Blair legacy

[gota quid]

so he has finally decided to go, wellon june 26, what do forummers think he will be remembered for?

 

[Wookie]

Iraq. Obvious really.
The ongoing police investigation.
Cool Britannia - whatever happened to that?
All the gaffes, fuckups and blind idiocy that Cherie has been responsible for.
If I carry on, I won't get any work done, so I'll leave it there.

 

[db]

completely abandoning all the principles that defined "Labour" and thus effectively reducing the country to a one party system..

 

[BBC]

completely abandoning all the principles that defined "Labour" and thus effectively reducing the country to a one party system..

Dirty Bobby, politics??

Where did you copy and past that from?

Saw his speech on the news. Seemed about as sincere as it gets for Tone. Even offered an apology for invading Iraq. I'm sure he now, like most people, wishes we had gone nowhere near it. It's done now so it will be up to Gordon to try and sort the mess out!

He has on the other hand left a strong economy and done good work for the Northern Ireland peace issue and also pushed the G8 summits pretty hard.

Not all bad I reckon.

 

[gota quid]

blair has to be very care full on how much credit he tries to take for northern Ireland, John major had done almost all the leg work there in late 1996 and early 1997.

 

[Wookie]

IIRC, Major (who's a knight now, I believe) organised a weapons amnesty in Northern Ireland before 1997.

Mind you, I only remember this because I remember the Spitting Image sketch with Michael Howard, the then-Home Sec (whatever happened to him? ), in which he was saying, "Yes, we'll sell the knives that were handed in in the recent amnesty - anyone asking for a gun, say they'll be available as soon as the IRA oblige."

 

[cookie_monster]

completely abandoning all the principles that defined "Labour" and thus effectively reducing the country to a one party system..

Dirty Bobby, politics??

Where did you copy and past that from?

i have to say- i thought the same as bbc.

oh well, i dont really know enough to pass comment- but you can be sure, whoever is in power, you cant please everybody.


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[TENSHON]

what do forummers think he will be remembered for?

bullshiting, basically

 

[MISS T]

Education, education, education. . .

 

[db]

completely abandoning all the principles that defined "Labour" and thus effectively reducing the country to a one party system..

Dirty Bobby, politics??

Where did you copy and past that from?

i have to say- i thought the same as bbc.

well, nice to know you all have so much faith in my ability to discuss serious matters lol..

i only feign political ignorance so that i can get away with my constant irreverance and leftie/hippie bashing

 

[FooFighter]

A f****d up immigration policy which somehow aided the career of his wife.
oh yeah she's the highly paid immigration/human rights specialist that gets paid by suing the country.