This article seriously gets Blair wrong. He still is OUR Prime minister and what he did to our country is unforgiveable.
Iraq is merely an example and Richard North has a bee-in-his bonnet over this. There was an arguable case for toppling Saddam Hussein but NONE for lying to our parliament to get authorisation to do so. But that is the man – he’s a compulsive liar and THAT is his legacy. He dreams and is a good actor but as an executive he is a non-starter.The thing that matters about Blair is that he is a man without substance. He’s incapable of actually doing anything. He’s attitudinal and aspirational but is executively incompetent.
The politicisation of the civil service, the weakening of the Union, the corrupt practices and above all the LIES. The lies that took us into Iraq are what are so dreadful – the target was arguably justified but as Blair is incapable of either telling the truth or executing any plan properly the results are chaotic.
The Iraq war is not central to Blair’s legacy = his failed character is.
Blair is a nasty unprincipled piece of work and I am shocked when I see people defending him
More than anything he has devalued the moral position of our nation. He has made corruption, venality and lies seem normal.
That is utterly unforgiveable. Iraq is a media frenzy side-issue to the flawed character of a nasty man
