such a great speaker. he never stutters and never says stupid fillers like, "Um" or "Ya know" Great delivery and connects to people well. Wish I could speak with the succinct, personable tone of Tony Blair.
This man was a politician, and a damned good one. Not like what us Americans have with Bush, I always respected Blair for admitting he was wrong about Iraq, that showed real courage and love for his people. It's so sad to see him leave, he was one of the best assets of the Western world and really helped America on many issues. Gods speed Tony Blair and thank you so much for everything you've done.
Hopefully we'll never find out. Compared to Brown, David Cameron is a lightweight. The Prime Minister should be someone of intellect. Whatever Brown's faults, his capacity to undertake the job of running the country far exceeds that of David cameron.
@ALBIONTYKE he wasnt simply socialist.he made it clear that he believed in meritocratic self improvement, and allowing people to continue to aspire to live better lives and enjoy the benefits of their hard labour. He also wanted society to widen opportunity as widely as possible so that more people could have social mobility. It's called the Third Way (look it up).
Mr Blair has never said he was wrong over Iraq. he accepted for the evidence was wrong but he couldn't say he was wrong for removing Saddam and he wasn't.
''His voice,termonology, tone, and gestures drived the german people to believe him, to side with him, and to fight for him.'' - Quote on Adolf Hitler. Not too dissimilar after all.
oh i do appologise . in 1985, as a deliberate snub, the University of Oxford voted to refuse Thatcher an honorary degree in protest against her cuts in education funding. 9 Jun 2001 Margaret .Thatcher is the second daughter of a grocer and an unpopular woman in Britain" after abolishing free milk for schoolchildren.
A brilliant Prime Minister undone by his own power hungry chancellor. It's a shame labour were too short sighted to see that they needed Tony Blair not Gordon Brown to lead them into the 2010 election. Labour also needed him to lead the country away from the Conservative hegemony we now look certain to suffer under for the foreseeable future.
@ALBIONTYKE Actually it was £300,billion debt and you know what else? It wasn't just in Britain it was an international crisis so you can't accuse Blair of ALL of this because no matter what he will always be more ethical than Tory!
@lukespencer91 That is the same arrogance that brought the two most polarized parties in Britain to form a government. The same arrogance that leaves every labour Chancellor without money. Thank God Labour was kicked out.
In that case, you really don't undestand (or can't remember) the damage that the tories did to this country! The truth is that Blair is a true-blue tory (which is why you and your ilk would happily have him back tomorrow...).
@newcastle1986 fair play, when he left it wasn't in such bad debt, but Brown and his government overreacted to swine flu, spent well over a billion pounds -0- but point taken. What about banks? I think if Brown had bothered to ask people he'd find they didn't want Northern Rock saving, or TSB being propped up for 11 months
'All style no substance.' 'Education education education' 1/5th of kids left school last year with no qualifications, higher than ever before, get real.
@TomTresh3 Furthermore. His foreign policy was atrocious. As cliched as this sounds Iraq and Afghanistan has to be worst mistake in UK foreign policy post 1945!!!. It ran fatally over budget and ofcourse cost the lifes on many UK in a pointless, unwinable war. And he swans about his 5 luxurious homes. Whilst the legacy of the montrosity is still with us. It just proves what Sartre said. "When the rich make war" "Its the poor that die"
BlairSupporter - Are you Tony Blair? He was very good at disguising things and making people believe untruths. Is the 'Supporter' tag a bad act? He also put the nails in the coffin of "Great" Britain, or at least took a large chunk of greatness away.
Waiting lists are down to their lowest ever. Under the Tories, waiting lists went up by 400,000. With Labour, they have fallen by over 600,000. By the end of 2008, most patients will be treated within 18 weeks of their GP referral and most waits are already much shorter than this.
say what you want , education , education , education this guy has class you gotta give him that. look past this age , 200 , 300 years from now what dominated geo politics a lot of bull shit, atleast now there is more civility. he is better than queen victoria
Thats so f'd up hearing the most establishment business person in President Bush saying yo in 2006. He's like the pinnacle of why there is youth slang. The opposition lifestyle to the establishment.
Great Prime Minister - and I only realised it last summer when the rest of his party showed themselves as lacking in backbone and agreed to push him out. Brilliant strategist. Moved politics in this country forward hugely. Watch out the Middle East ... Northern Ireland's peace maker is on his way. Good luck Mr Blair. Google keeptonyblairforpm
@tonyregan021177 Tony is not a Tory. He is not far from it but he is not a Tory, dont flatter yourself - he is with us on the Labour team. He'd rather eat his toenails than be a Tory, that is why he beat you lot three times. His belief in gay rights, decent public services, aspiration etc is something Tories don't have.
It make's me laugh how much people complain about the way thing's are and because the news show's the prime minister saying he understand's people think it unavoidable and it is'nt thier fault! Debt, crime and just about everything else that's bad is exactly how they like it, it make's us think we need them more! Yet the more they say they are trying to help us the more tax rises and the less they resolve!!! Forget what your told to be the truth and use your own brain! Take care
@ALBIONTYKE Fair enough yeah he had his bad points but why only point THEM out? He actually did more for us then David Cameron will ever do, and also about 60% of our fully qualified doctors in this country and not originally from this country so imagine if we just kicked them out?
New Labour and Tony's finest achievement: we've gone from Thatcher's ethic of 'Society ends at the garden gate' to a country where the term 'Social Jusitce' is in the everyday national vocabulary. The man did a fantastic job.
You're not serious??? Perhaps check the facts - the number of iraqi's killed under Sadam's regime was grossly higher than those lost during his removal. Find me an Iraqi that wished we hadn't intervened.
@lukespencer91 Well I agree, but they championed 37% in 2002...not good enough to face any sorce of crisis...and actually, before the crisis began in Britain, the public debt was 45%. What a coincidence.
@aeronuk1 oh yeah he was an evil man it's just that he got most people in Britain working, looked after pensioners, introduced minimum wage, brought peace in Ireland, and introduced EMA/ALG and stopped the cruel hunting of foxes with dogs and also introduced the Human Rights Act 1998
Well 1,000,000 people died under Saddam from 1979-2003, and 1,000,000+ have died from 2003-present. Find you an Iraqi? Okay, check your profile- the link is there...
THATS IS SO TRUE?? and he was a good PM coz he did what he thought was right? and he would be Damned if any body would Threaten they Country? and was prepared to Defend to Country? but it cost him his Reputation?
I don't wish to lay all the blame on government's, a large portion of the blame goes to the company's that own all our mainstream media aswell as the huge corporation's that control world finance. The problem I have is that if I we're to tell you the big picture in a youtube comment I would look like I'm insane, I know that because I've seen it for myself how people learn the truth but don't know how they can help other's understand! They chuck info at people which they responde with "CRAZY"
When Blair first became an MP he had a very camp voice but by September of that year he had had voice training and been groomed to speak with a stronger and deeper voice which doesn't come natural to him which he is why he speaks deliberately and robotically.
@nedeljko18 It wasnt his fault we went to war, he was forced, if he said NO he would have been replaced. "You are either with us or against us." By George Bush
1. that was bush. blair just (sadly) followed. 2. i hope u feel the same way abt maggie thatcher and the falklands war. 3. when u speak of blair and war, remember iraq, but also remember N. Ireland.
Why don't you think a bit deeper about why you might call me crazy? Maybe then you'll realise that I am the sort of person that "they" don't want you listening to! "It's bad for business"
People who become PM have good ideas at the start, but soon they become old, not wanted, people want a change, big big change in 10 years or so, then they realise what they had was good. .... Who would be PM to make thing worse, no one....Thatcher, Major, Blair ...(Brown... not in long enough)... lets see what Cameron does in 5-10 years from know.
Some sick communist-socialists want to trial Blair the Hero who attacked Iraq. These sick communist bastards must be trialed for treason. The arabs in Iraq must be whiped out.
@Nerocification Actually that is quiet an ignorant statement. It may not be said that "there is no God", but more specifically, "that there is no reason to believe that there is one". This is actual Atheism even if it is not always explicitly discussed in this way. Faith as you correctly write is subscribing to a point of view without evidence, i.e. it is not an evidence-based undertaking. Atheism on the other hand is evidence-based and certainly is not an organised religion with a papacy.
@ALBIONTYKE Got to be honest, I don't agree with the comment about Socialist millionaires. In terms of simple taxation alone, don't we have a moral obligation to earn as much as possible? That's even before we get to personal philanthropy. 20% of nothing is nothing. The goal of socialism should NOT be to impsoe a glass ceiling, but to improve the lot of ALL people to as high as state as possible.
I remember your delayed responce, to the bombing of lebanees civilians by Israel, Tony. They talked about making you a middle east envoy. An "honest broker". I laughed so hard I nearly stopped crying.
People seem to forget just how good a Prime Minister Blair actually was, especially compared to all those who we have had as PM since.
such a great speaker. he never stutters and never says stupid fillers like, "Um" or "Ya know"
Great delivery and connects to people well. Wish I could speak with the succinct, personable tone of Tony Blair.
Best Prime Minister in British History
one of but attlee and wilson were better
This man was a politician, and a damned good one. Not like what us Americans have with Bush, I always respected Blair for admitting he was wrong about Iraq, that showed real courage and love for his people. It's so sad to see him leave, he was one of the best assets of the Western world and really helped America on many issues. Gods speed Tony Blair and thank you so much for everything you've done.
One of the greatest statesmen ever!
Love tony Blair ,All the way from Kurdistan .
Blair is a LEGEND
Great videos. I am now reading his book, "A Journey", and am enjoying it.
Hopefully we'll never find out. Compared to Brown, David Cameron is a lightweight. The Prime Minister should be someone of intellect. Whatever Brown's faults, his capacity to undertake the job of running the country far exceeds that of David cameron.
@ALBIONTYKE he wasnt simply socialist.he made it clear that he believed in meritocratic self improvement, and allowing people to continue to aspire to live better lives and enjoy the benefits of their hard labour. He also wanted society to widen opportunity as widely as possible so that more people could have social mobility. It's called the Third Way (look it up).
Mr Blair has never said he was wrong over Iraq. he accepted for the evidence was wrong but he couldn't say he was wrong for removing Saddam and he wasn't.
No matter how bad the comments you all give about Tony Blair, at the end of the day he was known by all politicians as a political master!
Under-equipped soldiers...Over-equipped MP's SECOND homes!!!!
Here Here!
''His voice,termonology, tone, and gestures drived the german people to believe him, to side with him, and to fight for him.'' - Quote on Adolf Hitler. Not too dissimilar after all.
oh i do appologise . in 1985, as a deliberate snub, the University of Oxford voted to refuse Thatcher an honorary degree in protest against her cuts in education funding. 9 Jun 2001 Margaret .Thatcher is the second daughter of a grocer and an
unpopular woman in Britain" after abolishing free milk for schoolchildren.
A brilliant Prime Minister undone by his own power hungry chancellor. It's a shame labour were too short sighted to see that they needed Tony Blair not Gordon Brown to lead them into the 2010 election. Labour also needed him to lead the country away from the Conservative hegemony we now look certain to suffer under for the foreseeable future.
@ALBIONTYKE Actually it was £300,billion debt and you know what else? It wasn't just in Britain it was an international crisis so you can't accuse Blair of ALL of this because no matter what he will always be more ethical than Tory!
I liked Blair. Much better than Brown. Labour hasn't had a better leader than Blair.
@lukespencer91 That is the same arrogance that brought the two most polarized parties in Britain to form a government. The same arrogance that leaves every labour Chancellor without money. Thank God Labour was kicked out.
I,for one, think that Tony Blair was a great PM and deserves respect. Unlike Cameron.
In that case, you really don't undestand (or can't remember) the damage that the tories did to this country! The truth is that Blair is a true-blue tory (which is why you and your ilk would happily have him back tomorrow...).
Great leader great man.
@newcastle1986
fair play, when he left it wasn't in such bad debt, but Brown and his government overreacted to swine flu, spent well over a billion pounds -0- but point taken. What about banks? I think if Brown had bothered to ask people he'd find they didn't want Northern Rock saving, or TSB being propped up for 11 months
He was the best Prime Minister since Winston Churchill.
You have to ask yourself, how many people would still be alive today if Blair had not been born?
He wasn't fooled by it, he was one of the people who concocted this bullshit. He is a liar and a traitor.
'All style no substance.'
'Education education education' 1/5th of kids left school last year with no qualifications, higher than ever before, get real.
Education, Education, Education...Why did people fail their exams then?
@MrDeverill I did vote for the Liberal Democrats and they turned out to be conservatives.
greetings from the US. Best prime minister since Churchill. Wish we had one of him over here.
No Prison Cells! hundreds of terrorist cells!
Sorry but exactly what did TB do wrong? I mean Britain was doing well until the so called 'war on terrorism.'
Thatcher was still worse in my books
@TomTresh3
Furthermore.
His foreign policy was atrocious. As cliched as this sounds Iraq and Afghanistan has to be worst mistake in UK foreign policy post 1945!!!.
It ran fatally over budget and ofcourse cost the lifes on many UK in a pointless, unwinable war. And he swans about his 5 luxurious homes. Whilst the legacy of the montrosity is still with us. It just proves what Sartre said.
"When the rich make war"
"Its the poor that die"
Tough on crime???????
Oi! No beer cans in the green wheelie bin, that'll be an £80 on the spot fine, thank you!
He may have been wrong about the WMD but a world without Sadam s a better one.
Well they did find chemical eventually. The search for weapons in Syria, transfered from Iraq just before the invasion is still ongoing.
you don't realise how good tony blair was.
maybe gordon brown will show you.
Is the general UK that easily influenced and only formulate their judgements through what the media widely publicise about a person?
BlairSupporter - Are you Tony Blair? He was very good at disguising things and making people believe untruths. Is the 'Supporter' tag a bad act? He also put the nails in the coffin of "Great" Britain, or at least took a large chunk of greatness away.
hopefully his government is not in power anymore...
Waiting lists are down to their lowest ever. Under the Tories, waiting lists went up by 400,000. With Labour, they have fallen by over 600,000. By the end of 2008, most patients will be treated within 18 weeks of their GP referral and most waits are already much shorter than this.
No need for name calling...can you not debate my position without using negative words?
Finally! Someone who actually has some sense! Thank you.
This man should be prosecuted not elected.
Great man!
say what you want , education , education , education
this guy has class you gotta give him that.
look past this age , 200 , 300 years from now what dominated geo politics a lot of bull shit, atleast now there is more civility.
he is better than queen victoria
i miss Blair.
Only because i enjoyed ranting about him though.
Thats so f'd up hearing the most establishment business person in President Bush saying yo in 2006. He's like the pinnacle of why there is youth slang. The opposition lifestyle to the establishment.
The man's a crook!
It's only his smile who was kipping him a PM...
I think you'll find no country in the world has had a clean sheet of rulers.
HERE HERE!
Britain Jim, but not as we knew it!
WHY is Blair on the Left? Shoudn't he be on the Right?
Great Prime Minister - and I only realised it last summer when the rest of his party showed themselves as lacking in backbone and agreed to push him out. Brilliant strategist. Moved politics in this country forward hugely. Watch out the Middle East ... Northern Ireland's peace maker is on his way. Good luck Mr Blair. Google keeptonyblairforpm
Type in on RUclips: "Tony Benn V John Bolton", and listen to the lady in that clip. you'll feel rather silly afterwards.
Yep, and with 1,000,000 Iraqis dead I'm not sure they would agree!
Dude, they say that for every war. >.>
@tonyregan021177 Tony is not a Tory. He is not far from it but he is not a Tory, dont flatter yourself - he is with us on the Labour team. He'd rather eat his toenails than be a Tory, that is why he beat you lot three times. His belief in gay rights, decent public services, aspiration etc is something Tories don't have.
What happened to the troops being home by Christmas?!?!?!?
It make's me laugh how much people complain about the way thing's are and because the news show's the prime minister saying he understand's people think it unavoidable and it is'nt thier fault!
Debt, crime and just about everything else that's bad is exactly how they like it, it make's us think we need them more!
Yet the more they say they are trying to help us the more tax rises and the less they resolve!!!
Forget what your told to be the truth and use your own brain!
Take care
@ALBIONTYKE Fair enough yeah he had his bad points but why only point THEM out? He actually did more for us then David Cameron will ever do, and also about 60% of our fully qualified doctors in this country and not originally from this country so imagine if we just kicked them out?
The EU hates him...
New Labour and Tony's finest achievement: we've gone from Thatcher's ethic of 'Society ends at the garden gate' to a country where the term 'Social Jusitce' is in the everyday national vocabulary. The man did a fantastic job.
I thought the education bit at 0:17 was in 1997 but it said 1996 oh well i was wrong I liked it at 0:25 3 words all the same
You're not serious??? Perhaps check the facts - the number of iraqi's killed under Sadam's regime was grossly higher than those lost during his removal. Find me an Iraqi that wished we hadn't intervened.
@simpleasLiam i think you will find schools and the NHS had never been better when he left office.
@lukespencer91 Well I agree, but they championed 37% in 2002...not good enough to face any sorce of crisis...and actually, before the crisis began in Britain, the public debt was 45%. What a coincidence.
@aeronuk1 oh yeah he was an evil man it's just that he got most people in Britain working, looked after pensioners, introduced minimum wage, brought peace in Ireland, and introduced EMA/ALG and stopped the cruel hunting of foxes with dogs and also introduced the Human Rights Act 1998
he saved Northern Ireland. Fair play.
You can't play Monopoly without landing heavily on one of Tony and Cherie's properties!
Well 1,000,000 people died under Saddam from 1979-2003, and 1,000,000+ have died from 2003-present. Find you an Iraqi? Okay, check your profile- the link is there...
what he should have said: "well, actually, you know..im a cunt." that would be the only truth he would have ever spoken.
Gordon Brown looks pissed when Blair credits him. It's almost life- "yeah ya badtid, that's my job you've held for year!"
THATS IS SO TRUE?? and he was a good PM coz he did what he thought was right? and he would be Damned if any body would Threaten they Country? and was prepared to Defend to Country? but it cost him his Reputation?
@Packerd01 I agree with you but blair is still better in my opinion than this government.
I don't wish to lay all the blame on government's, a large portion of the blame goes to the company's that own all our mainstream media aswell as the huge corporation's that control world finance.
The problem I have is that if I we're to tell you the big picture in a youtube comment I would look like I'm insane, I know that because I've seen it for myself how people learn the truth but don't know how they can help other's understand!
They chuck info at people which they responde with "CRAZY"
I agree completley, Tony was the greatest PM ever, I may have a man crush!!!!!!
When Blair first became an MP he had a very camp voice but by September of that year he had had voice training and been groomed to speak with a stronger and deeper voice which doesn't come natural to him which he is why he speaks deliberately and robotically.
@nedeljko18
It wasnt his fault we went to war, he was forced, if he said NO he would have been replaced.
"You are either with us or against us." By George Bush
I agree with you on this, Blair was a good guy
Blair was a good PM. Nuff said.
Sunrises be like 0:31
1. that was bush. blair just (sadly) followed.
2. i hope u feel the same way abt maggie thatcher and the falklands war.
3. when u speak of blair and war, remember iraq, but also remember N. Ireland.
2:46 i remember being in the pub total silence we were all stood round the tv
Why don't you think a bit deeper about why you might call me crazy?
Maybe then you'll realise that I am the sort of person that "they" don't want you listening to!
"It's bad for business"
well said Sir !!!!! totally agree .....
People who become PM have good ideas at the start, but soon they become old, not wanted, people want a change, big big change in 10 years or so, then they realise what they had was good. .... Who would be PM to make thing worse, no one....Thatcher, Major, Blair ...(Brown... not in long enough)... lets see what Cameron does in 5-10 years from know.
Because peace is just that black and white right?
Some sick communist-socialists want to trial Blair the Hero who attacked Iraq. These sick communist bastards must be trialed for treason. The arabs in Iraq must be whiped out.
No he does not! He's My Prime Minister!
And whatever good that brought is countered by Blair's continued existence
@Nerocification Actually that is quiet an ignorant statement. It may not be said that "there is no God", but more specifically, "that there is no reason to believe that there is one". This is actual Atheism even if it is not always explicitly discussed in this way.
Faith as you correctly write is subscribing to a point of view without evidence, i.e. it is not an evidence-based undertaking. Atheism on the other hand is evidence-based and certainly is not an organised religion with a papacy.
@ALBIONTYKE Got to be honest, I don't agree with the comment about Socialist millionaires. In terms of simple taxation alone, don't we have a moral obligation to earn as much as possible? That's even before we get to personal philanthropy. 20% of nothing is nothing. The goal of socialism should NOT be to impsoe a glass ceiling, but to improve the lot of ALL people to as high as state as possible.
he should be pm again
I remember your delayed responce, to the bombing of lebanees civilians by Israel, Tony. They talked about making you a middle east envoy. An "honest broker". I laughed so hard I nearly stopped crying.
Greetings from America:) Two words George Bush, was Tony Blair that Bad.