It's that man again
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spiring pop star, van driver and within the next year, perhaps, the country's first Labour prime minister since 1979. Yes, it's true. Tony Blair was once a delivery driver, rooming all over London and occasionally as far as Norfolk.
"I know London so well I could become a black cab driver if I wanted to," he revealed recently. Let's hope he doesn't have to; imagine getting into a cab where the taxi driver doesn't just want to bend your ear about politics but is, in fact, the leader of a political party as well. The journey might never end.
I digress. It seems young Tone's driving days began when he was singer in the illfated band, Ugly Rumours (no known tapes exist--isn't that convenient?) The group had a van and to make a bit of money branched out into general haulage of 'anything and everything", says Blair,
Sadly, the operation was not called Red Routes.