2006-09-06 22:26:27 · 20 answers · asked by princessnicola23 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
As a keen supporter and member (15 years and counting) of the Labour Party, I'm annoyed at the speculation and how the media and back benchers have been allowed to ruin yet another PM's career.
It wasn't enough for the media and back benchers to force Thatcher out in 1990, and then for John Major to resign in his put up or shut-up campaign, now Tony Blair is facing the same situation.
Tony Blair has been one of the greatest prime ministers this country has ever had, perhaps a little mis-guided by a certain American, but none the less has reformed the UK economy, schools, health, benefits, childcare, adult learning, policing and our stature in the wider world.
Tony Blair will certainly be remembered in history, some will say, he went too far and abused his power, others will say with a majority of 169 in term one down to 62 by term three he could have gone further (my personal view). However he has changed the UK for the better.
Perhaps Tony should take one his critics and sack any minister or PPS who publicly criticises him, as John Major did!, but also withdraw the party whip, effectively making them non-partisan MPs.
In addition Tony should not publicly say when he is going to resign, and deny the time table that has been published in newspapers this week, but to work as if today is his first day in the job and treat every day until he does resign as if it is his first day in the job. A new dawn did indeed break in 1997, my life has much better ever since, because of a labour government, Tony needs now to savour every last minute.
A tour of the country pointing out all of his success and reminding people what Britain was like under the Conservatives is required. Tony needs to treat the rest of his premiership as a celebration of his premiership and to share the good that he has brought about, and to campaign like this is his first campaign.
Just some of the successes Tony Blair’s government has had:
1. Lowest inflation since the 60s
2. Low interest rates
3. Introduced the National Minimum Wage
4. Record police numbers in England and Wales
5. Cut overall crime by 35 per cent
6. Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools
7. Best-ever primary school results
8. Funding for every pupil in England to double (since 1997) by 2007-08
9. Lowest unemployment for 29 years
10. Written off up to 100 per cent of debt owed by poorest countries
11. 78,700 more nurses
12. 27,400 more doctors
13. Brought back matrons to hospital wards
14. Devolved power to the Scottish Parliament
15. Devolved power to Welsh Assembly
16. Banned anti-personnel mines
17. NHS Direct offering free convenient patient advice at any time
18. New Deal - helped over a million people into work
19. Local government funding has increased by a third in real terms
20. Equalised the age of consent for gay men
21. Free entry to all national museums and galleries
22. Overseas aid budget more than doubled
23. Restored city-wide government to London
24. Child benefit up 25 per cent since 1997
25. Created Sure Start to help children from low income households
26. Introduced the Disability Rights Commission
27. £200 winter fuel payment to pensioners & extra £100 for over-80s
28. The biggest rolling stock replacement programme ever seen on our railways
29. Negotiated the historic Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland
30. Over 30,000 more teachers in England schools
31. Implemented the Freedom of Information Act
32. All workers now have a right to 4 weeks’ paid holiday
33. Record rises in the state pension
34. 700,000 children lifted out of relative poverty
35. Introduced child tax credit giving more money to parents
36. Banned handguns
37. Cut long-term youth unemployment by 75 per cent
38. Free nursery places for three and four-year-olds in England, Scotland and Wales
39. Free fruit for all four to six-year-olds at school
40. Free school milk for five, six and seven-year-olds in Wales
41. Record police numbers in Scotland
42. Implemented the Human Rights Act
43. Cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since the industrial revolution
44. Free TV licences for over-75s
45. Banned fur farming and the testing of cosmetics on animals
46. Halved maximum waiting times for NHS operations
47. Free local bus travel for over-60s
48. Record number of students in higher education
49. Extended the Race Relations Act so that all public bodies and functions now have a duty to promote race equality
50. Five, six and seven-year-olds in class sizes of 30 or less
2006-09-07 00:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by thebigtombs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's presumptuous for the yahoos (no relation) in Parliament to assume that only they have the power to force this man out, by yelling loudly enough and forcing the issue through threats and verbal abuse.
If anyone can claim the right to get Blair out, it should be the public, and it should be done at the next election. Not by the MPs, acting without our mandate.
If Blair hadn't turned out to appear to be such an objectionable little man with his ostrich-like head in the sand attitude to the public's protests, I'd almost feel sorry for him. But I don't.
I just feel anger at my arrogant MP for jumping the gun, acting without the say so of his constituents (yes, my town's MP is one of those 17 traitorous, braying, public school bullies on That Letter sent off to the PM this week). I do hope one of Blair's last acts is to sack this strutting capon of an MP before stepping down gracefully.
2006-09-06 22:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by fiat_knox 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they have made a royal mess of it - too many prohibitions, too many rules, too many policies - making the abode place of work merely injury down with the stress and pointless problem of it. they have merely taxed and spent and now the money is all long previous and the rustic gets gradually greater uncompetitive. residing expenditures have long previous for the period of the roof - as they stealth taxed their way by to offset their wasteful and extravagant spending. they have had a whale of a time spending our money on all of their daft schemes! lots for our pension gadget - it was once between the perfect - Gordon Brown has been off with the pensioners money even with the undeniable fact that. that's ok for them even with the undeniable fact that and the folk whose votes they offered with public sector jobs and pensions that are merely bankrolled by the state! In different words the unfunded liabilities that they have created which would be a burden on the state for the subsequent 50 years!
2016-09-30 10:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made the error by announcing that he won't stand for a 4th term. Everything else came about as a result of that - all this speculating, resignations, power struggles. You can't say that you're leaving and not expect people to want to know when.
2006-09-06 22:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by k² 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's about time he went....BUT......if Labour supporters think that people are going to vote for Brown at the next election they are wrong!.......I am a floating voter so I am not speaking as a supporter of any party.......Brown.....no way!
2006-09-06 22:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by Robert B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good Bye! Good riddance! It was painful to know you.
So long! Adieu! Hasta la vista, baby Bush.
2006-09-06 22:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He seems like a nice man ,just a little misguided , by Bush .
2006-09-06 22:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Only ten years too late.
2006-09-07 03:27:00 · answer #8 · answered by Morgy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't bother me really, got more important things to think about. I wouldn't waste my thinking power on that c*nt.
2006-09-06 22:33:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
show him the door! i vote labour but can't see myself voting for him again, need some one new with drive and passion like he had in 1997.
2006-09-06 22:28:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋