Tony Blair’s hair: ‘it’s not been this long since I was in a band’

The former PM isn't just echoing the mullet trend, he is following the trend of men who love their lockdown locks

Tony Blair's appearance on ITN News this week, with a slightly matted mane of slate grey hair styled into a mullet, may have prompted many to mistake the former PM for Peter Stringfellow, Paul Smith or an older version of Steve Coogan's Portuguese crooner Tony Ferrino (it was less former Labour leader' and more dude from Ugly Rumours', indeed he told the Evening Standard: it's not been this long since I was in a rock band"). But Blair wasn't just echoing the mullet trend which has increased in popularity during the pandemic. He was also an example of men who've let their hair grow during lockdown since December and, despite barbers and hairdressers re-opening, want to keep it that length (see also: Brad Pitt with tiny ponytail and Sound of Metal's Paul Raci at Sunday's Oscars).