Do you want Tony Blair to go now?

Question

His own party are asking him to step down......the media are having a field day....what do you think? And I'd be interested to know what you think he has done for the country (positive and negative)

Answer 1

Those who have been disappointed in Tony Blair tend to be those who were swept along in a wave of euphoria in '97; he was never going to be that great (afterall prime ministers have limited powers in a globalised world) and he hasn't been that bad. I am more disappointed in the labour party and the media than in Blair. Personally I look forward to the possibility of Brown as a leader, but before we moan at Blair let's not forget the state of this country after 18 years of conservative rule. NHS in crisis now?...I don't think so. The country has definately improved.

Answer 2

I am not going be very forgiving of this man.

I fear if he stays that he will try to make amends for the things he got wrong and try to go out in a blaze of glory.

How can he justify the deaths of British troops in Iraq. That old whitewash of WMD is not going to appease the families who have lost loved ones.

What we want now from him is to explain to the British Public the real reason why our troops are in Afganistan and why they are spread so thinly on the ground. My understanding was that they were demployed as part the NATO force to help rebuild Cabal, but the troops are not working under the NATO flag.


PM B L I A R also needs to hot foot it back to Brussels and make it clear to those Bureaucrats that our troops will not be part one big European force and that we will not reduce the numbers of our armed force to comply with European wishes.

If the armed forces had not been reduced so drastically then perhaps the soldiers fighting in Afganastan have the support they desparately need.

I am not an advocate of warfare at all, however until we come up with something better then we ought to have a greater numbers of military personnel than we have at present.

What has he done in positive terms? It hard to say as his arrogance stance and his bullish behaviour has smeared any thing positive that has been accomplished since he became PM.

He has opened more cans of worms than can be devoured. No! I for one do not want to see Blair in his roll of PM for another 10 months or so. He should be made to go NOW!


As for the media whoever is in power they will crucify that person, but in this instance they have my full support.

Answer 3

I think he should have stepped down a long time ago. He has made a lot of bad decisions for this country: the immigration policy is a shambles; our troops are being picked off one by one in Iraq and Afghanistan (my partner serves in the RAF and has already done one tour in Iraq - he expects to be sent to Afghanistan in the next year or two): and the NHs is in a state of ruin. That's only to name a few points.

As soon as his replacement has been choosen a General Election should be called, after all the new leader will not have been elected by the British publicso why should we be forced to put up with bad Labour policies for another 2/3 years?

Answer 4

Media and public love to concentrate on what he has done wrong - how about listing all the good things that have happened under this government over the last few years. Many areas are in a mess, I agree, but that cannot be laid at one man's door - how about if we took some of the responsibility - I think he made a mistake in saying he'd go but, having said it, he should retire but there should be a proper leadership contest.

Answer 5

Blair should have gone ages ago. His legacy is defined by one word: Iraq. It is the biggest foreign policy disater for Britain since Suez. Iraq and the whole super-ridiculous "war on terror" is nothing short of catastrophic. The long term implications of this for Britain go beyond any domestic policy triumphs Bliar (spelling deliberate) may have enjoyed.

By making it clear that he will be gone within 12 months the PM has shot himself in the head. Now that we know he is going, why do we have to wait 12 months? Why not 12 days?

Answer 6

The people voted Tony Blair in not Gorden Brown. I think they should have a re election if the prime minister steps down. Lets face it Britain needs to be tougher.

Answer 7

He should go now, he's doing his party no good they cannot plan for the future until they know when he is going. Gordon Brown should not replace him without an election, its not democratic, and would we have faith in a man to rule the country who cannot get his sums right

Answer 8

i think tony Blair has ruined England its a worry to let my children go out and play as there are so many immigrants we have a few here they are adults that ask for young children's phone numbers and its sick they drive around drinking and think its funny and they do get away with it hello what happened to the law or is it racist to even say this tony blair thanks for nothing and to think i even voted for you well never again i say get out of the government you cant do the job properly get some one who can

Answer 9

Blair should go right now- not tomorrow, next week, next month or christmas but now!! he has lied on oath to the people of this country with his shambolic excuses into invading iraq, id cards, the nhs and for being the incompetent and arrogant t.w.a.t that he is. every time i see his face on tv nowdays he just makes me seethe with disgust. what has he actually done for the good of britain really? nothing to speak of whatsoever. 9 years of lies, pandamonium and pure crap we had to endure and put up from him, as well as messing up this country and spreading his erroneous lies and getting himself into all types of sheer chaos that have not just disgraced this country but the people of britain too.

i didn't re-elect labour- and yet this is what blair's supporters get for re-electing this oaf. i hope they are happy and satisfied with themselves because of what they did by giving blair a third term in office, we have since seen terrorist attacks occuring on the 7th of july last year.

blair is a scheming, hypocritical, lying, two-faced toad who deserves nothing but backlash directed at him. and yet this is the man who wants God to judge him for iraq rather than us. really pal? well, if that's so i just hope that God does the godly and appropriate thing by sending blair to hell, where he deserves to be.

Answer 10

The arrogance of the man astonishes me, everybody thinks he should go, he got us into Iraq, Afganistan where soldiers are dying daily (mainly due to inadequate equipment). He believes his need to go out on a high is more important than anything else, he's doing nothing for us any more, the minute he said he wouldn't stand again he lost all credence. He should go now...not next year...now