Do you think Tony Blair was a good Prime Minister?

Question

We are now the highest paying tax payers in Europe (many of them stealth taxes).
Our Pensions are going down the tubes.
Our debts are going through the roof.
Our Health Service is crumbling. Hospitals wards closing, down sizing and removal of services.
Our education standards are falling.
The list goes on and on and on.

Both he and Gordon Brown have pumped billions of pounds into many of the above, with no improvements.

There have been more negatives than positivises in my opition.

Answer 1

a crap pm

Answer 2

Oh don't people have short memories. Before Tony Blair and Gordon Brown there were 3 Million Unemployed. Interest rates were the highest they had ever been. People were losing their homes because they couldn't pay the high interest rates on their mortgages. The Health Service had almost completely disappeared down the Tory drain through lack of investment. Education was for the ones who could afford it. If you think you will be any better off under Cameron, remember that the Tories have never been able to run the economy without at least 2,000,000 Unemployed. LONG MAY LABOUR RULE.

Answer 3

Tony Blair replaced into no longer an incredible best Minister, and he won't be remembered for being an incredible best Minister. Tony Blair replaced into an actor who took his lead from bill Clinton. He took the management of the labour occasion after it have been reformed by capacity of probably large adult men. His political association replaced into of much less value that his upward thrust to capacity. Tony Blair sought greatness in itself, yet no longer the greatness of his place as best Minister.

Answer 4

On most things (the war in Iraq being the biggest exception) Tony Blair has been a good Prime Minister.

On the points you raise:

Private pensions are only in trouble because companies are more interested in paying their shareholders and directors huge bonuses before they will maintain their pension fund contributions.

If your personal debt is going through the roof that is your fault - you should never borrow more than you can afford to pay back, and considering we have some of the lowest interest rates on record you should not be in too much trouble unless you have spent recklessly.

Our Health Service is not crumbling. New hospitals are opening all the time, and their are more nurses and doctors than ever before. What is happening is that services are being concentrated on large super-hospitals, leading to the closure of smaller community hospitals, giving the impression of a health service in crisis.

Our education standards are increasing; there is no evidence to support your claim.

Answer 5

Not at all but superb at hype & spin.
He'll be remembered in the short term for the Iraq war but in the longer term for destroying English society.
History will not be too kind to Mr Blair.
The economy has not appeared too bad but we are beginning to see the signs of strain with bankrupcies & home repossessions.
There'll be worse news to come but he'll be gone as will Bush in the USA. Other people will have to try to clean up the mess.
However, we should not forget that Blair , like Bush, was elected by the people!!!!!!!!!!!!! The electorate must therefore share the blame & the shame.

Answer 6

Short answer: no.

I was 14 when he got elected and I had the good sense to be able to see through all his shite even then. Sadly things have turned out even worse than I imagined. The hatchet job he has done on our education system makes me weep for the future of the nation.

Answer 7

I agree with what your saying, Tony Blair was decent sort of chap, until he got his feet under the table. And now UK citizens are paying through the nose. Education, Education, Education were the hell is it? Fairy land, the majority of youngers are imbeciles. What will Gordon Brown will do about it, heaven knows, through money at it?

Answer 8

You have said enough to remind me what a oxygen thief he is. I will be a very happy Ted the day he and that fat bag he's married to leave number 10. There are men being killed in Iraq because of him and he should be stood there in shame when each and every coffin is taken off the plane. So my answer is no !

Answer 9

For me, Tony Blair signed his political death warrant with the 'history will be my judge' comment.

No. The people are your judge, because the people record the history. If you go against the wishes of the people, one day they will exact the punishment on you.

Everything else for me is just the icing on the cake. Patience, people. The tide is turning against Tone and his incompetents. If we can teach people on the street how they, with their vote, are personally accountable for what party ends up in control and thus, potentially, the state of the nation, maybe our political system can regain some of the respect it has lost in the last twenty or thirty years.

Answer 10

Up to point but remember maggie, even she ran out of steam. I think we have brought this pc/nanny state on ourselves by giving in to the constant hacking away by anonymous civil servants. Look at the french, if they disagree with something they have a good old fashion riot and get their own way. We can't even gather in large numbers in this country anymore without permission, let alone riot!

Answer 11

Blair is the worst prime minister that I can ever remember,I am what is known as "knocking on a bit" but I have never heard a bigger liar or known a more corrupt,egotistical leader of my country,the worst thing I ever did was being conned into voting for him and his cronies!