BLAIR, his latest intervention. Should he shut up ?
Discussion
Apart form the fact that it's on the wrong side for PH why is Blair's opinion less valid than that of Tebbit, Lamont, Lawson or Farage? All are politicians long past their sell by date but all have experience of European Institutions and top level government. For a decision this crucial surely we need a balanced range of opinions from those with relevant prior experience?
Collectingbrass said:
Apart form the fact that it's on the wrong side for PH why is Blair's opinion less valid than that of Tebbit, Lamont, Lawson or Farage? All are politicians long past their sell by date but all have experience of European Institutions and top level government. For a decision this crucial surely we need a balanced range of opinions from those with relevant prior experience?
The time for that was prior to the referendum. If he believed the 'facts' weren't getting aired, he could and should have aired them - as we've seen today, he only needs to mention he's doing a speech and the whole country's media sits up and takes note.Beyond that, he's not raising any 'previously unknown facts' - he's saying people didn't realise we'd most likely leave the Single Market, which was clearly called out in the rule dodging leaflet Cameron sent out.
Asking people to 'rise up' is incitement. Luckily, the traditional audience for such calls are seemingly those who hate the man even more than I do.
PurpleAki said:
I don't get annoyed about politics but this is just disgusting.
His arrogance beggars belief. He seems oblivious to how he is viewed in this country.
He is the only politician I have ever truly despised.
His ego makes Trump look humble.
This is a huge boost for brexit.
Commented above about the local radio. The presenter has just mentioned that their Facebook/ Twitter / Texts / Phone desk has gone mad on this subject this morning. Seeing as it's the BBC, no reason for them to say otherwise I reckon, but the general comment over the morning that the calls have been overwhelmingly against Blair has just been slightly revised, apparently they've had two messages only in support. Both of those made it to air, and even on the one I heard the caller opened up with " Even though I despise Blair..."His arrogance beggars belief. He seems oblivious to how he is viewed in this country.
He is the only politician I have ever truly despised.
His ego makes Trump look humble.
This is a huge boost for brexit.
Comedy gold isn't it. Blair, truly deluded.
FiF said:
Commented above about the local radio. The presenter has just mentioned that their Facebook/ Twitter / Texts / Phone desk has gone mad on this subject this morning. Seeing as it's the BBC, no reason for them to say otherwise I reckon, but the general comment over the morning that the calls have been overwhelmingly against Blair has just been slightly revised, apparently they've had two messages only in support. Both of those made it to air, and even on the one I heard the caller opened up with " Even though I despise Blair..."
Comedy gold isn't it. Blair, truly deluded.
note the bbc aired some comments a short time ago. they were all negative in the extreme.i would imagine they searched the texts messages and their twitter feed to try and find at least one positive comment and failed .Comedy gold isn't it. Blair, truly deluded.
the man is a delusional f
kwit.One would think that a person with Blairs history, would be doing their best to disappear into the wood work (along with his ill gotten millions and multiple multi million pound properties to play with) But no, he is so deluded, he actually seems to believe that people A. still want to hear what he has to say, and B. That they will ever believe a single word that he has to say.
Sway said:
The time for that was prior to the referendum. If he believed the 'facts' weren't getting aired, he could and should have aired them - as we've seen today, he only needs to mention he's doing a speech and the whole country's media sits up and takes note.
To be fair he was PM for 10 years & his views in regard to Brexit represent around 48% of the voting public.zygalski said:
I actually quite like Blair, but even I can't help thinking that this is a massive miscalculation & inherently undemocratic.
The people voted & at the end of the day the people will face the consequences of their actions.
Yeah, like when he took us into an illegal war... That's a consequence of voting for Bliar.The people voted & at the end of the day the people will face the consequences of their actions.
Dear Tony, be ever so grateful if you'd see yourself clear to feck off and, you know, die...
The arrogance of this odious self obsesser is breathtaking.
For an intelligent man, it beggars belief that he's blind to the reality that the electorate is doing what it's doing because it's sick to the back teeth of sanctimonious, elitist politicians like him and the unelected dictators of the EUSSR.
The arrogance of this odious self obsesser is breathtaking.
For an intelligent man, it beggars belief that he's blind to the reality that the electorate is doing what it's doing because it's sick to the back teeth of sanctimonious, elitist politicians like him and the unelected dictators of the EUSSR.
Collectingbrass said:
Apart form the fact that it's on the wrong side for PH why is Blair's opinion less valid than that of Tebbit, Lamont, Lawson or Farage? All are politicians long past their sell by date but all have experience of European Institutions and top level government. For a decision this crucial surely we need a balanced range of opinions from those with relevant prior experience?
The Iraq war has a massive amount to do with this. He can't turn back time and undo that, to add to the anger I think he says that if he could he wouldn't anyway. There is an enormous sense of injustice around the way we were dragged to war, that perhaps it seemed quite undemocratic, and falsities (not just inacurracies) were used to justify the notion. He was pivotal in all that. He was wrong. Then we see the very self-serving capitalist ways of a man who supposedly led the Labour party. He's a busted flush to many.A phone in on Radio 5 about this last night had two types of caller
1) Leave voters saying he should shut up
2) Remain voters saying they agreed with the message, but wishing he would shut up as he was too toxic to gain any support for the message
Blair is incapable of understanding why this is the case
1) Leave voters saying he should shut up
2) Remain voters saying they agreed with the message, but wishing he would shut up as he was too toxic to gain any support for the message
Blair is incapable of understanding why this is the case
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