Blair's epitaph

[stackpole]

Something BobTheCrate said in another thread got me thinking...

Sorry Blair, the only legacy you'll be remembered for is still that old chestnut ... Iraq. Maybe that'll come good for you in 2006. But for how long ?

Iraq might be the biggest of his cock-ups and cave-ins, but in nine years has he achieved anything at all? I wonder what his epitaph will be?

Tony Blair - Big ideas, bad ideas, no idea.

 

[malvolio]

Veni, vidi, nihil feci...?

I came, I saw, I did f*** all...

 

[DimPrawn]

Epitaph:

Tony who?

 

[Not So Wise]

Thats easy

Smarmy W.anker

 

[AlfredJPruffock]

William Hague, the shadow Foreign Secretary, said:

"Tony Blair's presidency has ended as it began six months ago with a lively speech to the European Parliament: the trouble is so little happened in between.

"Six months after he called for a new approach in Europe there is little sign of it.

Tony Blair's presidency will be remembered as the time Britain gave up £7bn without securing anything in return."

 

[BoredBloke]

But isn't that NL all over? To talk big but not actually deliver anything except higher taxes

 

[AlfredJPruffock]

Yep TE.

But to be fair he has delivered an impressive number of Wars, which of course means more taxes, more effort required from all thoese hard UK working folks to help kill other, no doubt lazy folks in other parts of the world.

I think history will condemn Blair as the BBB PM of Bulltulip and Bluster and Blood.

How do you sleep at night ,Mr Blair ?

 

[DimPrawn]

Even the usually over-confident Nu Lie spin machine is starting to crumble.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4548082.stm

The government must retain its "sense of purpose" and "unity" to see off the challenge of new Tory leader David Cameron, Peter Mandelson has warned.
The European Trade Commissioner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We are living in interesting political times."

Some commentators suggest Mr Blair sees Mr Cameron as more of a suitable successor than Chancellor Gordon Brown. Err, yes I think I can agree with that 101%.

But Mr Mandelson said: "I can't imagine in what possible circumstances that might be the case."

Asked about reports that Mr Brown was unhappy about the European Union budget deal brokered by Mr Blair at the weekend, he said: "I think, with these difficult issues and challenges for the government, unity is what matters. That's at a premium."

He added that if the government "remains New Labour" then it "can come through".

'Point of decision'

Mr Cameron was "obviously more appealing and likeable" than his predecessors as Tory leader, Mr Mandelson added.

The former Northern Ireland Secretary added: "New Labour is obviously facing a point of decision and new political circumstances.

"Depending on how the party and government reacts to this will determine its future."


It's future, as far as I can tell, is political wilderness for at least 10 yrs.

 

[EternalOptimist]

I used to have high expectations of project managers, they had to be sh1t hot to gain any sort of approval from me at all. Now I have toned down my view and anyone that is not a complete disaster is tolerable.

The same type of thinking applies to the government, I used to expect a lot but now I think I am happy to get away with someone who is merely sh1te, like Blair rather than a complete disaster.

Blairs epitaph - "Sh1te but luckily not quite a complete disaster"

 

[AlfredJPruffock]

All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.


Harry S Truman, Letter to his sister, Nov. 14, 1947
33rd president of US (1884 - 1972)