Tony Blair

Jan 12, 2025 | thetimes.com | Tony Blair |William Hague

Artificial intelligence is driving the fastest technological and scientific revolution in human history. Whether it's the productivity tools businesses use to speed up routine tasks, the programmes that spot cancer in hospital scans twice as fast, or the facial recognition software that helps the police catch violent criminals, AI has become critical to the future of our country.

Dec 11, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Tony Blair

I make you this confident prediction: in the not too distant future, British people will all have their own unique digital identifier, and will make most transactions through their phone, as citizens with government and as customers with firms. And we will wonder what all the fuss was about. It will make everything we do faster, cheaper and more reliable. But first, the bigger political context in which these debates about the future are happening.

Nov 30, 2024 | newstatesman.com | Peter Hyman |Tony Blair

“People keep telling us that Grimsby is a shithole, but that’s not how we see it. We care about this place. We know we’ve got a future, we’ve got the people, we’ve got the energy, we just need a bit of support.” We were in the bar at Grimsby Town Football club in the spring of 2023 kicking off a workshop, one of several we held in the town before the general election.

Sep 7, 2024 | qradio.com | Harold Wilson |Tony Blair

Tony Blair says "of course" he talks to his successor frequently. Contradicting a report that he has been texting Mr Starmer advising on the transition into government, Mr Blair insists that they only discuss things and that he does not offer advice directly. He can say that again. In his new 328-page manual On Leadership, the former prime minister writes: "A leader needs to generate optimism. No one wants to get on a plane with a depressed pilot.

Jul 22, 2024 | attoday.co.uk | Millie York |Tony Blair

Tony Blair recently opened the Future of Britain conference with a speech which centred on governing in the age of AI. Key to this speech was examining how a radical rethink of the system, and embracing generative AI technology, among others, can help to address the high tax, heavy debt and poor outcomes.  Part of this focus was on health and how, with a bold approach to embracing technology, “For the first time, a healthcare system geared to prevention rather than cure is within our grasp”.