do you think Tony Blair is civilized?
456237
I seriously hope you people are joking.\n\nTony Bliar is a terrible man who deserves nothing but shame and disgrace.\n\nWhy?!\n\nHe refuses to listen to the opinion of the very people he is supposed to govern, he has dragged us into a war that very few people wanted, he has made the country (and the world) a much more dangerous place (yes July 7 happened because of HIM)\n\nWhat else? He spends our tax money on imprisoning and torturing innocent terrified animals (called animal 'tests' - see www.buav.org), he accepted money illegally, he conned thousands of pensioners out of money they were owed.. \n\nI could go on and on. The man is a liar and a murderer and I have nothing but the utmost contempt for him.
631796
Queen might deserve that but do you think with Blair in chair others will take pride in such situations?
1091518
Tony Blair. Same as it is now.
95754
That's not very nice! Poor Jim Henson is spinning in his grave.\n\nMuppets are lovable & charming - even the monsters. Tony Blair is condescending and rigid, more of a Charlie McCarthy (in Parliament) or Howdy Doody (on holiday).
679300
Tony Blair hands down. Believe it or not, I'm not a Bush hater. I voted for the guy. His demeanor is more unsettling than his policy. \n\n(I'm going to ask a question about him)
587337
Wonder whose fault he thinks it is.\n\nFact is, he merrily supported an illicit president, who made a bad decision and justified it with spurious'proof' of nonexistent Weapons of Mass Destruction, to meddle in a sovereign state's internal affairs, to go into Iraq and completely destroy a functioning society.\n\nCertainly it was an unpalatable society to many people.  But it is ultimately the right and responsibility of the citizens of a sovereign state to turf out the people whose government they do not want, that is part of the democratic process.\n\nIn any event, the West supports an idiot, and the crooks surrounding him, who has a skewed interpretation of democracy.  Palestinians democratically elected a government The Bush and Blair et al do not like.  In 1953 Iranians democratically elected a government the US did not like, and they deposed him, put the autocratic, corrupt Shah in his place, and are now reaping the results.\n\nFor Blair one can't have a lot of sympathy.  If you play with fire you will get burnt.
18263
Certainly, think Operah would be a great choice. Lose the male ego & let some-one who can communicate with the masses have a go... Then again look what Thatcher did to Britain!
1032788
You betcha.  The British are funny folk.  Yes we take all the crap thrown at us, complain etc and put up with it to an extent, but at the end of the day when pushed to the limit we are determined in our cause. We live up to the "bulldog" spirit.  Enough is enough we say.  My husband is a bus driver and has been called "white trash" and "white honky" by illegal immigrants because he wouldn't let them on the bus for free.   That's just a few examples of the lack of respect he's shown. He's not allowed to retaliate and its depressing him.  He's polite and helpful and only trying to do a service. It's a f**cking disgrace (sorry I don't like to swear but it makes me feel better!).  On behalf of all the British, we want our country the way it used to be and will fight for it (well I will anyway!).
881065
No. Tony Blair and others have tried to pull that one.
774119
I agree with you completly, he has totally ruined our country. It is ridiculous how much of our lives are now controlled by Europe, which is all thanks to Mr Blair. And about America, well Blair is more Bush than Bush is. He has betrayed the cuntry i think.
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It's my country - and I love it.\n\nBut I hate what it has become in the eyes of the world. through Blair's stupidity\n\nHOW can anyone with a brain respect Blair? Bush's little lapdog? Desperate for his place in history, no matter how many people have to die?\n\nAssume the poster who hates imperialism also hates the US?\n\nBTW Simo - what's YOUR answer? You're in uniform in your pic - don't think I don't support the troops in places like Iraq and Afgahistan - I just don't think you should have been sent.\n\nASKSULEMAN is an idiot - it was the US who forced the UK into the invasion of Iraq. He cites a lot of sources, but I doubt he's read any of them.
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Is personal persona is probably vastly different from his public one. The media have probably caught him in a place that could be deemed that he is conflicting with his supposed values, but who is to say  that was not staged?\nAlso of cause it could work the other way and he in reality he is a bigot (he is certainly a racist just look at Hurricane Katrina debacle) but just tries to give the impression of not being, but when caught in uncompromising situations he has to try and defend his already bruised reputation.\nBeing a Brit the same could be asked of our supposed prime minister (hopefully he won't be for much longer). He is a bigot, racist (government wise for the true Brits (we can't even have nativity plays in schools anymore, but that is a whole different issue) and total and utter idiot, but that is not who you are talking about, but to my mind they are both as bad as each other, just that George Bush has a bigger country to play with and ruin.
876407
That assumption requires one to believe that the US is civilized.  That I doubt. It may be socialized but it is hardly civilized!
963662
He's ok..i like him..but then agn i wouldnt call him the nicest person i know...i dont recall any incident in which he has behaved badly though.
239863
yes I am proud of being English there is no reason why I shouldnt Tony Blair and his goverment wont last forever.
983518
I don't think so.\nIts not something, one that is civilised would do.\nbe it in the company of one or another.
905250
Far better than the present incumbent!!\n\nI really do hope that the police investigation of the cash for peerages row nabs Blair and his cronies.\n\nBut it is vital that as soon as Labour are ousted that whoever gets in institutes an independent enquiry into the whole of the Labour reign.  \n\nAll the lies and fudging of figures (false Accounting?), spin, politicisation of civil servants, 1984 control of the press, and all the other shenanigans that have been going on.\n\nWhy for instance have MPs that fiddled their expenses never been prosecuted?  How can they justify prosecuting a member of the public for a crime they seem immune to?  Law should be applied equally and if it is not then it should be struck from the statute book.\n\nIt is time that politics was dragged kicking and screaming back into behaving honestly.