All politicians lie. The whole Blair thing is just so unfair. Tories start wars all the time and get hailed as great leaders. The one time a Labour Prime Minister starts a stupid war and we never hear the end of it.
Hypocrisy.
Thatcher is up to her neck in the Hillsborough business, Orgreave, and one other thing which I am STILL not allowed to talk about. It will come out eventually.
Thatcher won her war. That's a crucial difference.
Also, Thatcher picked her battles well.
Hillsborough - Meh. No-one outside Liverpool cares.
Orgreave - Meh. No one from outside the left cares (indeed much of the country thoroughly enjoyed watching miners get a good kicking).
Blair, on the other hand, decided to 'rub the right's nose in diversity' (not his quote, I know, but clearly his sentiment), opened the immigration floodgates, more than doubled the muslim population within a decade and deeply, deeply fücked the country up, meaning he is hated by the right.
Meanwhile, his perceived 'red tory' ways mean he is hated by the left, while Iraq means much of the centre left hate him, too.
All in all, an impressive tally.
Last edited by Burney; 07-05-2017 at 03:02 PM.