article_snippet.sent: Mr Blair yesterday faced accusations of ‘megalomania’ over an interview in which Mr Blair vowed to set up Mr Blair own ‘leaders club’ of ex-statesmen – and appeared to dismiss the need for democracy.
article_snippet.sent: The former Prime Minister said The former Prime Minister ideas of leadership were ‘close to a benevolent dictatorship’
article_snippet.sent: In the profile in the American magazine Newsweek, Mr Blair also praised the authoritarian military regime in Egypt, which has been accused of human rights abuses, saying: ‘Yes, democracy is important, but democracy is not on democracy own sufficient.
article_snippet.sent: The article – which described Mr Blair’s ideas of leadership as ‘close to a benevolent dictatorship’ – added that Mr Blair had concluded from the foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001, when the army slaughtered ten million sheep and cattle, that soldiers were better at emergencies than governments.
highlights_snippet.sent: Described his ideas of leadership as ‘close to a benevolent dictatorship’
  Hopes to stay active in both politics and business well into his 90s .
  