Yo, Blair relationship between the two, the subservience of Harper or simply another example of the "folksy" disposition of Bush. Yo, Blair "Yo, Blair, what are you doing?" was an informal greeting reportedly made by United States President George W. Bush to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations (G8) in St Petersburg, Russia, on 17 July 2006. The quote gained wide popularity across the media. Although the greeting was popularized as "Yo, Blair", American media outlets such as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" transcribed it as "Yeah, Blair", while several
Tony Blair was criticised for his failure to immediately call for a ceasefire in the 2006 Lebanon War. "The Observer" newspaper claimed that at a cabinet meeting before Blair left for a summit with Bush on 28 July 2006, a significant number of ministers pressured Blair to publicly criticise Israel over the scale of deaths and destruction in Lebanon. Blair was criticised for his solid stance alongside US President George W. Bush on Middle East policy. A Freedom of Information request by "The Sunday Times" in 2012 revealed that Blair's government considered knighting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. The documents showed Blair was