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Blairesque
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English
Etymology
From en Blair esque.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-Blairesque.wav UK
Adjective
Reminiscent of Tony Blair or his policies.
en 2001 New Statesman - Volume 130, Issues 4557-4568 10 Lib Dem MPs are accusing their leader, Charles Kennedy, of almost Blairesque control-freakery in agreeing to accept Marsden when many of them were against it.
en 2004 Fundamentalisms of the New Order Charlotte Brandt; Lars Bang Larsen 13 Based on the "slow" economic Rhine model, Danish social policies since the 1930s have been instrumental in a redistribution of wealth, a paradigm that the Social Democratic party of the 1990s - now converted to Blairesque "third way" strategies - were involved in phasing out to provide the private sector with more wriggle-room.
en 2008 The Spectator 10 It is certainly true, furthermore, that Mr Miliband is Blairesque. English, middle-class, tall and presentable: the Semiotic echoes are obvious.
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