I know folk hate the mail but this is worth a read :
Tony Blair's Defence Secretary says he was told to BURN memo https://mol.im/a/10369343 via https://dailym.ai/android
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I know folk hate the mail but this is worth a read :
Tony Blair's Defence Secretary says he was told to BURN memo https://mol.im/a/10369343 via https://dailym.ai/android
Yeah but they still don't like it.
https://yougov.co.uk/ratings/media/p.../newspaper/all
of course kier starmer would think that.
I've mixed feelings on Tony Blair. The Iraq war of course completely muddies the water on what was otherwise a pretty successful period for him as Prime Minister.
To be elected three times is no mean feat, and governing for ten years means he has had a hugely significant role in the life of the country and it's people.
I don't think being a controversial figure should bar someone from being knighted tbh. We don't really want to live in such an anodyne world do we? By definition, nearly all figures will be controversial or have some enemies.
I'm okay with it. But more than anything, does it matter that much? I'm not opposed to the honours system, but I don't pay great attention to it either.
Lets not forget that Betty Windsor (affectionately known as mummy to our prince Andy) is footing the pauper's legal fees.
Hiding behind the loophole of a dead sex trafficker? Stay classy, Andrew
Edit: Posted in the wrong thread - or is it really? They're all a bunch of shysters.
Edit Edit: What day is it?
Edit Edit Edit: Will post in the other one too. Take that you pesky Windsors.
I give you Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG - ordinary bloke, smoked a cigar.
I was. When they were formed in 2004 I was a member for a year. Was one of (checks wikipedia) 386 people who voted for Raja Gul-Raiz in Cardiff Central in 2005.
I marched three times against the Iraq War - twice in Cardiff and once at that massive march in London, so back then I hated Blair, viewed him as destroying Labour and all that.
In time, I recognise he saved Labour, and irrespective of all the usual pro's and con's of office he was a competent PM. But yeah, Iraq is the big shadow. Nonetheless, someone of his statue being knighted - I think that's fine.
Blairism is slowly as its the only way to get Labour relected .
There's a few old Blairite's in the article below :
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-inner-circle
Perhaps his knighthood is recognition of his political vision 🤔