Although she later tried to deny it, Jowell did once say of Blair in an interview: “I would jump in front of a bus to save him.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tessa Jowell with Tony Blair in 2005. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tessa Jowell holds her Dame Commander insignia after it was presented to her by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace in 2013. Play Video 1:05 Tessa Jowell dies aged 70 – video obituaryTessa was the oldest of three children of Kenneth Palmer, a doctor, and his wife, Rosemary Douglas, a radiologist and an artist. Tessa Jowell was picked as the Labour candidate in Ilford North to defend the party’s very narrow majority in what proved to be a key byelection in 1978, caused by the death of the sitting MP. • Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Lady Jowell, politician, born 17 September 1947; died 12 May 2018

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2018 07:38 UTC