Save the Children staff furious over ‘global legacy’ award for Tony Blair
25 November 2014, 06:26 PM
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Save the Children staff furious over ‘global legacy’ award for Tony Blair
26 November 2014, 04:56 PM
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'Its (STC) UK chief executive, Justin Forsyth, was a special adviser to Blair for three years, and Jonathan Powell, Blair’s former chief of staff, is currently on the board of STC.'
How much longer will this self serving,inside dealing,sycophantic,morally debased bunch of ego maniacs get away with this?
The west are just as bad as any other society in letting these people rise to the
top.
'Its (STC) UK chief executive, Justin Forsyth, was a special adviser to Blair for three years, and Jonathan Powell, Blair’s former chief of staff, is currently on the board of STC.'
How much longer will this self serving,inside dealing,sycophantic,morally debased bunch of ego maniacs get away with this?
The west are just as bad as any other society in letting these people rise to the
top.
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26 November 2014, 07:08 PM
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Considering the amount of vitriole both spoken and written against Margaret Thatcher over the years, predominantly by hardcore Labour supporters, there's some irony in the fact that their most 'successful' leader is so morally bankrupt.
Shame there isn't a suitable DeLorean around. Somebody could go back to '97 and assassinate the weasel. I have absolutely no doubt the World would be a better place.
Shame there isn't a suitable DeLorean around. Somebody could go back to '97 and assassinate the weasel. I have absolutely no doubt the World would be a better place.
26 November 2014, 07:18 PM
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Considering the amount of vitriole both spoken and written against Margaret Thatcher over the years, predominantly by hardcore Labour supporters, there's some irony in the fact that their most 'successful' leader is so morally bankrupt.
Shame there isn't a suitable DeLorean around. Somebody could go back to '97 and assassinate the weasel. I have absolutely no doubt the World would be a better place.
Shame there isn't a suitable DeLorean around. Somebody could go back to '97 and assassinate the weasel. I have absolutely no doubt the World would be a better place.
Good post.
26 November 2014, 07:49 PM
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It's all about pushing fwd Tonys profile as the "Saviour" of Africa, cos after all he saved the middle east from themselves, right
Appalling distasteful, but he's got to put his foot down and get in ahead of the Chinese
He gained foothold west Africa as result of saving liberians from themselves
Appalling distasteful, but he's got to put his foot down and get in ahead of the Chinese
He gained foothold west Africa as result of saving liberians from themselves
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26 November 2014, 10:38 PM
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As bad as Blair was and let's face it he was pretty bloody awful he still did nowhere near the damage to this country that Thatcher did. She dismantled the good part of the society we had and turned us into a nation of selfish greed driven bigots as witnessed by at least two posters on this thread!
26 November 2014, 10:52 PM
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Thatch didn't extend her reign of duplicity anywhere she could
All she cared about was UK plc, at teh expense of the working bloke
Her son on the other hand ..
All she cared about was UK plc, at teh expense of the working bloke
Her son on the other hand ..
26 November 2014, 10:56 PM
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It's all about pushing fwd Tonys profile as the "Saviour" of Africa, cos after all he saved the middle east from themselves, right
Appalling distasteful, but he's got to put his foot down and get in ahead of the Chinese
He gained foothold west Africa as result of saving liberians from themselves
Appalling distasteful, but he's got to put his foot down and get in ahead of the Chinese
He gained foothold west Africa as result of saving liberians from themselves
27 November 2014, 06:05 AM
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As bad as Blair was and let's face it he was pretty bloody awful he still did nowhere near the damage to this country that Thatcher did. She dismantled the good part of the society we had and turned us into a nation of selfish greed driven bigots as witnessed by at least two posters on this thread!
27 November 2014, 11:16 AM
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27 November 2014, 11:59 AM
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The 'War on Terror'.
Without Tony Blair and George Bush maybe 50% of the news wouldn't be devoted to Islamists making a nuisance of themselves in their own countries or trying to kill us in ours.
Do you believe Libya, Syria, Egypt etc would still have happened the way it has without 2003?
27 November 2014, 01:39 PM
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The invasion of Iraq.
The 'War on Terror'.
Without Tony Blair and George Bush maybe 50% of the news wouldn't be devoted to Islamists making a nuisance of themselves in their own countries or trying to kill us in ours.
Do you believe Libya, Syria, Egypt etc would still have happened the way it has without 2003?
The 'War on Terror'.
Without Tony Blair and George Bush maybe 50% of the news wouldn't be devoted to Islamists making a nuisance of themselves in their own countries or trying to kill us in ours.
Do you believe Libya, Syria, Egypt etc would still have happened the way it has without 2003?
What I think we can say though is that all the things you mentioned would of happened anyway, irrespective of who the PM of the UK was
27 November 2014, 02:19 PM
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It's quite sad that you have to watch Al Jazeera/RT or French media outlets to find out what is going on in your own country. I avoid UK news on TV, unless local because of the constant terrorism guff. It really is boring.
Thank you Tony. I have an award of my own for you.
Thank you Tony. I have an award of my own for you.
27 November 2014, 11:15 PM
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27 November 2014, 11:19 PM
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He seemed amazingly comfortable with sacrificing other parents children for his bizarre beliefs
And true to those beliefs he simply does not recognise the sovereignty of humanity to judge him
He is as close to iradeemable as it is possible to get
And true to those beliefs he simply does not recognise the sovereignty of humanity to judge him
He is as close to iradeemable as it is possible to get
27 November 2014, 11:31 PM
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Rumsfeld was pretty clear about the US not needing the UK, or anyone else for that matter
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27 November 2014, 11:42 PM
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Maybe if we had had a leader with some common sense instead of a glory seeking world stager then we could have leaned on the US to at least contemplate a plan for what happens after they rid the country of Saddam before they actually did so.
27 November 2014, 11:47 PM
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This however wasn't the point I made, and certainly, doesn't explain the 'apologist' or 'bollocks' comment you made.
27 November 2014, 11:50 PM
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Ergo your statement was bollocks!
You also keep making excuses for Blair's actions both in this post and others ergo you are being an apologist!
QED!
Goodnight!
27 November 2014, 11:58 PM
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You're argument that 'it might not' is at best baseless speculation, at worst fanciful.
Stop trying to rewrite history.
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28 November 2014, 06:45 AM
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In your opinion which is not fact despite what your ego tells you!
Whereas your 'it would have happened anyway' (well actually it's 'it would of (sic) happened anyway' according to you 
) statement is based on you being an apologist and a bit of a egotistical ****!
Where have I tried to rewrite history? You made a statement that is clearly nonsense and I suggested otherwise. If I had said the illegal invasion of Iraq was a roaring success... that would be rewriting history. Pull me up all you want, but don't stoop to putting words in my mouth that I have clearly not said!
) statement is based on you being an apologist and a bit of a egotistical ****!Where have I tried to rewrite history? You made a statement that is clearly nonsense and I suggested otherwise. If I had said the illegal invasion of Iraq was a roaring success... that would be rewriting history. Pull me up all you want, but don't stoop to putting words in my mouth that I have clearly not said!