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4th June 2014, 08:44 AM
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Was watching the papers review on Sky news last night and there were a number of articles ripping into TeflonTony and even some of his so called supporters in the press are now turning on him for his apparent greed. He supposedly asks 6 figure sums for an evenings lecture from him and his earnings, along with those of his missus, will shortly have him in the Bill Gates earning bracket, yet no one can actually figure out what he does given his dismal failures as Middle East Envoy amongst other things.
Between him and Brown, the so called canny Scots finance minister who claimed he was a "prudent" chancellor, nothing to do with our J.P.), they managed to turn an economy that was doing quite well into a financial meltdown which even today is still struggling with their aftermath.
Strangely enough, like many of us in the U.K., I was taken in by them initially and actually for a couple of years thought they were doing a half decent job. Think it was during his second term that I realised it was all going to rat ****.
Interesting article about him here.
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4th June 2014, 09:04 AM
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Could not open your post John, Is it this one?......Tony Blair | Politics | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com › News › Politics
Latest news and comment on Tony Blair from the Guardian. ... Tony Blair is a tragic narcissist with a messiah complex, says Robert Harris. 3 Jun 2014: ...
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4th June 2014, 09:45 AM
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I was born and bought up in coal mining country , where the Derbyshire miners in the late 1890's were starved back to work , and militancy ran high , Churchill being hated amongst many of the older miners because of his hard line stance against the strikers , there were two kinds of socialist , the philanthropist rich ones who did good for the underclasses because they wanted to and the militant Socialist , that rose from the mire to help his fellow man , now we have a third type , the ones from the middle class who know what the workers need , and how they can personally make money out of them . There are really three types of conservatives available in Parliament these days , the good , the bad , and the ugly
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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4th June 2014, 09:51 AM
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morning rob .......the good the bad and the ugly .......like there sheep i suppose......what was yours like .....regards cappy
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4th June 2014, 09:54 AM
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you are back , ! the silence from Yorkshire was noticed , hope the holiday was good !
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4th June 2014, 09:57 AM
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the good the bad and the ugly ......like there sheep i suppose ......which one did your sheep resemble rob ......love cappy
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holiday good thanks for asking .......nice to have a change of routine......now back to the daily griiiiiind
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5th June 2014, 06:23 AM
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Cappy you are back so the Android App did not spirit you away, hope the sheep did not miss you too much.
Now Rob, we have similar in Oz the Labor party that like the one Blair encouraged is the 'New Labor'. That is it is Labor for those who can make a quid out of just about everybody whilst claiming to protect the underdog. But sadly with labor there will always be the underdog as with all the social security payouts who would want anything else?


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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5th June 2014, 06:32 AM
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#25... Think he borrowed Brians Battle Axe and has been off pillaging again. JS
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5th June 2014, 09:58 AM
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Someone said you had been to Whitley Bay for your holidays Cappy. Didnt you know the Spanish City was gone?. Must have been Marian, thats where they all went on the Glasgow weekend. Cheers John S
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5th June 2014, 10:26 AM
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If he had gone to Whitley Bay, he would not have survived, especially if he had stayed at the REX HOTEL,
You need Stamina for that. the women there are Predators, you need a battle axe to fight them off..
Cheers
Brian.
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