--- title: "8 Blair Quotes By Martin Jacques" description: "8 Blair quotes by Martin Jacques. Plus more from Martin Jacques and more Blair sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/martin-jacques-6623_blair_blair-except-at-the-edges-was-a-thatcher_248991.jpg" --- > [Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-except-at-the-edges-was-a-thatcherite-brown-in-contrast/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/martin-jacques-6623_blair_blair-except-at-the-edges-was-a-thatcher_248991.jpg) > [My guess is that good and bad parenting is spread fairly evenly across different social groups. But can you imagine Tony Blair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/my-guess-is-that-good-and-bad-parenting-is-spread-fairly-evenly/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/martin-jacques-6623_across_my-guess-is-that-good-and-bad-parenting_603604.jpg) > [One of the extraordinary features of the Blair government has been its slavish support for the central tenets of Bush's foreign policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-extraordinary-features-of-the-blair-government-has-been/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/martin-jacques-6623_above_one-of-the-extraordinary-features-of-the_735632.png) > [Blair worshipped Thatcherism, could see little or no wrong in it, believed that that was what the country needed, thought that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-worshipped-thatcherism-could-see-little-or-no-wrong-in-it/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/martin-jacques-6623_alternative_blair-worshipped-thatcherism-could-see-l_771464.png) > [If anything, Brown is more oriented towards the other side of the Atlantic than Blair. Most of his reforming ideas and intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-anything-brown-is-more-oriented-towards-the-other-side-of-the/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/martin-jacques-6623_affinity_if-anything-brown-is-more-oriented-towar_860408.png) > [I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/i-admired-margaret-thatcher-while-abhorring-much-of-what-she-offered/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/martin-jacques-6623_admired_i-admired-margaret-thatcher-while-abhorr_2371602.png) > [There has always been something less than wholesome about New Labour. But Blair for a long time had an easy ride. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/there-has-always-been-something-less-than-wholesome-about-new-labour/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/martin-jacques-6623_about_there-has-always-been-something-less-tha_2798651.jpg) > [Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-s-support-for-the-americans-should-not-be-seen-as-an-aberration/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/martin-jacques-6623_american_blair-s-support-for-the-americans-should_3101317.png) ## Other authors on Blair ## More by Martin Jacques > [There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/there-may-be-little-practical-difference-between-a-ford-mondeo-and-a/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/no-one-likes-to-admit-they-are-racist-or-bear-prejudices-nor-do-they/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-the-truth-be-told-we-are-a-society-that-is-dripping-in-racism-this/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/in-formula-one-the-car-can-make-a-difference-in-a-way-that-a-driver/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/in-the-aftermath-of-9-11-and-in-the-build-up-to-the-invasion-of-iraq/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the West towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/at-the-heart-of-globalisation-is-a-new-kind-of-intolerance-in-the/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/our-leaders-increasingly-see-fit-to-lecture-the-ethnic-minorities-on/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [If one wanted to find a modern symbol of personal freedom, the motor car is right there near the top of the list. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/if-one-wanted-to-find-a-modern-symbol-of-personal-freedom-the-motor/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken on board…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/blair-except-at-the-edges-was-a-thatcherite-brown-in-contrast/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/western-countries-are-thoroughly-accustomed-to-being-the-centre-of/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as the fitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-american-model-was-celebrated-by-thatcherites-and-new-labour/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/one-of-the-characteristics-of-new-labour-and-miliband-is-irredeemably/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/the-two-ethnic-groups-that-remain-fundamentally-different-from-the/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/sport-is-increasingly-played-according-to-the-tune-and-rules-of-those/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) > [Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-jacques/following-the-end-of-the-cold-war-there-was-much-discussion/) [Martin Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-jacques/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blair/martin-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "8 Blair Quotes By Martin Jacques", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. 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