$$ Tony's legacy $$ I've never been Prime Minister... I'm very sure that I won't be either, nor am I an actor unlike Blair, or an aspiring MP of any numpty party that dreams of power every 4 years or so whatever the probability. I don't give out leaflets with a grin and give out clammy handshakes hoping for a job in parliament. Hoping that people I don't know will vote for me... to serve this country... slag off other MP's who are just as sleasy as me. Pretending to like and back fellow members of the party for the sake of unity and cohesion and power, chant crazy slogans like "NHS is in the best shape ever" while on Question Time; leaving a look of ...  Read the complete review

I have been thinking about this for a while, we see Tony Blair on the television telling the pope his views on homosexuality are wrong (a strong and appropriate reaction from Mr Blair which should be applauded) and we see him attempting to resolve the Israel, Palestine crisis through negotiation. It occurs to me that Mr Blair isn't the pariah and bad man he was made out to be towards the end of his presidency (oops sorry Prime Minister-ship). Mr Blair was a media friendly leader somebody who talked the talk and could persuade others to agree with his point of view, he made some enormous clangers (using god and WMD to justify ousting Saddam), he made some ...  Read the complete review

So as we enter into the era of Gordon (and one that ould be quite short in reality) what exactly is the legacy of Anthony Blair and his te years in office. Well perhaps his biggest success has to be in the fact that he turned the Labour Party into a credible political force that won three elections in a row which is no mean feat given the shambles that the party was in during the 80’s and early nineties. He was able to modernise the party and rid it of the loony left label that hampered it throughout these years and at the same time he was able to exploit the divisions in the Tory party over Europe and immigration. His second big success is the ...  Read the complete review

Alas musics meaningless loss was our unfortunate gain, as the young Tony Blair was so desperate to be loved as a rock star, but was thwarted by a lack of any musical talent. So Tony then found a new calling, he could become an actor. And we have now seen him as a world leader, "acting" the role of a world leader. Still wanting to be loved, and like a miss quote of Princess Diana I can almost hear him say "I just want to be the Priminister of peoples hearts". Through his acting all we are really seeing is an ego that over shadows any political or ideological thinking. His love for Bush is based purely on only one thing, that a US president is more ...  Read the complete review

Tony Blair will leave 10 Downing Street on 27th June. He has served as Prime Minister for ten years. His successor will be Gordon Brown. How will the public and his peers remember him. His legacy is controversial. Two sore points during Blair's tenure will be the death of David Kelly, forgotten by pubic but not by historians and the war in Iraq. Blair failed to convince the nation about the war, he lied repeatedly in parliament to win the vote for war. OK Blair had decided to go to war when he himself knew there was no credible evidence or reason to invade. MP's knew that yet they backed him. Cabinet ministers knew the truth too yet they backed him. In next ...  Read the complete review