What one has to keep reminding oneself about these ridiculous people; shallow, incompetent, vain, on the make financially; is that whilst Blair appears to be a grotesque, messianic, borderline psychopath, basking and preening himself in the world's spotlight... a true poltroon... It's vital to remind oneself that the man's not 'funny' at all, but a vicious, amoral, war criminal, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of real, living, people; people who somehow, someway, don't seem to really matter very much and are slowly being forgotten, almost like they never really existed.

In a healthy and properly funtioning democracy, Blair wouldn't be living in luxury and lording it. In a real democracy he'd be behind bars, held to account for his crimes and subject to justice and the law. Only we don't, let's be honest, what an alien concept, live in functioning democracy anymore.

How would Blair's dumping Brown have changed whether he went to war in Iraq? According to Andrew Rawnsley's book (heavily biased towards the Blairite side), Brown gave almost no practical or public support for the Iraq war until the last moment.

I've got plenty of problems with Brown, but he did at least feel like a Labour Party Prime Minister, which I could never say of Blair.

This highlights a lot about the thinking in this article.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPeyxJ7vGU

It is a shame, a horrible shame, that the people of Britain let this B-liar walk free.

It is sad, but if Blair had more integrity, and the courage to dump Brown, he could have been a first class PM - and still been in power. Instead his legacy is an illegal war and financial ruin.

Hello my name is Michael Gordon I was born in Brooklyn NY I am 32 years old. My mom and dad struggled through their lives raising my two brothers and two sisters. Both my sisters suffer from breast cancer my older brother has diabetes and I have high blood pressure with a slight heart problem. Only one brother has good health.
My parents still live in the same apartment I was raised in since my birth. In 1999 I left New York and moved to Maryland where I worked off to books and saved money to create my dream.
In 2006 I started a radio station and media company “Show and Prove Radio and Media” The company did do a great deal of community out reach amongst other things. We found what everyone knew there were very little things to occupy the youth but no one was doing anything about it. If someone stood up and put together programs for young people things would change. Giving young people an alternative to the streets in the only way to keep them away from gangs and gang activity.
Two years after starting “Show and Prove Radio and Media” I lost the company. The home, which I rented, was foreclosed on, and we were put on the street. After remodeling the basement of this house and installing thousands in equipment we lost everything, due to a dead beat landlord.
This has not stopped my passion. I have been living with family going from house to house but I have to rebuild. In the attempt to rebuild I have gone to banks for loans of course without success. The company was not around long enough to establish enough credit for a loan. These are just minor set backs, I will rebuild.
My passion is to help the young people has taken shape in the form of an 800 service. “Before you pick up the gun, call someone!” This teenage out reach service will be built for young men and women on the edge. Giving these young people someone to turn to 24 hours and day seven days a week. The 800 services will be free from every phone including cell phones. We will accept calls and text messages and even chirps for cell phone walkies. After all almost all young people today have a cell phone of some type; this puts our assistance into the palm of their hands.
I would advertise digital resources along with traditional commercials. Using my contacts that I have made in the Hip Hop industry. Hip Hop Crime Stoppers can be a great pilot for young people because urban music reaches and great deal of young people. Music artist and entertainers will give young people a resource that the streets have in the past. This 800 service will act as a surrogate when parents can’t be there.
After the 800 services are established the service will branch off to centers in inner city communities where they are needed most. Giving young people a place to go when there is no place. The centers will become a second home keeping the kids off the streets, running career guidance programs along with college placement assistance. We can give our young people a chance. After all a great author once said “It takes a village to raise a child”. The hip-hop community can be the village so we can raise our young people in a positive way.
Contact Information
Michael Gordon
Gordonbi840@verizon.net
Telephone 609.490.0339

I am probably one of a minority on this web site who thinks that a maniac like Saddam Hussain needed to be stopped as he also killed millions of people. It began to dawn on me just how difficult the army were making it for the people when food ran short and there was this spectical of these great big well fed muscle meat commandos dragging people off for asking for food. Eventually after reading the story of the taxi driver who was dragged out of his taxi for apparently no reason and had his knee caps beaten to a pulp, I was in tears. I've said for a very long time now there are problems with the army, and I think that this could be the monica lewinsky of the government. It's beyond embarrassing, they can't say it was a humanitarian effort. Maybe if we with hold food from the great apes in the forces and then send them back to iraq and afghanistan, they might be a bit more concerned about the millions that have died. We've only lost hundreds. And I would like to take this opportunity again to remember David Mackenzie, who I did know well, and Eric Inness who's death was never fully investigated. Two relatively innocent victims of a very big problem in Scotland! I felt the loss profoundly. I'm sure there are people in Iraq and afghanistan who would also like to see justice!

BlairSupporter I'm sure he'll agree with you from the hague.

Have enough normal people joined labour yet?

THere are a lot of nobheads need sidelining by the membership
make it a mass party of sensible morals

how anybody can support Blair particularly on the left...I fucking despair

Not enough participants in democracy

de select the nu labour wreckers

Its really sad that Blair can comment that George Galloway can be compared to the little boy who called wolf wolf and know one believed him
Now we know the Blair legacy and the cost the death of over 1 million people and another million displaced and the world on tenterhooks because of what they have produced in making countries hate us now Blair is living in luxury in his new post patting the zionist on the back while they murder peace activist delivering aid to the besieged people of Gaza he commented it was an unfortunate incident when the piracy and murder occurred and people were murdered and injured and arrested on the flotilla
A leopard will never change his spots
we could not trust him then and we cannot trust him now