Talk:Tony Blair

message: Can we hyperlink the prefix sir in front of his name?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edward Jocob Philip Smith (talk • contribs) 19:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we hyperlink Sir? 

message: Ak-eater06 (talk)  23:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've said numerous times that the current infobox image in which Blair has a weird fixed stare would not be my personal choice. Other people have also said that they are not fans of this image. My personal choice is this, which is cropped and edited from a 2009 image on Commons and has been used in the past.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:02, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

text: It's ok, but I'm not a great fan of his facial expression in this image either.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:01, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

text: I’ve recently came across this fairly recent image of Blair on the Commons and thought it would be a suitable image to have in the lead. 
,  – what do you both think? 2A01:4C8:1406:5988:8D8F:EF06:E212:536A (talk) 17:00, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

text: Proposed image #2 is OK and shows Blair in 2019. Again there is a slight problem with Blair's facial expression but it is better than some that have been suggested.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 18:24, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Re this edit: I'm not sure why  always reverts back to Tony Blair 2010 (cropped).jpg because it is by no means the best or most natural image of Blair. The image suggested in this edit is passable and gives a more natural look at Blair in action.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:43, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a portrait taken by a professional photographer for the European Commission. It's the closest thing we have to an official portrait. I don't see how it's "unnatural"; his pose is the same as that of Vladimir Putin in his infobox image. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 18:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

text: I support the first choice. Near all PMs have their official portraits, or those otherwise taken during their premiership, and it makes no sense to have one from 2010. Ditto for US presidents etc., despite more current photos existing for e.g. Jimmy Carter or John Major. JJLiu112 (talk) 15:15, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It makes perfect sense. Blair was still serving as special envoy at the time of the photograph, and this is the closest we have to an official portrait of him in office. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 17:07, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I support the 2002 image, because (1) Blair was Prime Minister and we have precedent for PMs' images being from their premiership (2) the photo was tacitly OK'd by a govt body (held in NARA), assuming America is ~ EU and (3) it's otherwise an image of acceptable quality. JJLiu112 (talk) 18:34, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The 2002 image isn't a professional portrait (it's cropped from a landscape image), the 2010 image is and it's the highest quality image of Blair that exists on Commons. Also, the precedent is not for images being from the premiership but from when they were last in office, and Blair is unique in having held office after leaving the premiership. Per MOS:LEADIMAGE, , criteria which the 2010 image meets as his portrait from serving as special envoy. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 18:48, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

text: Think the image used should be Tony Blair 3.jpg as it appears more updated and is from when he was still special envoy. Also of high quality Fm675 (talk) 20:45, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we change the infobox image? 

message: Can this sentenced be changed to "In 2003, Blair supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and had the British Armed Forces participate in the Iraq War, claiming that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), which were never found there." 79.66.89.36 (talk) 20:18, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In 2003, Blair supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and had the British Armed Forces participate in the Iraq War, claiming that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs); no WMDs were ever found in Iraq." 

message: Heraldic sculptor Ian G Brennan has updated his website to reveal his model of Blair's crest.   Robin S. Taylor (talk) 09:53, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crest reveal 

message: Baz Manning has released photographs of the Dean of Windsor's tables, showing Blair's shield as a Knight of the Garter.[] Robin S. Taylor (talk) 20:14, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shield reveal 

message: The current one shown on top of this article is putting him in an unfavourable light. 2003:DA:C708:FD00:5110:951:3DE4:1F7E (talk) 04:02, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: How so? It's the EU's portrait of him as special envoy. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 15:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look at the discussions above and in the archive, the current infobox image does not have a huge fan club. The problem is lack of consensus for what should replace it.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:30, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the best-quality portrait available of Blair on Commons. The idea that it puts him "in an unfavourable light" is utterly ridiculous. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:31, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Come on, give this man a decent picture 

message: Under portrayals, it might be worth mentioning that Harry Hill created a rock opera that toured the UK in 2023: https://tonyblairrockopera.co.uk 86.27.111.130 (talk) 13:16, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Added. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 14:24, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tony Blair Rock Opera? 

message: I know this has been discussed many a time but I think we should have an image for when he was in office probably a photo used in the 2005 United Kingdom general election infobox as it is an up to date image for when he was in office. RealTaxiDriver (talk) 20:27, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: TBH I'm not a fan of Tony Blair WEF (cropped). This is another photo where he is pulling a weird face, and it would be better to have one with a more natural expression.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:18, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

text: He actually  in office in 2010, the time of the current image, as special envoy. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:24, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't his main office. For instant David Miliband has portraits whilst he is President of the International Rescue Committee but he still has his 2007-2010 portrait. RealTaxiDriver (talk) 20:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: He does? I've looked at c:Category:David Miliband, and I can't find a portrait of him as president. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 17:08, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I meant that there are photos of him when he was in office. RealTaxiDriver (talk) 09:03, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not portraits, though. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:39, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: If the right honourable is hyperlinked, shouldn't the Sir Prefix be as well? Edward Jocob Philip Smith (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: No because people generally know what "Sir" means in this context. ... discospinster talk 21:22, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperlink Sir? 

message: Please add the following to the subsection Blair in fiction and satire:
:Director Terry Gilliam and his co-screenwriter Charles McKeown have stated that the character of Tony Shepard, a dubious entrepreneur and conman who turns out to be involved in illegal organ harvesting from impoverished children, in Gilliam's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) is based on "a certain Tony B. Liar", who "would say the most insane things and probably he'd believe them himself".Randell, Karen (2013). The Cinema of Terry Gilliam, Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231850384, pp. 145-149
--2003:DA:CF04:925:E8C9:37BF:66C0:7591 (talk) 13:02, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''In fiction and satire''