Going, going....almost gone

[knight66]

For what will you best remember them?

Mike

[karlhenning]

Maybe Tony Blair will go on to make Pizza Hut commercials, Mike.

(The other chap I just don't know, do I?)

[knight66]

He is our hapless deputy Prime Minister.

Here is how I think of him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4945170.stm

And a typical piece of mangled English...

The objectives remain the same and indeed that has been made clear by the Prime Minister in a speech yesterday that the objectives are clear and the one about the removal of the Taliban is not something we have as a clear objective to implement but it is possible a consequence that will flow from the Taliban clearly giving protection to Bin Laden and the UN resolution made it absolutely clear that anyone that finds them in that position declares themselves an enemy and that clearly is a matter for these objectives.

Mike

[Harry]

I have seen worse!

[Sean]

Blair was a total and complete waste of time, thoroughly unsuitable for any kind of leadership role- but in the democratic system that promotes people who the masses respond to, the rise such an unspeakably mindless moron was inevitable. The fact that both Blair and Bush got re-elected is horrendous.

[Don]

Blair was a total and complete waste of time, thoroughly unsuitable for any kind of leadership role- but in the democratic system that promotes people who the masses respond to, the rise such an unspeakably mindless moron was inevitable. The fact that both Blair and Bush got re-elected is horrendous.

Nothing horrendous going on, just regular guys voted in by regular people.  It's just democracy in action.

[SimonGodders]

For what will you best remember them?

Mike

Quite simply, for dashing the hopes and expectations of the (true) left after the misery of 18 years of Conservative rule and altering the Labour party irrevocably to occupy the stodgy, bland, middle ground that British politics now resides.

[knight66]

Yes, I can see that. Still, it was better than Thatcherism and babe of Thatcher.

Mike

[Lethevich]

For what will you best remember them?

Maintaining the dynamic economy with great professionalism.

[Michel]

Maintaining the dynamic economy with great professionalism.

Agreed, our economy kicks ass. And we've overtaken America as the finance capital of the world.

[SimonGodders]

Agreed, our economy kicks ass. And we've overtaken America as the finance capital of the world.

Capitalist Bourgeois scumbag

[Michel]

Capitalist Bourgeois scumbag

Hehe!

I only really take pride in any victory over America. My eventual aim is to have our land back.

[SimonGodders]

Hehe!

I only really take pride in any victory over America. My eventual aim is to have our land back.

They are so gonna' love you on here....(just like the last time )

[vandermolen]

Blair will be remembered for Iraq and John Prescott for his laughable infidelity and for a brawl with a member of the public, who had thrown flour or an egg over him.

"My main legacy is New Labour" (Margaret Thatcher)

[Joe_Campbell]

Captain Haddock! I didn't realize there were any other Tintin fans.

[SimonGodders]

"My main legacy is New Labour" (Margaret Thatcher)

She never said that, did she?

[knight66]

Yes she did, quite some time after Labour got in.

Mike

[vandermolen]

She never said that, did she?

She did and it's true.

[vandermolen]

Captain Haddock! I didn't realize there were any other Tintin fans.

Oh yes, I love the Tintin books, never quite grew up, but the disaster prone Captain is the character I most relate to 

[SimonGodders]

Yes she did, quite some time after Labour got in.

Mike

She did and it's true.

Blimey, what an insult to the (proper/old fashioned/trad.) Labour Party! Quite a damning indictment. (IMO of course, I realise the discussion of politics can open up a can of worms, but I am a leftie!)