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The Tony Blair Interview with Andrew Marr

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    The Tony Blair Interview with Andrew Marr

    I see the war criminal Bliar is doing an interview to publicise his memoirs.

    Press release.

    The BBC has secured the first major political interview with Tony Blair since the year he stood down as Prime Minister.

    Andrew Marr will conduct the exclusive one-hour interview with the former PM which will run on BBC Two on Wednesday 1 September at 7pm.

    Andrew says: "Having the chance to speak to the former PM for an hour is a remarkable opportunity to learn more about what he was trying to achieve in office and how with hindsight he now regards his record."

    This will be the BBC's first major retrospective interview about Blair's time in Number 10 since 2007 and will coincide with the launch of his memoirs.

    #2
    Tony Blair book describes Gordon Brown as 'difficult'.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Clippy View Post
      I see the war criminal Bliar is doing an interview to publicise his memoirs.
      You mean the one for which he's giving all profits away?

      I find it slightly surprising CUK seems quite strongly anti-war in Iraq. Have they cleared up yet if Tony acted on bad information or knew the real facts? And, is the CUK anti-Tony movement more about much more mundane things like our economy/government, and Iraq is just used as another paddle to hit him with?
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins
      I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
      Originally posted by vetran
      Urine is quite nourishing

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        #4
        Originally posted by d000hg View Post
        I find it slightly surprising CUK seems quite strongly anti-war in Iraq. Have they cleared up yet if Tony acted on bad information or knew the real facts?
        Well the information he acted upon was sound - namely that he wanted to follow the American in regime change.

        The information he presented to us as the reason - well that's a different matter.

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          #5
          Mr Blair describes Mr Brown, who succeeded him in 10 Downing Street in 2007, as a "strange guy" and says his time as prime minister was "never going to work".
          Well he got THAT spot on.

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #6
            Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
            Well he got THAT spot on.

            He still subjected the country to the leadership of someone whom he knew wasn't capable. The bastard!

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              #7
              Originally posted by centurian View Post
              Well the information he acted upon was sound - namely that he wanted to follow the American in regime change.

              The information he presented to us as the reason - well that's a different matter.
              Was a serious question. Has the investigation yet decided if the information we were told is what the government had, or did they know it was bunk and go for it anyway? The former is excusable (if you believe any country should forcibly intervene on another), the latter obviously is not.
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #8
                Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                Was a serious question. Has the investigation yet decided if the information we were told is what the government had, or did they know it was bunk and go for it anyway? The former is excusable (if you believe any country should forcibly intervene on another), the latter obviously is not.
                Like we'll ever find THAT out in our lifetimes.
                “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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                  #9
                  Telegraph: Tony Blair 'backs coalition over economy'

                  Describing the alliance with the Liberal Democrats as a "Tory version of New Labour", Mr Blair said raising VAT, a proposal blocked by Downing Street during Gordon Brown's premiership, was also the right decision.
                  How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Was a serious question. Has the investigation yet decided if the information we were told is what the government had, or did they know it was bunk and go for it anyway? The former is excusable (if you believe any country should forcibly intervene on another), the latter obviously is not.
                    Consider the following facts:

                    1. The idea that Iraq could hits us in 45 minutes was never believed by anyone. That was laughable even at the time.
                    2. Hans Blix, the UN inspector, has recently said the Iraqis were cooperating in everything he asked
                    3. WMD, possibly, but not a threat to the UK.
                    4. Terrorism? No quite the opposite - Iraq is NOW full of Islamic terrorists, none under Saddam.
                    5. Regime change because Saddam was a bad guy? Why didn't we do Zimbabwe?

                    And most damningly:

                    6. What's going to happen to Iraq after we leave. By most analyses, civil war between Iranian and Syrian proxies and their opponents.

                    So the Iraq war has cost lives and treasure for not very much ooutcome. The more intelligent of us predicted that back in 2003.

                    HTH
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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