As usual, some good points, many bad ones.

In short, Blair is the man to speak to for strategy, but it doesn't matter who Ed is being advised by... He will not be able to win a general election. He will never be prime minister. Deep down, everybody knows it, and the sooner he resigns, the better.

It will never happen.

The Labour party is dead, no one is mourning.

35%? One in five? They were bloody right about Britons having poor maths skills...

I think Tony will be encouraging Mili to invade a few Muslim countries.

This would be a good thing, no ?

Muslims live like animals, so we shouldn't be too timid about this.

Excuse me. That should read:

"I don't particularly like the bigoted Mehdi Hamas, but that doesn't mean he cannot count."

I forgot the word LIKE. Forgive me.

Jankass: '[Blair is] a living breathing example of just how awful an animal we are'

Tell me Jankaas, Sadaam wasn't the above?

Mehdi - Ed Miliband's problem is his image and record: he does not inspire anyone, he does not enthuse anyone, he doesnt make me feel better about Labour (and I have been a Labour voter!)...just like Gordon Brown, in fact!

He comes over like an eager to please geeky whiny public schoolboy with no charm, charisma, rigour, or, crucially, practical experience...how can it be that most non-affluent voters connect more with always-rich born-rich never-had-to work-a day-in-their-lives upper class millionaires like Clegg, Cameron, Osborne, Boris Johnson..than with state school-educated Miliband?

THAT is his problem, one I dont think even charisma-overloaded Blair can change...

"Blair benefited from a voting system that is biased in favour of the Labour Party"

You can't blame the Labour party if the Tory vote is concentrated in a small part of the county and the Labour vote is spread more widely. And if you are, then pesumably you've got a fix. What you going to do? Relocate voters so there is an equal spread throughout the county for all the parties.
It's a positively dumb thing to say but what you come to expcect from Mehdi Hasan who is prepared to go to any skewed lengths of thought just to skewer Blair.
And no, I'm not a Blairite nor ever was.

well cameron is on track to lose the next general election, despite his attempts to present himself well, the somewhat obvious incompetence of the coalition is hardening opposition to him.

my view is that there will be a large number of people who want cameron out, and a small number who want to keep him, and another small group who want him to be even more right wing.

so there is a large space just left of centre for miliband to work in, but the problem he has is a bit like the post thatcher tory party, which is just full of right wing nutcases, as the wets were driven out.

the problem miliband has it that the tory wets shifted to the labour party and called themselves blairites, and displcaed natural labour supporters.

so miliband has to appeal to an anti cameron alliance, and not be pushed into going down the wet tory blairite route of trying to win tory voters, there aren't actually that many of them, that will leave, and miliband is ahead in the polls, just, he needs to make sure those people vote for him, and thats all. all he needs to do is get the vote out, and consolidate the support he has.

but i bet blair will try and push him to be more like cameron, which will de motivate some of those who want cameron out, who may be demotivated if they see him as no different.