Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair takes pride in the passing of his country's Civil Partnership Bill, his newly-released memoir reveals. Blair says in the book that he "expected a bit of a backlash, but it passed with barely a murmur." He says his government received supportive messages from around he world which taught him "just how much it meant to so many people." "It must be a horrible feeling to feel that you are consigned to second-class status as a result of something that is natural to you," he says. "So I shouldn't have been surprised at the extent of the outpouring. But I was."
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First published: Monday, 20th September 2010 - 11:15pm