What Prime Ministers preceeded Tony Blair?

Answer 1

There was 73 prime ministers before Tony Blair.

Ans. 3

The first answer (above) is brief, but answers the question perfectly.

The second answer (below) says nothing at all that answers the question. Wiki Answers is for answering questions, not making political speeches.

Ans. 2

But only 6 of them led a Labour government! Astounding, but true. And Tony Balir was only the FOURTH Labour prime minister to serve as an elected leader.

James Callaghan and Gordon Brown also led the Labour party and became PMs, but they took over from their predecessors mid-term. Their oarty was not voted in as the government under their leadership. But their party LOST under their leadership. Callaghan took over from Wilson, Brown from Blair. And we know what happened then! In 1979 Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives came into office after the 'Winter of Discontent' - and ruled for 18 years. And in 2010 the Conservative/Liberal Democrats formed a coalition, since NOT ONE of the 3 parties received an overall majority. This puts Blair's appeal, ability and political nous into focus.

These are all the Labour leaders who LED their party into office:

• 1. Ramsay MacDonald (4th & 8th Labour leader) won in 1923 - was the first Labour Prime Minister but only in a coalition with the Conservatives. Then 22 years later-
• 2. Clement Attlee (11th leader) 1945. Then 19 years later -
• 3. Harold Wilson (14th leader) 1964. Then 33 years later -
• 4. Tony Blair (20th leader) 1997 …????

It took 33 years to find Labour's winner in Tony Blair. How many more decades until they find another winner? I wonder.