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
Yo, Blair Bush denied that Blair was his "poodle" but remarked on his "dogged" style of leadership, while Anthony Seldon, who wrote an unauthorised biography of Blair, noted that when greeting Blair at the White House, he would typically welcome him with arms outstretched, yelling, "Hey. Blair. How y'doing'?" On Monday July 7, 2008 at the 34th annual G8 summit in Toyako, Japan, while speaking with Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, Bush summoned Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with a brusque "Yo Harper!" Much like in the UK, political and public reaction has been divided between this being an indication of the close