Quote:I have said it before but Tony Blair was the best PM the labour party and the UK have had in decades.Bollocks Tony Bliar should be locked up and the key thrown away.
Look there were two or three years where New Labour delivered from 1997-2000. Minimum wage, windfall tax on utilities, signing up to the EU social chapter, the Scottish Parliament referendum, human rights act, climate change targets, outlawing fox hunting, record investment in the NHS etc..
But then it all turned to shit. Self-regulation of industry including fatally banking. Unlimited cheap credit and belief that asset values could only go up, PPP (public private partnership) and the reintroduction of the Thatcherite privatisation agenda. Gordon Brown’s miracle economy as it was known – no more boom and bust we were told. But there are no miracles. The real qualified economic experts were side-lined whist Brown took advice from people like Fred Goodwin and Tom McKillop whom has resided over the biggest bank growth in modern history (RBS). From 2004 onwards it was clear the UK economy was heading towards a big crash, but what few people knew about was the debt packaging and debt trading between banks, and with light touch regulation the fact that many financial instructions and multi-national companies were banking future profits.(it’s was like fantasy banking). New Labour did not regulate the financial industry. Meanwhile ordinary folks were buying brand new cars and popping off on expensive holidays based on the soaring value of their homes. Many are still stuck paying off massive mortgages on properties now worth considerably less then their loans. The MP's bought and sold on the mortgages we'd paid but they pocketed the profit.
That’s one of the big problems Labour has today. The Labour party – New Labour resided over one of the most insular, greedy and corrupt governments in modern times. Then you add in the – you couldn’t make it up but they did – Iraq war.
As I said back then – The Labour Party are now the enemy.
However, there is now an opportunity to claim the peoples party back. But there are still delusional Labour MP’s, just as there are delusional punters like Lew.
Though you have at least managed to get one thing right Lew. Yes Blair was Bush’s poodle. Never, ever again should the UK be anybody’s poodle. Never again should the UK be involved in regime change. Never again should the UK enter conflict on the back of bare faced lies. Further it’s about time we started shutting down our bloody arms trading and cancelled the Trident renewal. Tony Blair destroyed the UK’s reputation right round the world.
In the meantime, people need to grasp the opportunity that is the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn. But sadly, I can’t see it happening, certainly not whilst numerous Labour MP’s are on the phone to the Daily Mail bitching about their leader.