Tony Blair is a national hero

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The Don of Croy

5,977 posts

158 months

Friday 3rd May 2013
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chimster said:
Blair? He was ok wasn't he? Decent all round sort of chap I thought ;-)
"...pretty straight kinda guy..." is what I heard.

But then all ex-PM's earn c£12-15 million after stepping down, whilst simultaneously bringing peace to those troubled states in the ME, advising merchant banks etc etc.

Quite above criticism, Saint Tony.

However, if the Poles want to fete him, that's their affair.

odyssey2200

18,650 posts

208 months

Friday 3rd May 2013
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turbobloke said:
Tiny Bliar is many things. Very few are commendable.
or postable without incurring a very long ban.

Mr_B

10,480 posts

242 months

Friday 3rd May 2013
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The tiny pay of being PM is a stepping stone to much more serious cash as vitually every PM and cabinet member has done in office and out. He'll never take the pay cut to spend 5 years earning a tiny sum of money.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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Mr_B said:
The tiny pay of being PM is a stepping stone to much more serious cash as vitually every PM and cabinet member has done in office and out. He'll never take the pay cut to spend 5 years earning a tiny sum of money.
Depends what's more important to him...

The money or massaging his enormous ego as a self obsessed control freak...

Which is worrying...

turbobloke

103,752 posts

259 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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mybrainhurts said:
Mr_B said:
The tiny pay of being PM is a stepping stone to much more serious cash as vitually every PM and cabinet member has done in office and out. He'll never take the pay cut to spend 5 years earning a tiny sum of money.
Depends what's more important to him...

The money or massaging his enormous ego as a self obsessed control freak...

Which is worrying...
That's what I was thinking. Bliar has had several years at £10m per year or thereabouts, and while it would be a massive loss of income (for a while) the maintenance demands from a high level of vanity and a massive ego might well be enough to tip the scales and prompt a come-back attempt...and the really sad thing is he never really went away - certainly not far enough.

dave stew

1,502 posts

166 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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One of the best lines from the amnesiac Commies is that he's "Not a real Labourite".

PugwasHDJ80

7,522 posts

220 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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The poles coming here have been a godsend

the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.

The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.

vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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Still he will get the same funeral treatment as Maggie; joy-o-joy.
3 times pm; war leader; oversaw a boom in the economy; divisive figure etc.

grumbledoak

31,505 posts

232 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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These political 'gongs' are a joke. Literally. Wasn't Mandelson Minister for Truth or something equally ironic? And Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize for finding his own arse. Laugh; they do.

clarkey540i

2,220 posts

173 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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PugwasHDJ80 said:
The poles coming here have been a godsend

the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.

The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
What a lot of people forget is that it isn't the first time Poles have come here and had a hugely positive effect.
Amongst others; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighte...
Personally, I'm much more concerned with immigration from 3rd world countries, as there is a much larger culture gap.

dbdb

4,312 posts

172 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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Asterix said:
DJRC said:
Must admit it bothers me to read so much resentment about Poles coming to Britain. If there is one country who we should have had a simple long standing agreement of them being welcome in this country it is with Poland. Blair should be commended for ensuring we have such a link with them again. It will be a cold day in hell before I regard the Polish as anything other than firm friends and allies of Britain and I would look down far more upon any British person who thought otherwise than I would of a Pole coming to the UK to work.
I fully agree with you - the way the Poles were treated at the end of WW2 is nothing short of disgraceful and, for once, something from our country's past that we should be ashamed of.
+1

dbdb

4,312 posts

172 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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clarkey540i said:
PugwasHDJ80 said:
The poles coming here have been a godsend

the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.

The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
What a lot of people forget is that it isn't the first time Poles have come here and had a hugely positive effect.
Amongst others; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighte...
Personally, I'm much more concerned with immigration from 3rd world countries, as there is a much larger culture gap.
+1


vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Saturday 4th May 2013
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Not just the BoB but also a large polish army in exile which fought alongside the British of which I am proud my grandad was one. Sadly he couldn't go back to Poland but was able to build a life here like so many others have done.

BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair has won CQ's philanthropist of the year award.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2741328/Wh...

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Srs? Haha! That's bonkers.

LordGrover

33,532 posts

211 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Quite a bump here.

dandarez

13,247 posts

282 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Never before in the history of forum threads as one deserved to be removed than this one.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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I hope come his time that burns in the fires of hell for all eternity.

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Jasandjules said:
turbobloke said:
Tiny Bliar is many things. Very few are commendable.
You can think of a single one?
He did good work in the N Ireland peace process and in Bosnia. Introduced the minimum wage and spent some much needed money and reform in the NHS.

It wasn't all bad. hehe

Oakey

27,524 posts

215 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Tony Blair said:
‘In respect to my new life, first of all, I have to say that reports of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. Just for the record, I read I’m supposed to be worth £100million – Cherie’s kind of asking where it is. I’m not worth that, half of that, a third of that, a quarter of that, a fifth of that ... I could go on.’
Wow... what a massive massive