Ten Years of Tony

Ten years of Tony Blair today as Prime Minister. Yes, there have been some controversies. Yes ,The Labour Party has not been whiter than white, and Yes, the Iraq War was hugely divisive (but still the correct, only option in my opinion). However, I still think Tony Blair has been an amazing, inspirational leader for our country. A Very Great man indeed.

Yesterdays Independent said in their poll, that most would remember him for Iraq, but despite this, 65% of those polled, also said he would be remembered as a good PM. Staggeringly, 45% of Tory voters also said he was a good PM. This is quite something considering the level of ugly vitriol thrown at him on a daily basis by the disgusting Tory press.

The only real mistake of his tenure was commited on Thursday 30th September 2004 when he said he would not contest the 2009/10 General Election. This was a monumental error of judgement. It allowed the Brownites to dominate the agenda, effectively holding the Government to ransom on a regular basis, and causing trouble in the media for maximum destabilisation.

If Tony had vowed to stay and fight the next General Election, I think the British people would have given him another term. As an intelligent people, we do not vote out proven winners. Imagine Blair vs "call me" Dave Cameron during a General Election campaign and you know who the smart money would be on.

However, when the great man announces the timetable of his departure (probably next week), Gordon Brown will have to take note. The sometimes dour Scot has to sharpen up his act, and take the fight to the odious media dahling Cameron, and his ghastly band. Woo back Middle England with a new-New Labour agenda.

Tony Blair put billions into health & education. He also won Labour, three elections in a row,destroying four Tory leaders in the process, Major, Hague, IDS, and Michael Howard.
Over to you Gordon, up the fight against the Tories. Get your "team" to use the same energy, they employed against our great Prime Minister, and we just might save our country from the nightmare of a Tory government.

To all you pious Lefties, who have left the Labour movement over Iraq, just imagine the nightmare alternative reality of John Major having won the 1997 Election. The utter disaster of no minimum wage, no huge investment in health & education, and no stable economy either. Add together, anti european-ness and prejudice running rampant, and no Trade Union rights and you have a horrible nightmare.

All people of the left have to forget about Iraq, and wipe the slate clean. Look back over the whole Blair decade and rejoice, rejoice, rejoice - Tony, you made us so proud to be British.

Get back on side, fall in line and vote Labour as a tribute to our great departing Prime Minister, hopefully averting a blue nightmare in the process. Carpe-Diem Gordo!