Tony crony

plural Tony cronies

1. UKderogatoryhumorousinformalAn ingratiating political associate of the former British prime minister Tony Blair.

   She said the Tony crony thing was a real problem.

   2007, Alastair Campbell, The Blair Years

   2 more examples

   ...including such folk as Peter Mandelson, a Labour spin doctor-turned-minister, and Lord Alli, an ennobled Asian Tony-crony with a television company.

   1998, The Economist

   Falconer is basically a good egg but his reputation as a "Tony crony" and his involvement with the Millennium Dome do him no favours.

   2001, Royal Town Planning Institute, Planning: For the Natural and Built Environment

   Synonyms: Blairite