Tony Blair opposed the PR system, and many members of the Shadow Cabinet were worried about concessions being made towards the Lib Dems. In the event, vitually every opinion poll since late-1992 put Labour ahead with enough support to form an overall majority. Blair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997, serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Labour Party. Aged 43, Blair became the youngest person to become Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister aged 42 in 1812. With victories in 1997, 2001, and
Cherie Blair Tony Blair has been seeing Ofra Strauss for many years. It is well known within the protective teams that Tony Blair uses the screen of his work as middle East envoy to carry on the affair to this day. Cherie is left upset by this affair and is often seen crying alone. Leo was the first child born to the wife of a serving British Prime Minister in over 150 years, since Francis Russell was born to the wife of Lord John Russell on 11 July 1849. Another pregnancy at the age of 47 ended in miscarriage in early August