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Posted by: lizbethxq 2 years, 1 month agoPrime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that he will step down as prime minister on June 27, after a decade in office in which he brokered peace in Northern Ireland and followed the United States to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Blair will leave office as soon as a new leader is elected for the Labour Party. He remains as head of government until h
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vor
May 10, 2007, 8:38 a.m.Now if we could find a way for our President and defacto President to both tender their resignations. Bush brought Blair down , yet he was still the loyal lapdog to the end.
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mr-dallas
May 10, 2007, 8:45 a.m.I can and I will. Bush, you should do the samething for your country!!!
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VoiceOfReason
May 10, 2007, 8:48 a.m.V.O.R., are you trying to steal my name? And by the way, I don't mind people being opposed to Bush and his policies, but please stop whining about him constantly and blaming him for EVERYTHING, even things that are totally not in his control. He has little but the power of veto, which I believe he has used only once. Sure he was a big part of the war, but give me a break. Katrina? Gas prices? Taxes? Just shut up, he's got a year left.
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aquaman1c51
May 10, 2007, 8:55 a.m.Let's see how fast he is working for Halliburton or kellogg brown or the carlyle group. England will have its troops out with in a year.
djrevellky- We only blame the person responsible for the problem unlike repub who blame everyone but themselves.
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johanboth
May 10, 2007, 9:02 a.m.ok. blaire did what he thought was best. i respect him and admire him. i also admire bush because he still hasn't pulled out of the middle east. that doesn't mean i agree with them both on everything, but at least they aren't influenced by the media and the people. they do what they think is right.
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Frankenmacer
May 10, 2007, 9:37 a.m.Ah, I see the plan now. Blair refused to step down earlier because he wanted to go down in history as the PM who saw a bi-partisan government in power in Northern Ireland. Why step down early and let Mr. Brown take the credit?? Bringing peace to Northern Ireland is a nice footnote to add to your entry in the historical record.
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nikkibabe
May 10, 2007, 9:38 a.m.Good riddance of a Washington poodle and war monger. Contrary to popular belief, the US system of government is not a democracy but a dictatorship. If the President can ignore US congress and ignore public opinion and act independently, how can it be a democracy?
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nahual
May 10, 2007, 9:43 a.m.The electoral results in Scotland is what sank Tony Blair.The Labour Party voted in favor of the illegal invasion of Irak in support of Blair's Emperialist Foreign Policy. Blair and Bush are two peas in a pod, Blair joined forces with Bush to push the neocon agenda, he was a willing participant in the criminal attack on Irak.
As far as I am concerned Blair is over rated,good riddance, the King is dead long live the King,he is however more dangerous than Bush because Blair is a political hypocrit where as with Bush what you see is what you get.
The UK will surely identify a new Prime Minister that will manage the business interest of the British Empire well, if this interest happens to coincide with those of the USA Empire they will cooperate, otherwise they will do what is best for the UK.
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groingo
May 10, 2007, 9:58 a.m.Won't be sorry to see him go, see what happens when you blindly support a madman like Bush, now how do we get rid of the SHRUB?
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raycolerick
May 10, 2007, 9:59 a.m.Godspeed Blair. You came when the US needed an ally. I just wish things could have worked out better for you.
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DavePave
May 10, 2007, 10:02 a.m.Hey dummy the guy that is replacing him is a bigger right winger then Blair. France, Germany, Australia, Italy, Poland, Danes. all moving to the right! All aligned with America. Spain still reamins a bunch of chickens! The Dems/libs and Spain out of sync with the Free World! Don't you realize it's just the Libs/Dems and Spain throwing in the towell! AWIPES!
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djn3nunez3
May 10, 2007, 10:03 a.m.Glad to see you go Tony. Too bad you didn't leave sooner. Take GW and his puppet master Cheney with you.
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Gatsby
May 10, 2007, 10:05 a.m.Hope he washes his nose before he comes over here for his speaking engagements. He had it so far up Bush's ass he'll never get it clean enough for me.
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simonsez
May 10, 2007, 10:20 a.m.History will treat him well ... a good PM in the tradition of Margaret Thatcher and Churchill.
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Rayman
May 10, 2007, 10:24 a.m.Now, let'see if Bush has the guts to admit failure and step down! How many more American & Iraqi victims is it going to take for Bush to wake-up & STOP this insane conflict?
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Truzseeker
May 10, 2007, 10:57 a.m.Although I don't think it will help is image much, at least Tony has the nads and taken personal responsibility to resign.
Its neither left or right, just admitted.
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slate
May 10, 2007, 11:02 a.m.VOR I agree with your post, I just wish you do that sort of post more often. As far as Kucenich(D) and Paul(R)yes interesting I suppose but out there in a sense. What we need is in the least 3 viable parties to shake things up. What we need most is honor and no corruption in politics as a whole. Too bad it won't happen; our leadership on both sides are broken and have fallen into Roman-like politics more about personal wealth and power. We need to change our tax base to a consumption based thing, where 100% of the companies and individuals are taxed without loop holes,,, we need to abolish Lobbying Groups and have each bill in congress be a stand alone thing without the means to add pork to bills. If the said 'pork' had merit it would stand on it's own merit and not have the need to be snuck in a bill that has nothing whatsoever to do with it.
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slate
May 10, 2007, 11:15 a.m.Yeah he factored polls in as he said one thing to one group based on a poll and something contrary to yet another group when that poll showed the other group thought differently on said subject.
This is a representative Republic,,,, what if a poll says the PEOPLE want each one to have a check for $100,000 dollars or that a certain group should be tossed out of the country would the will of the people be correct? Polls are tools to see what the major issues of the people (though we all know that polls can be and are skewed). Polls aren't votes nor are they edicts and certainly should always be listened to over what is good for the course of the country. I will cede that (sometimes/many times) the people are right in their views but sometimes they aren't privy to all things connected to any issue, but what the media spoon feeds them.
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crespi
May 10, 2007, 11:39 a.m.Sorry Fishoutofwater, I got so excited by these comments I accidentally gave you a negative vote.
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Commodore1
May 10, 2007, 11:41 a.m.Too bad the rest of the Brits cant be like Blair. I liked and respected him. The fact that he stood up to nazi liberals was very good.
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cleare
May 10, 2007, 12:18 p.m.i liked and admired blair until he linked up with bush. then he became one of satan's minions.
there are some things i admire about how the brits conduct their politics. their head of government must engage in real debate with the opposition party, ensuring the "head" is fully aware of all sides & options. it's also kind of nice when a pm looses popularity and credibility his/her party can dump them.
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