire on Islamic extremists. (credit:Getty Images)
EDUCATION(03 of15)
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February 2014 - The Daily Mail revealed Blair had used secret talks with education secretary Michael Gove to persuade the Tory minister to ignore opposition and press on with his radical education reforms. (credit:PA)
RUPERT MURDOCH'S MARRIAGE(04 of15)
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February 2014 - Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng, and Blair were reportedly a bit closer than they should have been, with Deng allegedly writing a note praising his "good body and really really good legs [and] butt".Blair's spokesman denied any claims which just fuelled rumours even more.. (credit:PA)
EGYPT (05 of15)
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January 2014 - Tony Blair threw his weight behind Egypt's government, despite it being blamed for a bloody crackdown on dissidents. (credit:Getty Images)
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM (06 of15)
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January 2014 - He claimed religious extremism will cause wars in the future unless the world tackles the problem. (credit:Getty Images)
CITIZEN'S ARREST(07 of15)
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January 2014 - A Shoreditch barman attempted his own intervention when he attempted a citizen's arrest on Blair but Blair just changed the subject to Assad and refused to go. (credit:Getty)
SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE(08 of15)
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October 2013 - Tony Blair called on the United Kingdom to "stick together" as debate mounts over Scotland's potential future as an independent nation. (credit:Getty Images)
RELIGION(09 of15)
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September 2013 - The deeply religious Blair who invaded Iraq at the side of a US president who basically said God told him to do it, said religion needs to be put "in its proper place in politics".
UNION CRACKDOWN(10 of15)
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July 2013 - He endorsed Ed Miliband's tactics for confronting the trade unions, saying he wished he had done the same when he was Prime Minister. (credit:PA)
SYRIA INTERVENTION(11 of15)
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July 2013 - Tony Blair was all for military action in Syria.
LEE RIGBY MURDER(12 of15)
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June 2013 - Tony Blair sparked anger by claiming the murder of Lee Rigby showed there is a "problem within Islam". (credit:PA)
ME ME ME(13 of15)
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This isn't really relevant, it's just a very funny picture.Carry on...
ELECTIONS(14 of15)
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April 2013 - In a swipe at Gordon Brown, Tony Blair said he would have given David Cameron a "run for his money" in the 2010 general election had he still been Labour leader. (credit:PA)
IRAQ. AFTER IRAQ HAPPENED.(15 of15)
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March 2013 - Blair intervened in the debate about his own intervention into Iraq saying the it was right despite its "huge problems". (credit:PA)
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