Blair - He Don't Care Anymore - He's OUTTA There!

[Mr C]

FFS don't you people have memories..................
This labour government had to adopt all the Tory policies just to get elected in the first place...................they promised (as always) how they were going to improve our education and health systems, how they were not going to increase tax, and how they were going to pump loads of money into just about everything.
They took over when our economy was on the up and have benefited from it (or at least Brown has)
As far as Europe is concerned Blair is on a mission, and he seems intent on carrying it out, with or without the agreement of the British public...................In his eyes ......he knows best.

If he goes soon, or at the next election .....good riddance !!

Well said. Anyway for all you left-wingers out there, Blair isn't a Leftie. He'll be whatever he has to be on that day to secure votes.

 

[fatbadger]

Anyway for all you left-wingers out there, Blair isn't a Leftie.

I don't think any lefties think Blair is a leftie, do they? That, surely, is a delusion held by right-wingers only.

 

[Mr C]

I don't think any lefties think Blair is a leftie, do they? That, surely, is a delusion held by right-wingers only.

Well no, hardly a delusion. I just think some people may consider Blair to be a left-winger because he is leader of the Labour Party, who are traditionally a left-wing party.

 

[Locky]

Well said. Anyway for all you left-wingers out there, Blair isn't a Leftie. He'll be whatever he has to be on that day to secure votes.

Exactly.........just like he was when first elected.
"New" Labour...........or whatever I need to be to win !!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

In all fairness to Blair, Labour never were a Leftie party, more left of centre.
The manifesto's of the early 80s were socialist because the party hierarchy new they were going to lose, and by losing on the policy of the far left members, it effectively got rid of Benn and his red mates once and for all.
Labour never were socialist and never will be again, though perversly the most socialist thing Labour have ever done is abandon their left wing policies. In order to get elected and help SOME people, they abandoned their left wing ideals because these were not electable.

 

[fatbadger]

Of course the Labour Party was never socialist - it was always a social democratic party. It is now, however, a liberal democratic party, just like the LibDems and just like the Tories.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I respect you point of view but don't agree with a word of it.

Fair do's mate, I respect your viewpoint also. Guess tho that we're both in agreement that when Blair/Brown won that famous election victory and slung the Tories out on their ear it felt like a liberating army had come to town. You could feel the optimism in the air. Felt like a blast of fresh air. Shame it's all ended up like this. Guess none of saw THAT one coming, eh? And speaking of Kinnock clutching defeat from the jaws of victory, I actually got interviewed by local radio outside Preston Park station on that grim morning on me way to work. Muttered words along the lines of 'The greedy swine can all cancel their first class one way tickets to South Africa and put their money back in the bank for another four years. Heaven help us all'. Don't think it ever got broadcast tho...

 

[Mr C]

Fair do's mate, I respect your viewpoint also. Guess tho that we're both in agreement that when Blair/Brown won that famous election victory and slung the Tories out on their ear it felt like a liberating army had come to town. You could feel the optimism in the air. Felt like a blast of fresh air. Shame it's all ended up like this. Guess none of saw THAT one coming, eh? And speaking of Kinnock clutching defeat from the jaws of victory, I actually got interviewed by local radio outside Preston Park station on that grim morning on me way to work. Muttered words along the lines of 'The greedy swine can all cancel their first class one way tickets to South Africa and put their money back in the bank for another four years. Heaven help us all'. Don't think it ever got broadcast tho...

I felt like some sort of army had come to town yes. Felt like a wave of doom was spreading over the country. It got even worse on the second election victory.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I felt like some sort of army had come to town yes. Felt like a wave of doom was spreading over the country. It got even worse on the second election victory.

Guess you won't be best pleased with the third then...

 

[Mr C]

Guess you won't be best pleased with the third then...

No, you'd be right there
Fortunately I'm also an eternal optimist and therefore confidently predict a Conservative government at the next election

Right, down to the bookies then....