As well, Blair's naming and defining of four generic categories of writing: historical writing, philosophical writing, fictitious history, and poetry, and his analysis of the different parts of discourse plays an important role in the development of later compositional theories.

In 1998, he changed the words of " Land of Hope and Glory ", singing " Land of Chattering Classes ", in condemnation of the purported abandonment of British values and history by Tony Blair's New Labour.

On the other hand, Simon Crerar of The Times named Blair's appearance as one of the 33 best guest appearances in the show's history, and the BBC classified his appearance as a " PR masterstroke ".

In a memo written by Blair's chief foreign adviser, Bush is paraphrased as saying: " The start date for the military campaign was now pencilled in for March 10.

Lectures, a compilation of 47 of Blair's lectures given to students at the University of Edinburgh, serves as a practical guide for youth on composition and language ; a guide that makes Blair the first great theorist of written discourse.

As one of the first works to focus on written discourse, rather than solely on oral discourse, Blair's Lectures is a comprehensive, accessible prescriptive composition guide that combines centuries of theory in a cohesive form.

Though the status of Blair's theories declined in the 19th century, his role as the first great theorist of written discourse cannot be denied.

A play written and performed by Auckland actor Jonny Brugh, The Second Test, tells the same story from Blair's perspective, emphasizing his commitment to continue playing with the New Zealand team, then on tour in South Africa, after hearing of the tragedy.

In verbal and written statements to the Independent Police Complaints Commission ( IPCC ) on their investigations into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, he had stated that a member of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Ian Blair's private office team believed the wrong man had been targeted just six hours after the shooting.

Over the course of two weeks in April 2004, the British satirical magazine Private Eye published a journal, Teacher's Diary, written by an anonymous maths teacher at what he called ( quoting Tony Blair's spokesman, Alastair Campbell ) " a bog standard comprehensive ".

* The full text of Tony Blair's letter to Michael Foot written in July 1982

In their 1972 study, The Unknown Orwell, the writers Peter Stansky and William Abrahams note that at Eton Blair displayed a " sceptical attitude " to Christian belief, and that: " Shaw's preface to his recently published Androcles and the Lion in which an account of the gospels is set forth, very different in tone from what one would be likely to hear from an Anglican clergyman " was " much more to Blair's own taste.

Weston is a critic of the Iraq War, believing Tony Blair's argument for invasion simply did not hold water.

In announcing his intention to run for the leadership, David Miliband declared that the New Labour era was over, and following the publication of Tony ' Blair's memoirs on 1 September 2010, Ed Miliband said " I think it is time to move on from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson and to move on from the New Labour establishment and that is the candidate that I am at this election who can best turn the page.

While this work does not speak highly of Blair's skills as a literary critic, it does provide insight into Blair's own taste, a subject that is important to his later writing.

The result is arguably Blair's most important work: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.

While Blair's outline of the requirements for an excellent speaker or writer is an important aspect of Lectures, the work covers a very broad scope of issues relating to composition.

While Blair's work is generally a safe composite of multiple theories, it contains many valuable insights, such as the aforementioned analysis of taste.

One of Blair's more radical ideas is the rejection of Aristotelian figures of speech such as tropes.

Drawing on classic and modern theories, Blair's work is the most comprehensive prescriptive guide on composition in the 18th century.

Five days later, Times African-American op-ed columnist Bob Herbert asserted in his column that race had nothing to do with the Blair case: " Listen up: the race issue in this case is as bogus as some of Jayson Blair's reporting.

When they reach Blair's cabin they discover he is a Thing.

" On 26 June 2011, The Guardian reported on a memo from John Scarlett to Blair's foreign affairs adviser, released under the Freedom of Information Act, which referred to " the benefit of obscuring the fact that in terms of WMD Iraq is not that exceptional ".

The school is nationally recognized for its magnet program and Communication Arts Program ( CAP ), which draw students from both the Silver Spring area and across Montgomery County, and make up approximately 20 % of Blair's student population.

Chris Powell, BMP DDB Needham's chief executive until 2004, is the brother of Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, and several people who served in the Labour Party's Shadow Communications Agency came from BMP.

The term is often used to describe individuals who supported Blair's leadership or those who supported his radical policies.

Blair's tenure is known for an expansion of LGBT rights such as the introduction of legal civil partnerships.

It is Blair's mission to help end this war for good, by destroying the Kilrathi homeworld of Kilrah.

He is a left-winger, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and rebelled against Tony Blair's government.

He is a strong supporter of the Iraq war and has described Tony Blair's conduct of the war as clearly intentioned, carried through brilliantly and resulting in much improvement for the people of the country.

Additionally, Blair's sacking of Clark and another " old Labour " figure, Gavin Strang, was part of a plan by Blair to bring two Liberal Democrats into the Cabinet, a plan thwarted by John Prescott and others ( though it is highly likely the Liberal Democrats would not have accepted the plan anyway had it become public ).

Although the Army focused primarily on infra-red detection systems ( a popular idea at the time ), in 1935 work turned to radar again when one of Blair's recent arrivals, Roger B. Colton, convinced him to send another engineer to investigate the US Navy's CXAM radar project.

Gordon Brown was an important figure in Blair's Labour government and played a key role in developing the party's Third Way philosophy.

Many Africans praised the appointment, stating that it was an important symbolic break from Britain's colonial past and saw it as a symbol of Tony Blair's commitment to the continent.

Lectures too did not maintain its popularity as theorists such as Whatley and Spencer, drawing on Blair's theories, dominated the domain of composition theory.

Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres combines the fundamental principles of belletristic rhetoric and literary theory in a concise, accessible form.

Blair's influence on decades of academics and theorists has ultimately affected the compositional theory of today.

Lord Owen declined mainly because he disagreed with Tony Blair's intention, as Prime Minister, to join the eurozone.

Demand for Rye lime slackened in 1879 because of the opening of the Lilydale quarry but the Sullivans continued production south of Weeroona Rd, later managed by Antonio Albress, and Blair's big Kiln still operated on the Fire Station site.

Ashdown, a strong proponent of a Lib-Lab coalition, said that from Blair's point of view, in order to get the Conservatives out of power and because he wanted to move his party towards the New Labour ideal, a coalition would strengthen his majority in the likely event of a victory.

In fact, because of Mary Blair's art direction and the long-standing association of Carroll's Alice in Wonderland with the drug culture, the feature was re-discovered as something of a " head film " ( along with Fantasia and The Three Caballeros ) among the college-aged and was shown in various college towns across the country.

Consequently, the Socialist Caucus also opposes Tony Blair's Third Way policies because they " the basic class and economic structures of capitalism unchanged.

Matrix is famous for its advocacy of human rights cases and because they are the chambers of Blair's wife, Cherie Booth QC.

At a June 28, 2010 rally, protesters called for Blair's resignation, because of orders he gave that led to the detention of nearly demonstrators during the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests.