Goodbye, Mr Blair.
In case any of you don’t know, the British prime minister, Tony Blair, is due to step down tomorrow after 10 years of being in the power seat of the United Kingdom. What will he be remembered for? That’s a no brainer; Iraq. I dislike the man, and think he’s assembled a group in his cabinet, that more closely resembles a troupe of clowns, than a group of politicians.
He has made a lot of mistakes; Iraq, The NHS (national health service), and the ‘great reform to education’ that was promised in 1997, never seems to have materialized. Foreign Policy? Well I don’t think blindly following and agreeing with America and Bush in all they do can really qualify as a foreign policy. Leaving the country in the hands of Gordon Brown (ironically a man who was elected as an MP on the vote of Scottish citizens, and now they have a separate parliament, we are to be governed by a man we did not even vote for.)
So the bad list seems to go on and on, what has he done well? The economy (Ironically again, which has been mainly in the charge of the man who is to replace him). Taxes have not been greatly increased, the economy has been stable over the majority of his term, but has been hiccuping earlier this year, with the bank of England being forced to raise interest rates. But overall, he’s at least handled one thing well.
But quite frankly, doing one task well, one which was not even his main task, and was not mainly moderated by him, really isn’t good enough. The Labour party as a whole has failed to deviate from the Labour path of engaging heavily in media spin, making a great deal of promises, but living up to almost none. At the time in 1997, Tony Blair and Labour were the best candidates, they were in 2001, and 2005. They had the opportunity to be something great, they didn’t deliver. And now we are left in limbo. Our choices? Cameron, Brown or Menzies? One toff Eton boy, One disgruntled Scot and one fossil, none fit to be prime minister.
In 1997, he claimed he wanted to restore the faith of the British people in politicians, if anything, he has done the complete opposite.
In all Western countries, there’s a revolution in the way people are thinking about the foreign policies of their leaders. I’d say that, in general, most people want a leader who doesn’t feel the need to police the world. I’d say that whoever replaces Blair will most probably be conservative in that aspect if they want to succeed.
Brad 4 PM. Srsly.
I’m not living in the UK, but from an online poll, 54% of voters were more sad to see Harry Potter series to be finnished then to see Blair go.
I’m personally not very well informed on the English government, but I saw the name and I thought I should share that little piece of information with you, and it made me think of one other thing.
Strange where the loyalty of the modern world lies, isn’t it?
Well, thanks for taking the time to read my reply. By the way, I really like your blog. I like that you take the time to write a well-thought-out post. Most people don’t do that, they just share a quick thought or fact and are on their way, without really saying their mind.
Okay, I’m done.
Thanks,
Andy