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Originally Posted by thunder99
Towards the end I think he had lost touch with the people. But when he first got elected he really was a ray of sunshine for Britain.
I totally disagree with his stand over Iraq, but I hope people will give him credit for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland and bringing hope to Britain after the Thatcher/Major years.
It's very easy to knock people like Blair, but I do truly believe that most of the time he did what he honestly thought was best.
He was (and hopefully will continue to be) a real asset to the country.
Can't say the same about Gordon Brown though, he seems OK, but I think the country needs some fresh blood.
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Can't say about that "ray of sunshine" when he was first elected - was not living in the UK then, but agree he lost a few of his braincells over time.
I'm sure he thought he truly believed he was doing the right thing in areas, including "wars" - the problem was he was not. There is no credit in "thinking" he is doing the "right thing" - he is or he is not.
Smell he wanted to play the international stage despite around 70% of the population did not want anything to do with wars and Bush's idiocy.
He is not a stupid man and, as you said, it's easy to knock him - but he chose the bed to sleep in and screwed up big time trying to follow a liar on an agenda.
Maybe he will begin to be useful again out of office - a few ex PM's have made that attempt.