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With all that's going on at the moment between Israel and Palestine I couldn't help thinking about the appointment of Blair as Middle East "Peace Envoy"

Has he achieved anything in this role?

In reply to FesteringSore:

This is your idea of a joke, right?

In reply to Blizzard:


Depends

In reply to FesteringSore:
Sure he has, he's thrown a party for Cherie

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/blair-in-spot-after-lavish-birthday-party-fo...

In reply to Postmanpat:

Ouch, that's embarrassing.

I hope you clear your browsing history and remove cookies when you close your browser.

In reply to TMM:



Don't know what you mean

In reply to FesteringSore:


Who?

In reply to FesteringSore:

Not quite sure how Tony Blair became a peace envoy, my favorite theory is that that illuminati are no less susceptible to irony and humour than the rest of us.

He must be quite good at it though - "Hello Mr. Rouhani, these are the peace terms. Stop reasearching nuclear technology or we'll make up a load of lies and illegally invade your country."

In reply to FesteringSore:


Exposed himself as a charlatan.

In reply to FesteringSore:
War criminal, so far , unpunished .

In reply to FesteringSore:

More of the same to advance the interest of the relevant parties - The Quartet. So quite a success then.

D

In reply to FesteringSore:

You may appreciate this:

youtube.com/watch?v=Ba8bB1q8XEg&

In reply to FesteringSore:

I have often stated, from the comfort of my soap-box, that I can't understand how Americans sleep at night if they aren't spending all their waking moments protesting against the travesties committed by their government and elected leaders.

I am starting to consider tarring the British people with the same brush.

We sit in our pubs, watching the 'footie' and drinking our ale, enjoying good medical care, low crime, fast Internet, fast food, fast trains, first-class entertainment, freedom of religion and speech (on Twitter, at least) and a justice system that is almost adequate. We are given just enough comfort in our lives and asked to work just hard enough to earn it - making the rich richer, all the while.

We allow our politicians to get away with murder because we're comfortable and lazy and too tired to fight.

(... steps off soap-box, exits stage right. Disconnects from Internet and goes climbing instead.)

(I don't know where I am going with this developing opinion... it's an idea-in-progress.)

In reply to Xharlie:


Quite a lot of them didn't vote for the current incumbents. Or the previous.

The same would be the case here - possibly more so, at the moment.

In reply to FesteringSore:


Sure - he helped Dubya f*ck the Middle East for generations to come and voila - a job for him post government where he can talk earnestly about fixing it. Contemptible.

I didn't think my opinion of Tony Blair could sink any lower, but . . .

" . . . comedian Bobby Davro was also hired to entertain".

If you were as rich as Tony Blair, is that the best you could do for your wife's surprise birthday party?

In reply to Bobling:

To be fair, although I have no time for Blair or Bush, and never supported the invasion of Iraq (unlike some others of this parish), I think the Middle East has proved quite capable of f*cking itself up without any outside intervention - a combination of mediaeval religion, antiquated tribal culture, greed, misplaced machismo, and ignorance. Add unimaginable, unearned wealth to that and you have a pretty desperate mix.

In reply to Jim Lancs:

What's the story there, does she think she is the Queen? Her birthday is in September, does she need to have two birthdays now.

In reply to Removed UserBwox:

If not voting for a president absolves one of all responsibility, democracy is the ultimate scam: it gives half the voters and all the abstainers an excuse to stick their head in the sand and let evil be evil.

When all is said and done, they/we ARE paying taxes into their coffers and working to build the economy that funds their actions.

In reply to Xharlie:


Are you sure Britain has a president?

In reply to Bruce Hooker:

Yes. When your "Prime Minister" simply answers all demands with "Yes, Mr Bush", you effectively have a president - one the British public did not elect. He isn't prime minister any more and Bush is gone. They should both be in prison.

In reply to Xharlie:


You could come and shout a bit, it helps, I think.

https://www.facebook.com/palestinesolidarityuk?fref=nf

In reply to Jim Fraser:


He's the 21st century's answer to Henry Kissinger don't you know.