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"Okay! Who said his name three times!?! And.. is their an exorcist available here? Why is this creature poking his nose in?! Is it about more money? More power? " I think the money bit is a big part of it. Also I don't think he's ever forgiven the Labour left for pushing him out and perceives it as a slight that needs addressed. So anytime he see the party going a bit left, he wants to sabotage it. | |||
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"I happen to think that the Blair government was when Britain was at its best, devolution, good Friday agreement and a great sense of optimism all around, and in general the whole new labour project was positive for Wales." It was....but he seriously messed up in the WMD ghost hunt with Bush and for what in the end? Wait, Donnie cut a deal before he left. In thr sequal, he decided to go all Putin of the "free world" by liberating millions of oil barrels from oppression  | |||
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"I happen to think that the Blair government was when Britain was at its best, devolution, good Friday agreement and a great sense of optimism all around, and in general the whole new labour project was positive for Wales. It was....but he seriously messed up in the WMD ghost hunt with Bush and for what in the end? Wait, Donnie cut a deal before he left. In thr sequal, he decided to go all Putin of the "free world" by liberating millions of oil barrels from oppression "Beat me to it! .. yes he screwed up badly with Iraq. He's now raising his head and criticising starmer for not getting into yet ANOTHER disastrous war. Is over a million dead Iraqis not enough for him to not learn anything? | |||
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"I happen to think that the Blair government was when Britain was at its best, devolution, good Friday agreement and a great sense of optimism all around, and in general the whole new labour project was positive for Wales. It was....but he seriously messed up in the WMD ghost hunt with Bush and for what in the end? Wait, Donnie cut a deal before he left. In thr sequal, he decided to go all Putin of the "free world" by liberating millions of oil barrels from oppression
Beat me to it! .. yes he screwed up badly with Iraq.
He's now raising his head and criticising starmer for not getting into yet ANOTHER disastrous war. Is over a million dead Iraqis not enough for him to not learn anything?
"The document I read was him criticising the Labour Party for wanting to change their leader without having even a remotely credible view on what they want to be. Strange how that part is overlooked. It’s almost as if the Labour Party doesn’t want to hear some hard truths about the dangers of making themselves unelectable for another twenty years. At least nothing changes. The other parties would actually do well to read and think about what he is saying about the importance of the centre. | |||
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" The document I read was him criticising the Labour Party for wanting to change their leader without having even a remotely credible view on what they want to be. Strange how that part is overlooked. It’s almost as if the Labour Party doesn’t want to hear some hard truths about the dangers of making themselves unelectable for another twenty years. At least nothing changes. " Promised the earth and in less than two years failure on _anifesto delivery. Now party division and a leadership challenge to break them up further. Good riddance. | |||
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" The document I read was him criticising the Labour Party for wanting to change their leader without having even a remotely credible view on what they want to be. Strange how that part is overlooked. It’s almost as if the Labour Party doesn’t want to hear some hard truths about the dangers of making themselves unelectable for another twenty years. At least nothing changes. Promised the earth and in less than two years failure on _anifesto delivery. Now party division and a leadership challenge to break them up further. Good riddance. " Did they really promise the earth? My recollection is that they didn’t actually offer any meaningful policies because they didn’t want anything to get in the way of the general public just throwing out the Tories. I remember at the time questioning what they stood for and getting pilloried on here for not having the basic intelligence to read a _anifesto or follow what was happening. I also recollect more than one person telling me it was a master plan that would be announced when they had their majority. Still waiting…… I do actually understand the rationale for not offering detailed policies in advance because historically you get ripped to pieces by the press. That is not sustainable though because no one actually understands what any politician stands for anymore. I genuinely couldn’t tell you what the actual position of any party is with the exception of the SNP and Plaid Cymru in that one of their core policies is to leave the Union. Beyond that I have no clue. I appreciate many people have a visceral dislike of Blair but that doesn’t mean his core analysis of actually standing for something is wrong. Nailing your colours to the mast does have the downside of actually having to offer something that the general public wants rather than what you would ideologically like and I can see why activists of all parties would find that distasteful. | |||
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" The document I read was him criticising the Labour Party for wanting to change their leader without having even a remotely credible view on what they want to be. Strange how that part is overlooked. It’s almost as if the Labour Party doesn’t want to hear some hard truths about the dangers of making themselves unelectable for another twenty years. At least nothing changes. Promised the earth and in less than two years failure on _anifesto delivery. Now party division and a leadership challenge to break them up further. Good riddance. Did they really promise the earth? My recollection is that they didn’t actually offer any meaningful policies because they didn’t want anything to get in the way of the general public just throwing out the Tories. I remember at the time questioning what they stood for and getting pilloried on here for not having the basic intelligence to read a _anifesto or follow what was happening. I also recollect more than one person telling me it was a master plan that would be announced when they had their majority. Still waiting…… I do actually understand the rationale for not offering detailed policies in advance because historically you get ripped to pieces by the press. That is not sustainable though because no one actually understands what any politician stands for anymore. I genuinely couldn’t tell you what the actual position of any party is with the exception of the SNP and Plaid Cymru in that one of their core policies is to leave the Union. Beyond that I have no clue. I appreciate many people have a visceral dislike of Blair but that doesn’t mean his core analysis of actually standing for something is wrong. Nailing your colours to the mast does have the downside of actually having to offer something that the general public wants rather than what you would ideologically like and I can see why activists of all parties would find that distasteful. " They did promise to hit the ground running, and in a way they did, but I would question if it was the direction of travel they were expecting. Going back to Blair, I agree with your summary, he was calling for a measured response in line with what the country expects. This part of the puzzle doesn't come to life for the populists, they can't see a centre only an opposite and that is where it all goes wrong. I have my political leanings, however I also have a desire to thrive not simply survive, which leads me to have one ask of any government that takes office and that is to be economically astute. | |||
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" Did they really promise the earth? My recollection is that they didn’t actually offer any meaningful policies because they didn’t want anything to get in the way of the general public just throwing out the Tories. " The Change _anifesto pledged Secure the borders. Page 16 Small boats at 2022 levels Bring down cost of energy Page 21 Electric up, pay per mile EV Introduced 5p litre Fuel Tax (postponed) Make housing more affordable Page 20 Rents and house prices have increased and are less affordable Build 1,500,000 new homes. Page 23 208k last year. Delivery at 12 year low 1.5 billion to new gigafactories so our automotive industry leads the world. Car production has fallen £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture. Page 39. Green investment cut Labour will get Britain building again, creating jobs across England, with 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament. Page 36 On target for 600k shortfall New social housing, after demolitions and right to buy social housing is negative. Energy independence from dictators like Putin Sanctions relaxed last week. Page 47 Warmer homes to slash fuel poverty ‘Abject failure of govt insulation scheme leaves households financially exposed’ Parliamentary briefing 23 January 2026 Water companies forced to clean up rivers ‘Serious water pollution incidents up 60% in England, Environment Agency’. Jan 2026 Stopped at page 47 ( of 136) | |||
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