such a great speaker. he never stutters and never says stupid fillers like, "Um" or "Ya know" Great delivery and connects to people well. Wish I could speak with the succinct, personable tone of Tony Blair.
This man was a politician, and a damned good one. Not like what us Americans have with Bush, I always respected Blair for admitting he was wrong about Iraq, that showed real courage and love for his people. It's so sad to see him leave, he was one of the best assets of the Western world and really helped America on many issues. Gods speed Tony Blair and thank you so much for everything you've done.
Hopefully we'll never find out. Compared to Brown, David Cameron is a lightweight. The Prime Minister should be someone of intellect. Whatever Brown's faults, his capacity to undertake the job of running the country far exceeds that of David cameron.
@ALBIONTYKE he wasnt simply socialist.he made it clear that he believed in meritocratic self improvement, and allowing people to continue to aspire to live better lives and enjoy the benefits of their hard labour. He also wanted society to widen opportunity as widely as possible so that more people could have social mobility. It's called the Third Way (look it up).
@lukespencer91 Well I agree, but they championed 37% in 2002...not good enough to face any sorce of crisis...and actually, before the crisis began in Britain, the public debt was 45%. What a coincidence.
@newcastle1986 fair play, when he left it wasn't in such bad debt, but Brown and his government overreacted to swine flu, spent well over a billion pounds -0- but point taken. What about banks? I think if Brown had bothered to ask people he'd find they didn't want Northern Rock saving, or TSB being propped up for 11 months
@ALBIONTYKE Actually it was £300,billion debt and you know what else? It wasn't just in Britain it was an international crisis so you can't accuse Blair of ALL of this because no matter what he will always be more ethical than Tory!
Thats so f'd up hearing the most establishment business person in President Bush saying yo in 2006. He's like the pinnacle of why there is youth slang. The opposition lifestyle to the establishment.
Waiting lists are down to their lowest ever. Under the Tories, waiting lists went up by 400,000. With Labour, they have fallen by over 600,000. By the end of 2008, most patients will be treated within 18 weeks of their GP referral and most waits are already much shorter than this.
'All style no substance.' 'Education education education' 1/5th of kids left school last year with no qualifications, higher than ever before, get real.
When Blair first became an MP he had a very camp voice but by September of that year he had had voice training and been groomed to speak with a stronger and deeper voice which doesn't come natural to him which he is why he speaks deliberately and robotically.
@lukespencer91 That is the same arrogance that brought the two most polarized parties in Britain to form a government. The same arrogance that leaves every labour Chancellor without money. Thank God Labour was kicked out.
oh i do appologise . in 1985, as a deliberate snub, the University of Oxford voted to refuse Thatcher an honorary degree in protest against her cuts in education funding. 9 Jun 2001 Margaret .Thatcher is the second daughter of a grocer and an unpopular woman in Britain" after abolishing free milk for schoolchildren.
New Labour and Tony's finest achievement: we've gone from Thatcher's ethic of 'Society ends at the garden gate' to a country where the term 'Social Jusitce' is in the everyday national vocabulary. The man did a fantastic job.
@ALBIONTYKE Fair enough yeah he had his bad points but why only point THEM out? He actually did more for us then David Cameron will ever do, and also about 60% of our fully qualified doctors in this country and not originally from this country so imagine if we just kicked them out?
''His voice,termonology, tone, and gestures drived the german people to believe him, to side with him, and to fight for him.'' - Quote on Adolf Hitler. Not too dissimilar after all.
@Nerocification Actually that is quiet an ignorant statement. It may not be said that "there is no God", but more specifically, "that there is no reason to believe that there is one". This is actual Atheism even if it is not always explicitly discussed in this way. Faith as you correctly write is subscribing to a point of view without evidence, i.e. it is not an evidence-based undertaking. Atheism on the other hand is evidence-based and certainly is not an organised religion with a papacy.
@TomTresh3 Furthermore. His foreign policy was atrocious. As cliched as this sounds Iraq and Afghanistan has to be worst mistake in UK foreign policy post 1945!!!. It ran fatally over budget and ofcourse cost the lifes on many UK in a pointless, unwinable war. And he swans about his 5 luxurious homes. Whilst the legacy of the montrosity is still with us. It just proves what Sartre said. "When the rich make war" "Its the poor that die"
Go to my site - Keep Tony Blair for PM - yes, I know ... it didn't work. But at least I tried! You'll find a link there to a pdf transcript: Or put in the search box: "transcript-tony-blair-retirement-speech-10th-may-2007" Perhaps someone can help me out here - I am looking for a full video of the 2006 speech which I can use on RU-vid. I want the "this terrorism isn't our fault" section.
I don't wish to lay all the blame on government's, a large portion of the blame goes to the company's that own all our mainstream media aswell as the huge corporation's that control world finance. The problem I have is that if I we're to tell you the big picture in a youtube comment I would look like I'm insane, I know that because I've seen it for myself how people learn the truth but don't know how they can help other's understand! They chuck info at people which they responde with "CRAZY"
It make's me laugh how much people complain about the way thing's are and because the news show's the prime minister saying he understand's people think it unavoidable and it is'nt thier fault! Debt, crime and just about everything else that's bad is exactly how they like it, it make's us think we need them more! Yet the more they say they are trying to help us the more tax rises and the less they resolve!!! Forget what your told to be the truth and use your own brain! Take care
Why don't you think a bit deeper about why you might call me crazy? Maybe then you'll realise that I am the sort of person that "they" don't want you listening to! "It's bad for business"
THATS IS SO TRUE?? and he was a good PM coz he did what he thought was right? and he would be Damned if any body would Threaten they Country? and was prepared to Defend to Country? but it cost him his Reputation?
@ALBIONTYKE I disagree that he had ever had principles. He played the game from the start and he is where he ever wanted to be. I don't believe for a second Blair just got derailed at some stage for whatever strange reason.
1. that was bush. blair just (sadly) followed. 2. i hope u feel the same way abt maggie thatcher and the falklands war. 3. when u speak of blair and war, remember iraq, but also remember N. Ireland.
Great Prime Minister - and I only realised it last summer when the rest of his party showed themselves as lacking in backbone and agreed to push him out. Brilliant strategist. Moved politics in this country forward hugely. Watch out the Middle East ... Northern Ireland's peace maker is on his way. Good luck Mr Blair. Google keeptonyblairforpm
@ALBIONTYKE Got to be honest, I don't agree with the comment about Socialist millionaires. In terms of simple taxation alone, don't we have a moral obligation to earn as much as possible? That's even before we get to personal philanthropy. 20% of nothing is nothing. The goal of socialism should NOT be to impsoe a glass ceiling, but to improve the lot of ALL people to as high as state as possible.
@nedeljko18 It wasnt his fault we went to war, he was forced, if he said NO he would have been replaced. "You are either with us or against us." By George Bush
People who become PM have good ideas at the start, but soon they become old, not wanted, people want a change, big big change in 10 years or so, then they realise what they had was good. .... Who would be PM to make thing worse, no one....Thatcher, Major, Blair ...(Brown... not in long enough)... lets see what Cameron does in 5-10 years from know.
Mr Blair has never said he was wrong over Iraq. he accepted for the evidence was wrong but he couldn't say he was wrong for removing Saddam and he wasn't.
