Brits out there, on Iraq, who is the real Tony Blair?
486666
I think Tony Blair is a decent person. As a politician, however, his refusal to admit wrong doing in entering Iraq has scarred him very deeply in peoples opinion of him . His term in office has seen several deceptions of the British (and international) public, from Iraq to the trusworthiness of the cabinet whom he surrounds himself with.\nIf his argument is one of compassion, then why not depose Robert Mugabe, who is as deplorable as Hussein. \n\nCompassion cannot be selective, It would seem that Blair's has been shown to be.
824331
why on earth would you want to know this - this has me really intrigued......\n\nIt's Pete of course but everyone else beat me to it (apart from the person who thinks it's Boris!
782313
More to the point, what did Blair get out of kowtowing to Bush? Promises of great wealth after he leaves office? I ask this question for what it is worth and not for any partisan reason. (In fact, both Bush and Blair will leave behind huge unfunded obligations that will inevitably lead to large tax increases. Or depreciation of the currency, which comes to the same thing, but falls perhaps on different classes of people.)\n\n"What has Blair gained from his alliance with Bush?\n\n"Blog: Blair is America's 'poodle'\n\n"In quotes: Kendall Myers on US-UK relations\n\n"A top State Department official has delivered a devastating verdict on the state of relations between Washington and London, arguing that Tony Blair has received "nothing, no payback" for supporting President George W. Bush in Iraq.\n\n"'We typically ignore them and take no notice,' Kendall Myers, a senior analyst at the State Department's Bureau of Analysis and Research, said of his British colleagues.\n\n"..."
363994
Tony Blair is a FERRY.  Tony the Tiger is a #$%^ing ANIMAL.  I love that cat.
373512
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.
755339
If you mean you would like to come to the UK, i wouldn't bother. Stay over there! We have Blair here, who's more Bush than Bush himself, so you probably wouldn't like it here anyway. Most of us living here don't. But if you'd like to engage in conversation about how crap both sides of the pond are, that'd be just grand! :)
855375
when you have a looser like blair in charge what do you expect
661857
Are there more than one Tony Blairs - since there must be at least 2 items to work-out an average !? \nI know of only one Tony Blair, and as a human adult his brain would be about 1,350 grams in weight, and approximately 1,350 cc in volume !
843869
Probably Jimmy Carter for what he is doing behind the scenes to keep the world together.  There really are no leaders on "the stage" today, sadly.  Tony Blair  has been Bushes lap dog until he did something courageous with his announcement about Global Warming.  But for some reason, no one will stand up and talk for all of us.  We desperately need that as we face the life and death challenges of our far too immediate future. So I really can't vote as you ask, for none of them have the presence to be called the best.
497562
He has rarely allowed the Cabinet to rein him in and he is often arrogantly unresponsive to the public he serves. In these respects he acts in a 'Presidential' manner. Something quite odious to most Brits.\n\nA particularly good example of this was his near unilateral decision to put UK troops in Iraq. The people of Britain were firmly against it, his top legal advisor was against it (but was ordered to change his ruling to suit Tony). The Cabinet was against and so was most of the rest of Parliament. Even the UN was against it. But still, Tony and George Dubya cooked up the propaganda on WMD and did it anyway.\n\nBritain is however, a pretty effective democracy and Tony is now paying the price of his Presidential manner and his arrogance.  He is now deeply unpopular with a public that has him sussed, his own Ministers are turning against him and the legal decision on Iraq is being openly questioned. \n\nTony knows he has to go before he's pushed. He also knows his place in history will be marked by his arrogant mistake in taking Britain into an unjust war for all the wrong reasons. \n\nHe's been a good leader in most respects, but all of us have our failings - and his arrogance has been his undoing.
267484
So you know Tony Blair personally well if you don't why did you ask this question. did you go to school with him did you work alongside him did you attend the same Uni, as he. well i don't know him that well so i wont comment on the question. think about it.
756225
1. If anyone is a clone, it is Tony Blair, a self-confessed admirer of Margaret Thatcher. Under his direction, the Labour Party abandoned socialism, and moved over to the right, before it came to power. \n\n2. Once in power the Labour party continued Conservative policies - for example privatisation (the use of the costly Private Finance Initiative continued) and foreign war (the Tories had the Falklands and the first Gulf War, Labour had the invasions of Aghanistan and Iraq).\n\n3. Furthemore the Labour Party's moral high ground was soon seen to be false, and more of the same Tory sleaze became the norm.\na) Receiving money for favours - cash for questions (Conservative), cash for peerages (Labour);\nb) Ministers having affairs with secretaries - Cecil Parkinson (Conservative), Robin Cook (Labour),\nc) Blatant liars hiding their transgressions - Lord Archer (Conservative), Peter Mandelson (Labour).\nd) Unusual sexual practices - autoerotic asphyxiation (Stephen Milligan, Conservative MP for Eastleigh), cruising on Clapham Common (Ron Davies, Welsh Secretary and Labour MP for Caerphilly).\n\n4. If current British politics seem indistinguishable in the eyes of the public, then don't blame the Tories, blame Tony and his cronies.
282475
I admire him as a man who does what he believes to be right, despite what many others are saying. He follows his gut insticts. He has stood with President Bush because he realizes the importance of our alliance to each other, and took a lot of heat at home due to the extreme liberalism that is taking hold in Europe. The French? The Spaniards? Germans? They all folded. Blair didn't. The man has a set and a half.
911623
is blair right to start a war in iraq?\nis blair right to start a career in being a presidant\nis blair right to start a career at all?\nis blair right at all?
555687
the same as with all countries - its the backroom men who make the decisions.   They are all puppets - Tony Blair is a puppet to his backrrom men as well as to George W Bush!
855155
Bush and Blair mainly, but there are other sycophants to be sure.
560943
Why wouldn't he? Prime Minister Blair is a guest of our country, as well as a guest of our President and First Lady.  Was Prime Minister Blair a "poodle" when he was a guest of President Clinton, and when he was taken to dinner or guest at a State Dinner?  I won't even dignify most of the trashy posts to this question, except to say that what I have read so far is a poor reflection on who ever wrote it.  Good thing this is all anonymous.