Blair's First Term 1997 - 2001
A summary of Blair's first term as Prime Minister.
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- Blair's First Term 1997 - 2001
- House of Lords Reform
- More democratic or less?
- Removed most hereditary peerages
- House of Lords Act 1999
- Spin
- Alastair Campbell
- No elected government post; ex-journalist and Blair's special adviser
- Peter Mandelosn
- Trade Minister and Northern Ireland Minister; both times resigned due to allegations of corruption
- Alastair Campbell
- Economy was 'healthy' under guidance of Brown
- Set up the MPC; handing control of monetary policy to the Bank of England. Seen as a move to make the government more trustworthy and their economic policy less political.
- Kept to "prudent" budget of Conservatives
- Managed to keep inflation low
- Or was it just inherited from Major?
- Too cautious in first-term? Not enough focus on public services?
- Devolution of Scotland and Wales
- Scottish Parliament
- National Assembly of Wales
- Good Friday Agreement 1998
- Hugely progressive in bringing peace to Northern Ireland
- Called British troops into combat more than any other PM
- Iraq 1998
- Kosovo 1999
- Afghanistan 2001
- Kosovo 1999
- Iraq 1998
- First London Mayor elections
- House of Lords Reform
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