To Bring back Tony Blair As PM ?

[Swirlythingy2025]

basically His experience could be valuable in navigating the current complex geopolitical challenges especially at the moment.

Nail on the head. Him and Brown did untold damage to the country.

(Not saying the Tories havn't also done untold damage, but Blair/Brown weren't anywhere near as competent as people think they were!).

Brown was Chancellor not pm for all of it if Blair didn't want any of it he could have sacked brown instead he stepped aside so brown could have a go as pm before the election brown lost

"The good old days" you mean Blair's illegal war killing 500,000 and endless unrest resulting in mass migration? No thanks, not my idea of good at all yet people still vote Labour despite their record.

Well that and a worldwide financial crash.

I always thought Reid would have been a good PM from that cohort

I'm not a Blairite but some of these answers. The cold facts are than any British PM would have followed the US into that war - much as I abhorred it. Parliament all voted for it.
Blair did a lot of good as PM. We could do with someone like him.

Starmer is nothing like Blair

Yeah!! There aren’t enough wars currently going on, let’s invite him back so he can start another couple!

Well checking that calculation has just made me feel ancient! Nearly thirty years ago......

Parliament voted for it because we were told that WMD were pointed at us and an imminent threat.

The man that destabilised the Middle East? No thanks.

@Badbadbunny - such rot. He is reason the global financial sector didn't completely collapse in 2008.

Even with the best healthcare that money can buy? He made himself very, very rich.

He was elected just before I was old enough to vote. With his promises of the moon on a stick, and his slimy, self-serving ways from the word go (he was more subtle and cunning than Boris Johnson), he cemented my belief at a young age that no politician can be trusted.

Finances were controlled by Brown. Blair had no interest in the domestic policies hence leaving the UK to Prescott and Brown, he was obsessed with posturing on the World stage.

Doesn't it just I was in my 20,s and living my best life
I'm 51 now😫

I've never been wealthier in my life, than under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. I had MONEY. A real good salary. Actual disposable income. I earn far far more now but I have far less. I'm not saying I'd want them back in way, shape or fashion but they were the halcyon days for me.

Cash for honours

Blunkett speeding up visa for his lover resigned and brought back into government where he had to resign again over not declaring jobs out of office

Mandelson and his massive loan from a millionaire he was supposed to be investigating again brought back only to blot his copy book again with the Hinduja brothers

Anything to do with Iraq, Dr David Kelly, Middle East, USA, party funding, close links to big businesses through things like PFI.

And many many more

Starting to look like he either had no clue about people or was supportive of his mates behind the scenes and was so blinded by the opportunities he could personally gain by being everybody's yes man, he forgot he was running a country.

And Wendy Deng

Leaving aside questions of his suitabiity, how exactly would you achieve that, op? Do you understand how our system of government works?

I'd definitely prefer Blair to this current crop.
Or Thatcher, TBH.

He's not 'incredibly frail' - he's just getting older.

Think he's still a bit washing blood off his hands, to be fair...

Sounds familiar.

Yeah fuck it, why not. Can’t be any worse than what we have now

100% agree.

Apart from everything else people have said he brought in the dreadful Gender Recognition Act.
David Starkey is very good on everything Blair did wrong in undermining the authority of Parliament - lots of quangos and a Supreme Court.