Gladstone's ghost.(comparing Tony Blair to 19th-centry prime minister William Ewart Gladstone)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | May 29, 1999 | Copyright

IS TONY BLAIR the reincarnation of William Ewart Gladstone, that most celebrated of 19th-century prime ministers? The thought has clearly occurred to Mr Blair. In a speech in Bulgaria on May 17th, he repeatedly invoked the ghost of Gladstone, "one of my political heroes".

The parallels are certainly intriguing. Like Gladstone, Mr Blair favours a highly moralistic style of foreign policy. And like Gladstone, he has found his cause in the Balkans. In 1876 Gladstone, then in opposition, led a vivid public campaign denouncing the massacre of Bulgarian Christians by the ...

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