The Tony Blair Story

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Late night with dd - I’ve put it on in the background on +1

is anyone watching? 👀

Yes I am. He and Cheri seem much ‘harder’ than I remember.

Im finding it quite fascinating so far.

Yes, watching. So few MPs now who seem to have the intellectual heft of Labour party around the John Smith/Tony Blair era.

I saw the photo of them flash up and ‘hard’ is the right word imo

What does Cherie Blair do now?

This documentary has the air of a WW2 documentary.

She runs her own foundation for women, funding female entrepreneurs, is the founder of a legal foundation called Omnia (sp)? and advises on legal issues.

Thank you

I hadn’t realised that Tony and Gordon brown had been friends and had competed for leader

It’s v good but Cherie is everywhere and I found her even back in the 90’s a champagne socialist with a chip on her shoulder that she should really have been PM . Apparently she used to sit in on Cabinet Meetings!

Blair was very driven.

Brilliant! ,, i was living abroad in 97, great to re watch. Blair was the best.

Oh yeah they did. To be fair, Gordon was a better PM. Had a full understanding of the money and wasn't remotely showy. History has shown Tony to be a moron when it came to Iraq. God bless troubled Charles Kennedy - a hugely principled chap although not without his own personal demons.

Oh yes, I remember Charles kennedys last HIGNFY 🥺🥺(he was slurring his words badly) - very sad. Wasn’t a fan of Ian Hislops tribute to him but 🤷‍♀️

I liked brown and agreed when he held the election after becoming leader - was surprised that the tories did not follow suit during the pandemic, many leaders, years

who was it, brown, clegg and Cameron, I think?

and there was that woman who brown called a bigot, which helped cost him the election. Or maybe I’m confusing two separate elections.

I don’t know much about her but definitely think of her as being smarter than Blair

No I wasn't either and I really wondered about it for a while. I usually like Ian Hislop. The one thing we can always hold up Charles Kennedy positively for is that he was the ONLY person who stood against the Iraq war and pointed out it was massively illegal. Right from the start.

Brown was solid, he was arguably unyielding, but he had his eye on the public purse. He was also a proper politician - not for show or gloss - never did or said anything that he didn't stand by later.

Well the Tories are the Tories - they switch and bait - look how many have defected because they see their gravy train coming to an end!

It's made me quite nostalgic. It felt like very different times.

Cherie Blair would have had no chance of becoming PM. Far too preachy and sanctimonious.

I remember the year Blair got in so well. Really good times (for a bit). Cherie Blair was the real brains of the pair but he was a people’s person at the beginning and had a lot of charisma. Brown was the steady one.

Blair should be in prison for war crimes.

I thought it was very interesting - I didn't know Cherie nearly became an MP herself.

agree with everything - I liked brown coming out against mandelsohn (sp) recently - he definitely remains a good politician, but able to do politics - unlike Jeremy Corbyn who is typically right, but less able to do politics

Tories will Tory 😂

I’m enjoying the show - I was born in ‘91

although I loved politics as a teen, I did miss the early years of Blair, so it’s nice to see it

God look at Clinton

He sold our gold!!

He did?

Because the world was going to crap and so he invested in extra currency?

What’s wrong with being a champagne socialist?