Tony Blair is a national hero

[mybrainhurts]

jshell said:

gordonbroon said:

I'm nae too good with computers. How do I sign this fine wee petition?

105,202 now!

See my original post above, click the link, fill in name, e-mail and postcode, click the sign box. Job's a buck.

...WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

[dandarez]

Charities today, eh?

And those that run them.

Didn't used to be like this.

What a totally unbelievable headline:
'Tony Blair given The Global Legacy Award by Save The Children.'

You couldn't make it up.

Despair and shake of the head. Until the next shake of the head.

[carinaman]

I can't be bothered scrolling through the whole thread, but that photo of Cyril Smith in the 'Save the Children' shirt comes to mind. As does the photo of Blair with Jimmy Savile by the ploughed field.

[Mermaid]

carinaman said:

I can't be bothered scrolling through the whole thread, but that photo of Cyril Smith in the 'Save the Children' shirt comes to mind. As does the photo of Blair with Jimmy Savile by the ploughed field.

Tolerance, discretion, politeness gone too fking far

[carinaman]

When you sign the petition it asks who you'd nominate for that award.

I nominated Alastair Campbell.

[CoolHands]

I quite like him, I think he is sincere. So you might not like(d) his decisions but but he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do. Just cos he gets paid a shed-load doesn't make him bad. Perhaps his speeches actually help the people (dodgy despot nations) he gives them to; and who else would have done things to help with debt relief for African counties? He kept Claire Short on as Secretary of State for International Development IIRC even though they hated each other and she was always batting for the poor countries.

As for Iraq and him being a 'war criminal' what a load of twaddle.

[Pickled]

CoolHands said:

I quite like him, I think he is sincere. So you might not like(d) his decisions but but he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do. Just cos he gets paid a shed-load doesn't make him bad. Perhaps his speeches actually help the people (dodgy despot nations) he gives them to; and who else would have done things to help with debt relief for African counties? He kept Claire Short on as Secretary of State for International Development IIRC even though they hated each other and she was always batting for the poor countries.

As for Iraq and him being a 'war criminal' what a load of twaddle.

Is that you Cherie?

[mybrainhurts]

CoolHands said:

I quite like him, I think he is sincere....he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do.

....oh, strewth, stop it, my aching ribs can't take that kind of stuff.

Is it Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, master of obfuscation, smoke, mirrors, lies, deceit and self interest you're talking about?

Or another Tony Blair?

[CoolHands]

I just think whenever he was interviewed, he answered in a pretty straight-forward fashion.

[smegmore]

jshell said:

gordonbroon said:

I'm nae too good with computers. How do I sign this fine wee petition?

105,202 now!

See my original post above, click the link, fill in name, e-mail and postcode, click the sign box. Job's a buck.

:hehe

There aren't enough parrots in the world......

And again......

[Asterix]

CoolHands said:

I just think whenever he was interviewed, he answered in a pretty straight-forward fashion.

[jmorgan]

CoolHands said:

I just think whenever he was interviewed, he answered in a pretty straight-forward fashion.

He is a politician, how do we know he was lying? His lips were moving......


He had master classes in spin from some very nasty people and did it in an arena where people were not asking the right questions. For some reason.

[Stevanos]

CoolHands said:

I just think whenever he was interviewed, he answered in a pretty straight-forward fashion.

Have you come across the word disingenuous, that is the word that I think of when Mr Blair opens his trap

[jshell]

smegmore said:

jshell said:

gordonbroon said:

I'm nae too good with computers. How do I sign this fine wee petition?

105,202 now!

See my original post above, click the link, fill in name, e-mail and postcode, click the sign box. Job's a buck.

:hehe

There aren't enough parrots in the world......

And again......

Ouch!

[2013BRM]

CoolHands said:

I quite like him, I think he is sincere. So you might not like(d) his decisions but but he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do. Just cos he gets paid a shed-load doesn't make him bad. Perhaps his speeches actually help the people (dodgy despot nations) he gives them to; and who else would have done things to help with debt relief for African counties? He kept Claire Short on as Secretary of State for International Development IIRC even though they hated each other and she was always batting for the poor countries.

As for Iraq and him being a 'war criminal' what a load of twaddle.

oh my god, rarely does one get to see delusion in such clarity

[Asterix]

2013BRM said:

CoolHands said:

I quite like him, I think he is sincere. So you might not like(d) his decisions but but he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do. Just cos he gets paid a shed-load doesn't make him bad. Perhaps his speeches actually help the people (dodgy despot nations) he gives them to; and who else would have done things to help with debt relief for African counties? He kept Claire Short on as Secretary of State for International Development IIRC even though they hated each other and she was always batting for the poor countries.

As for Iraq and him being a 'war criminal' what a load of twaddle.

oh my god, rarely does one get to see delusion in such clarity

Probably thinks Gordon Brown is a financial mastermind.

[Rovinghawk]

CoolHands said:

I quite like him, I think he is sincere. So you might not like(d) his decisions but but he doesn't (didn't) twist and turn like an eel like most other politicians do. Just cos he gets paid a shed-load doesn't make him bad. Perhaps his speeches actually help the people (dodgy despot nations) he gives them to; and who else would have done things to help with debt relief for African counties? He kept Claire Short on as Secretary of State for International Development IIRC even though they hated each other and she was always batting for the poor countries.

As for Iraq and him being a 'war criminal' what a load of twaddle.

I believe your medication is overdue.

[rohrl]

CoolHands said:

I think he is sincere.

[The Don of Croy]

CoolHands said:

I just think whenever he was interviewed, he answered in a pretty straight-forward fashion.

In his own words he was "a pretty straight kinda guy". Having received Bernie Ecclestone's plea to not ban tobacco advertising, and then a totally unrelated Labour Party donation by the same B. Ecclestone. And the tobacco advertising ban got a reprieve. Just happenstance.

Or the comments - to camera - on his surprise that people came out to cheer his train as it went through stations on a tour of GB, even though the 'cheerers' were Labour Party workers bussed there precisely for that duty.

But being a quiet, uninquisitive sort (as most barristers are) he would not have known any of this.

We could go on, but you get the picture.

[Yazar]

wail said:

Critics have also pointed out that two former aides of Mr Blair have significant roles in Save the Children, including Justin Forsyth who worked in Downing Street from 2004 to 2010 and is now the chief executive of Save the Children UK.

Jonathan Powell, who was Mr Blair’s chief of staff, is on the board of Save the Children International.