For those who thing ed milliband should be replaced as labour leader

[Stoatwobbler]

He was an election winner, like Thatcher.

 

This an argument that really gets on my thru'penny bits and has been frequently wheeled out by supporters of Tony Blair for many years. The argument that Blair should be revered on the basis of his electoral success against a Conservative party that was a total mess is flawed as it fails to address the many policy failings of his government.

[NorthernStar]

This is a city that will vote for a traffic cone wearing a red rosette. Blair will be welcomed here with open arms. That ol' Selective Socialist Amnesia is very infectious.

 

You don't get much more Tory than Tony, makes you look like the kind of blinkered partisan that you are trying to mock.

 

God help the Labs if Tory Blair returned, I'd imagine that would be almost as damaging as Davey and the gimp are to the Tories.

 

As things stand I fear that Buzz Williband will the the next PM, how much more broken can Britain get - it's so sad it's funny.

[Birds]

You don't get much more Tory than Tony,

 

 

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[I1L2T3]

This is a city that will vote for a traffic cone wearing a red rosette. Blair will be welcomed here with open arms. That ol' Selective Socialist Amnesia is very infectious.

 

I don't think so. We don't need any more neoliberal poster boys on the scene.

[Vague_Boy]

other bad policies pioneered by Blair from PFI to tuition fees

Much as I hate being fair to Blair, he did not pioneer PFI, that was begun by the previous government.

 

In 1992 PFI was implemented for the first time in the UK by the Conservative government of John Major. It immediately proved controversial, and was attacked by the Labour Party while in opposition. Labour critics such as the future Cabinet Minister & Deputy Leader of the Labour Party , Harriet Harman, considered that PFI was really a back-door form of privatisation (House of Commons, 7 December 1993), and the future Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, warned that "apparent savings now could be countered by the formidable commitment on revenue expenditure in years to come".

LINK

 

However.....

 

Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, has revealed that 60 hospital trusts are "on the brink of financial collapse" because of the "crippling" servicing costs they are paying to private companies which built infrastructure under Labour.

LINK

 

So basically just ignore what politicians say when they're in opposition (they certainly will).

[andyofborg]

it seems that the great tony is going to join the campaign to keep scotland in the union

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/21/tony-blair-scotland-union-labour

 

i cant see him being a help, unless the campaign promise is that they will shoot him if scotland stays in the union

 

maybe it's time to campaign to join scotland

[Jeffrey Shaw]

Isn't Mr Blair of Scottish descent?

[Bypassblade]

This is a city that will vote for a traffic cone wearing a red rosette. Blair will be welcomed here with open arms. That ol' Selective Socialist Amnesia is very infectious.

 

As I said to you earlier have you had your head surgically implanted up your bum, Blair would be as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit. He was Thatcher in trousers, absolute disgrace to the Labour party & movement.

 

You really are narrow minded & stuck in your Thatcher years with no concept of what's going on round you, nor how people in this city do have a "self will" and, are more than capable of self thought without cajoling.

 

Your contempt for people round you is unbelievable, do people still recognise you now that you've shaved off the little moustache.

[MadManMoon]

The Tory dirty tricks dept will now be going into overdrive. They don't seem to realise that they are just showing how scared of Blair they are.