Greatest Hits
I was pondering, given the day of resignation (and celebration) draws ever closer, what the legacy of Blair will be. My guess is the *Greatest Hits* of the Blair years will be:
- the Iraq War/Crisis
- the Petrol Crisis
- the Foot and Mouth Crisis
- the multiple resignations of Peter Mandelson
- the multiple resignations of David Blunkett
- Cherigate
- the death of David Kelly
- the surrender of the EU rebate
- the constant, relentless, wearying bickering with his dour Scottish Chancellor
- Cherigate #2
- sexing up dossiers
- brown nosing the worst US president since James Buchanan
Erm... that's about it. Giving him a enviable record. If you are another failed PM like Anthony Eden who took the nation into a international conflict under false pretences. Otherwise - well, I think the historical verdict on Blair will be harsh to say the least.
One of the reasons that I am always hearing as to why Blair stays on is to ensure his legacy. In which case he should resign today. I mean, short of curing cancer there doesn't seem to be a great deal he could do to recitfy the egregious errors and scandals of his administration.
posted by The Nameless Libertarian @ 12:59 pm
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Some would argue his support for intervention in Kosovo saved a lot of lives in the long run. And granting independence to the Bank of England was a good idea. Free museums worked too. Chucking more money at the NHS may prove to be rearranging the Titanic deckchairs. Umm, London Olympics 2012? Handgun ban? Oh dear.
I am really thinking hard here.
The intervention in Kosovo was really following the lead of a US President (something that has cost him dearly since). It was Gordo, the grimacing Chanceller who granted independence to the Bank of England and the bid for the 2012 Olympics was headed by Seb Coe, a former Tory MP and former Chief of Staff to William Hague. I will give you the Handgun ban and the free museums - but two positive policies over 9 years with massive majorities is not that good really, is it?
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