Kiss of Death!
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How popular or unpopular is he now? Not on PH I mean but out in the general public. I thought his unpopularity was a major contributing factor in him leaving (I think many are starting to think Cameron and Osborne should take the same hint).
Mind you his strategic exit probably saved Labour from much suffering in the last election. He always seems to be good at timing (what with resigning before the house and lending bubble went tits up), maybe he thinks the coalition is going implode at the next election.
Mind you his strategic exit probably saved Labour from much suffering in the last election. He always seems to be good at timing (what with resigning before the house and lending bubble went tits up), maybe he thinks the coalition is going implode at the next election.
speedy_thrills said:
How popular or unpopular is he now? Not on PH I mean but out in the general public. I thought his unpopularity was a major contributing factor in him leaving (I think many are starting to think Cameron and Osborne should take the same hint).
Mind you his strategic exit probably saved Labour from much suffering in the last election. He always seems to be good at timing (what with resigning before the house and lending bubble went tits up), maybe he thinks the coalition is going implode at the next election.
Personally I believe his leaving was because he had a good idea about the financial collapse just around the corner at that time so it was a good time to step down for him. Maybe his plan was always to lie low, let GB take the flak for the crisis then step back in when he felt it right again. Not called Teflon Tony for nothing. Mind you his strategic exit probably saved Labour from much suffering in the last election. He always seems to be good at timing (what with resigning before the house and lending bubble went tits up), maybe he thinks the coalition is going implode at the next election.
I think a lot of people on the right of politics blame Brown and to a lesser extent Blair for the financial mess Labour got us in to but the Left and most Labour supporters dislike Blair more for getting us into Iraq and Afghanistan. Either way, his fanbase isn't exactly huge in the UK so he's probably hoping that associating himself with sport is going to improve his image.
It is a bit of a connundrum. I voted for Blair, or at least a labour MP for his first term and the reason I did so was because the tories were a mess of infighting. Whilst I can't see myself ever voting for any party that has Blair in any position of authority one wonders what those slightly younger than me might feel.
I've got no idea. However, I'd suggest that many might find him an improvement on Milliband.
It would be very risky to write him off. For reasons that I won't explain I once tied a knot at the end of a condom then tried to flush it down the toilet in my girlfriend's house before her parents returned. After causing a hosepipe ban in that area of London I had to push it round the U-bend with my hand. I slept that night in the guest room but had nightmares that it would come back. I see it finally has.
It's a shame that, despite appearances, Mrs B isn't the subject of the thread title.
I've got no idea. However, I'd suggest that many might find him an improvement on Milliband.
It would be very risky to write him off. For reasons that I won't explain I once tied a knot at the end of a condom then tried to flush it down the toilet in my girlfriend's house before her parents returned. After causing a hosepipe ban in that area of London I had to push it round the U-bend with my hand. I slept that night in the guest room but had nightmares that it would come back. I see it finally has.
It's a shame that, despite appearances, Mrs B isn't the subject of the thread title.
Derek Smith said:
I've got no idea. However, I'd suggest that many might find him an improvement on Milliband.
I guess he believes he might be the least un-electable, especially given Milliband's under par presentation skills. 
Thankfully, only he sees himself as the saviour of the left. The unions are still smarting over "clause four", so he doesn't have a ready made power base. It'll be a hard sell, but if anybody could pull it off.............. and the competition on both sides of the spectrum is so poor.
I can't think of anything worse, but it wouldn't take much to appeal to just enough of the voting electorate
Tony Blair at Leveson Inquiry said:
"You begin when you’re least capable and most popular. And you end when you’re least popular and most capable.”
Which is probably true of many political leaders. Particularly if capable is taken to mean knowing how the job works and relevant processes etc. 
Bliarout.
Derek Smith said:
It is a bit of a connundrum. I voted for Blair, or at least a labour MP for his first term and the reason I did so was because the tories were a mess of infighting. Whilst I can't see myself ever voting for any party that has Blair in any position of authority one wonders what those slightly younger than me might feel.
I've got no idea. However, I'd suggest that many might find him an improvement on Milliband.
It would be very risky to write him off. For reasons that I won't explain I once tied a knot at the end of a condom then tried to flush it down the toilet in my girlfriend's house before her parents returned. After causing a hosepipe ban in that area of London I had to push it round the U-bend with my hand. I slept that night in the guest room but had nightmares that it would come back. I see it finally has.
It's a shame that, despite appearances, Mrs B isn't the subject of the thread title.
The trick is to wrap it in toilet paper, then put a load more TP into the pan after it. Though don't block it, obviously.I've got no idea. However, I'd suggest that many might find him an improvement on Milliband.
It would be very risky to write him off. For reasons that I won't explain I once tied a knot at the end of a condom then tried to flush it down the toilet in my girlfriend's house before her parents returned. After causing a hosepipe ban in that area of London I had to push it round the U-bend with my hand. I slept that night in the guest room but had nightmares that it would come back. I see it finally has.
It's a shame that, despite appearances, Mrs B isn't the subject of the thread title.
Though how to get rid of an unwanted sack of jizz like Blair, I don't know.
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