In a speech to the North Atlantic Assembly in Edinburgh, Mr Blair continued his attack of the past 24 hours on the SNP.
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The basic background to this election is that Mr Blair has continued to hog the centre-right ground in British politics, as he has done ever since becoming Labour's leader in 1994.
Thatcher's legacy continued with Blair's "third way" and Clinton's policies, it said in its editorial.
But Mr Brown continued to fret that Mr Blair was insufficiently robust in defending Britain's superior economic model from European hanky-panky.
After serving as an environment secretary in Mr Blair's cabinet, his ascent continued when Mr Brown took over and he became foreign secretary, at the relatively tender age of 43.
The home side continued to dominate and captain Mike Blair's cross-field run set up Webster to touch down Edinburgh's third try under the posts, with Paterson adding the extras.
Undeterred, the hosts continued to press and Laidlaw and Mike Blair combined to send Ben Cairns clear but the centre failed to capitalise on a promising opening.
Guaranteed a Saturday night slot by ITV, he continued to attract guests of the calibre of Tony Blair, who was prime minister at the time, wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough and singer George Michael.
New Labour's massive majorities in 1997 and 2002 came not from focus groups and presentational brilliance but substance - from a long line of revisionism and modernisation that started in the post-war period and continued sometimes strong, often weak, until Tony Blair and Gordon Brown finally re-invented progressive politics in Britain in the mid-1990's.
But despite the IOC chief's statement, the row between London and Paris has continued to rumble on, with Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe accusing Blair of "overstepping the mark" in an effort to secure the Games.
The Ospreys' wobble continued after the break, Phillips sin-binned for a trip on opposite-number Blair as the scrum-half took a quick penalty.
Blair ensured the Blues got a benefit for their endeavours after 26 minutes, but two minutes later the Dragons continued their recent run of quirky tries.
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