Iraq was a big fuck up, but Blair really wasn't all bad. We often forget the good things he's done such as the National Minimum Wage, Sure Start, The New Deal, Civil Partnerships, Ban on Fox Hunting, the Working Family Tax Credit, Record Investment in Public Service, the NHS and Schools, a Million Pensioners lifted out of poverty, a Million Children lifted out of poverty, an overall cut in Crime by 32%, 16,000 more police officers, 89,000 more Nurses, 44,000 more Doctors, 50,000 more Teachers, 274,000 Learning Support Teachers, bringing back Matrons to Hospital Wards, a ban on Fur Farming, the ban on Landmines and Handguns, a £2 Billion settlement for former miners with bronchitis and emphysema resulting in 350,000 of them receiving compensation by 2005, the Winter Fuel Allowance, Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Hospital waiting lists down from 13 weeks to 4 weeks, 76% of pupils achieving 5 good GCSES by 2010 from 45% in 1997, free breast cancer screenings for women aged 50-70, free eye tests for over 60s, etc. The list honestly goes on!
I except all that but because he accepted the economic consensus of thatcher it was built on sand, and could be easily demolished by the incoming Tory government; new Labour didn’t create any legacy, other than of course setting the most volatile region in the world ablaze and destabilising it for generations, cascading chaos the globe over; the atlee government of 45 actually built something that lasted, that the tories had to accept if they were to ever win another election - the NHS, the welfare state. The 1997 landslide was a wasted opportunity - whatever you think of her, thatcher remodelled the country in her image and forced her opponent to accept the consensus she created, Blair and brown simply carried on the neoliberal tradition of that kind of economic conservatism, heavily reliant on service industries and finance, so that when it all went belly up in 2008, there was no safety net, and given that Labour had long since accepted whole sale the idea that market forces are king, they had to swallow the Tory attack line that Labour wrecked the economy, rather than the - in my opinion - correct consideration that that’s simply how market led economies operate, they boom then they bust, and the people that pay the price are those with the narrowest shoulders
That was a major reason why Labour won the election by a line slide. Their election broadcasts were very cleverly done with whist promising their policies they also made it towards normal people especially this video
The line about the sense of urgency after his mother died when he was 21 and thinking "you've got to get things done!" is extraordinary. Very cleverly done.
Possibly the best effective political informercial I've ever seen. Notice how Blair talks to the camera in hushed tones like he's having a private conversation with the viewer... also the brilliant shot of him rushing up the plane stairs (he's a man on the rise) the low angle shot when he says "Of course things can change" (he's the leader to do it)... one misstep tho -- there's a shot inside the airplane that is taken almost whole cloth from Hitler's "Triumph Des Willens"
Agreed. I think a lot of people here go straight for the "yeah but he's a war criminal" jugular, which is understandable, but fail to see how perfectly crafted the marketing campaign was for his election - particularly in this ad. Take lessons, apply elsewhere.
I'm a young person (18) and a lot of the points about the cynicism and apathy being weapons of the tories are really timeless. A lot of what he says is very relevant even now 27 years on.
IS IT? The NHS is STILL HERE is it? What alternative reality are YOU living in? I'd love to join you www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/07/observer-view-on-nhs-crisis
dan taylor Blair completely ruined the NHS! It was more privatised than ever before under him and his irresponsible immigration policy meant waiting times were at an all time high! Of course Blair and his chums had private healthcare so it didn't affect him. There is no way in a million years Blair would get elected if the electorate could go back in time.
No he didn't NHS approval and patient (not customer) satisfaction ratings were highest ever under 21st century Labour, of course facts don't matter to the Alt Right because they've got Alt facts.........or lies as they're more commonly known.
I love how in your original comment you thanked Blair for "saving the NHS from privatisation" then when I tell you that his leadership marked the start of a transition of the NHS into a private sector you try and answer a completely different point I didn't even make :s. It sounds like you're the one who doesn't like facts if it doesn't suit your argument.
Some very poor acting at times, but as a 2015 Corbyn voter I would still welcome Tony back to Labour with open arms! This divided country which the Tories have created needs some hopeful Blair style optimism again! "Britain can be better than this". Inspiring!
@@searcheroftruth7308no. Left politics won’t work in modern developed western society anymore, I would argue that right politics might work a little better, but not much as well. That’s why we will have Labour and conservatives both moving towards the centre, eventually becoming the same thing😂. Inevitable
Blair brought in the minimum wage- but the New Labour attitude to claimants is very similar to the Tories. That social compassion he spoke of didn't come through to DWP bureaucracy and the cruel way claimants have been degraded with workfare and draconian sanctions
Yes that's very true! I remember going to the jobcentre for very first time in my early 20s, back in 2002 period, it was called New Deal then, the work programs really started here, the Tories just took over and progressed it a little more.
I always remember what the late, great Barbara Castle said about Blair when he became Labour leader. " At last, someone who can take the Tory buggers on at their own game" !!! At the time the Tories were scared stiff of Blair and with good reason. I agree with other comments, it all went wrong after 9/11.
Because he was a party of ambition and in a sense sounded like them, getting people off benefits at least that is what he said he would implement and getting people in to work (5:21)
Back when politics was about normal everyday things, education, NHS, affording your own home. Now it’s full of lying power and money crazed men that don’t give a crap about looking after the country. I was 13 in 1997 and even I remember all the good things that new labour did for the country.
I didn't vote Labour in general elections when he was Prime Minister but I did find him to be a rather entertaining one with his new way of doing things that often turned out to be most bizarre. Like attending the France vs Australia Rugby World Cup match in Cardiff in 1999 when he has no interest in rugby so he could discuss the BSE crisis with Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister, during half time. I bet Jospin thought beforehand that attending a rugby match would be a way to get away from politics. And in the 2001 General Election he goes straight from Buckingham Palace to a girls' school in south London to announce that he has dissolved Parliament.
I think Blair seems to have good intentions, but there seems to be an underlying insecurity/ego that he has which suggests that he is easily manipulated and impressed. This can be through wealth, power and status but I think it explains somewhat why his administration was so tainted and slippery.
Nothing more than an opportunist in the right place at the right time. He inherited an economy that was in its best shape for decades with very low debt. He set about spending money like it was going out of fashion, wasting billions. People say, but the NHS was in a better shape, short term nominal improvements were made however the majority of the money went on wage increases and bonuses. Ask people like myself from Stafford what he did to the NHS. Debt went from around 40% of GDP to 75% during his tenure. Gimmicks gimmicks and more gimmicks. Not to mention the damage done by devolution to Scotland and Wales. Unfortunately Mr Blairs government was the foundations for the mess we find ourselves in today.
UK government debt declined under Blair's premiership, from 36.6% in 1997 to 35.1% in 2007. The economy grew by 2.5% a year on average, while inflation remained low. Having domestic policies for Scotland and Wales decided by a UK-wide government was no longer sustainable.
People used to be impressed by con men and ultra marketing types but now they see through them. Blair's facial expressions and hand gestures spoke volumes. He was talking about aspiration even back then as if it should be made compulsory.
lemsip If you go back to last years General Election ( can you believe that the election was only a last year?) The Next Day All the would be New labour leadership candidates were using that word... Aspiration.. Yes you are right, people seem to be less susceptible at the moment to P.R Marketing in Politics... We are living through a very interesting time in History
For some reason, this seems like a mockumentary. I kept getting a THIS IS SPINAL TAP vibe. Must be the British accents. And that awful song that starts at 8:09 ? RUBBISH! Idn'tit?
Look lets face it as a working class socialist i dont like to admit it on the but in the 70s socialism went too far.. (Ok i wernt alive then but iv done my reaserch and i here the horror storys from those that were) Yea ok in the 70s the working man never had it so good but lets face it we took the piss. Industry was failing but the unions still wanted a pay rise. An oil embargo forces a rise on inflation and instead of coming to a compromise with the government inflation spike the unions just went to war That ensured Maggy took over and wrestled the economy back into the hands of the establishment and away from the working class. Forced us all into poverty low wages and unemployment and Were paying for those mistakes even now. Tony Blair (the Iraq war aside) was probably one of our best pms. He was balanced. He weyed up capitalism with socialism and found a good mix. He grew the economy far better than the torys ever did kept the country competitive. (We were 4th in the financial rankings werre now 6th thanks to the torys) and he did it whilst reducing poverty, introducing social refoms like the minimum wage and spending adequately on our public services. Even wages were growing well Hey he did a lot of shit i didnt like PFI Tuition fees Zero hour contracts But fuck me as a working man the way things are under a decade of tory i didnt realise how fucking good we had it id welcome him back with open arms
I'm left of centre too and agree with every word you have written here. Furthermore. If the infighting in Labour continues we're going to end up with Tory government after Tory government. It's about time all factions started working together for the greater good in preparation for the next Labour government.
@Bessie Hillum In 2008 there was a global financial crisis which began in America as the economic bubble popped. Formed from capitalism, the preditory loans and mortgages, bought and sold, crushed together, sold again, built up with interest, higher and higher house prices suddenly begin to fall, loans and mortgages can't get repaid and the money that was only there in figures on a computer screen begins to implode... The crash was no fault of labours and to believe so is simply either Tory lie or an ignorance of the truth. Immigration is the scapegoat for years of unnecessary Tory neolibralism Cuts privatisation and austerity where the public sector was whittled down to put money into the hands of company CEOs and shareholders More immigration is a good thing More tax payers, more workers more business more shoppers more teachers doctors and nurses More immigration means a bigger economy.
Tony, you were just good prime minister for United Kingdom, Social Democracy is just fine political and societal ideology. Greetings from Helsinki, Finland.
He did do some good things in the first few years of office that we never would have got under a continuation with the Tories to be fair, but once Bush came along he abandoned any primary reasons of getting into parliament that he had when starting out and just became in affect a 'Moderate Tory' to keep Labour in for as long as possible before the Tories brought in Cameron (Blue Tony) who made Brown look like an old fuddy, duddy relic of the past comparison who had just inherited the job rather than won it and all we've had is short-termism politics and bad coalitions since. The only real hope to see some proper change in the next few years from the progressively worse and worse society we've seen since the 2010 Election is for the DUP to abandon the Tories by the end of this year and force Theresa May to call another Snap Election which the votes fall in the right place for Corbyn to win or at least be able to form a progressive alliance and undo some of the shit 'UKIP' voter appeasing Hard Tory Style we are getting now post referendum/election. Hopefully UKIP will cease to exist and won't be around at the next election to fuck things up like they have done the last few years even without getting many seats in the house itself.
It's not real.. he should be shouting from the rooftops what he wanted to do for the country. If your planning a wedding your brain is frazzled to the point where you think your a banger. Never mind taking control of the greatest country known to man.
Why are UK political parties so rubbish with their ads? I'm sure that this was effective at the time (which I'd put down more to Blair's charisma on the campaign trail/the general political shift in the country) but to me it feels like something I'd see on Parks and Recreation or The Office.
Because acting on those shows is a parody of things like this which originally worked well, them mocking it has probably just steadily made it less and less viable as a strategy
2:33 it seems extraordinary that in a party political broadcast the guy is straight out asked why he isn't in the other party! it's like a burn that was missed in the edit.
Foreign policy is absent from almost all party broadcasts of all parties (save in a vague sense of arguments about 'Britain's standing in the world') because it doesn't affect how people vote.
@inspector morse no more or less dangerous than all the bastards since (and of course many before). At least under labour man made austerity doesn't kill tens of thousands...
05:42, never a truer word said, thanks, you should have pushed to get the entire House of Lords replaced with an elected chamber, that would have done more for this country than any amount of new schools and hospitals on the credit, you let them beat you, a prime minister with an enormous majority couldn't get the job done so we have no chance nowadays of seeing any real reform, i for one am truly sickened by the hyperbole of modern day politicians saying one thing and doing something else entirely, it has to end someday or else all hell with let loose, we are half way there now.
His twisted Christian beliefs were his undoing, the thought of him and Bush kneeling together praying to their God still fills me with rage. Being an atheist or agnostic should be a prerequisite for holding high office.
Not the fact that they went to war that caused millions of deaths to their soldiers and the Iraqi population completely destroying the country whereby the terrorists could fester there and are a danger to their nation and abroad.
Iraq was a big fuck up, but Blair really wasn't all bad. We often forget the good things he's done such as the National Minimum Wage, Sure Start, The New Deal, Civil Partnerships, Ban on Fox Hunting, the Working Family Tax Credit, Record Investment in Public Service, the NHS and Schools, a Million Pensioners lifted out of poverty, a Million Children lifted out of poverty, an overall cut in Crime by 32%, 16,000 more police officers, 89,000 more Nurses, 44,000 more Doctors, 50,000 more Teachers, 274,000 Learning Support Teachers, bringing back Matrons to Hospital Wards, a ban on Fur Farming, the ban on Landmines and Handguns, a £2 Billion settlement for former miners with bronchitis and emphysema resulting in 350,000 of them receiving compensation by 2005, the Winter Fuel Allowance, Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Hospital waiting lists down from 13 weeks to 4 weeks, 76% of pupils achieving 5 good GCSES by 2010 from 45% in 1997, free breast cancer screenings for women aged 50-70, free eye tests for over 60s, etc. The list honestly goes on!
It’s a shame that people often overlook the good.
In hindsight I think he was a decent PM
Exactly
I except all that but because he accepted the economic consensus of thatcher it was built on sand, and could be easily demolished by the incoming Tory government; new Labour didn’t create any legacy, other than of course setting the most volatile region in the world ablaze and destabilising it for generations, cascading chaos the globe over; the atlee government of 45 actually built something that lasted, that the tories had to accept if they were to ever win another election - the NHS, the welfare state. The 1997 landslide was a wasted opportunity - whatever you think of her, thatcher remodelled the country in her image and forced her opponent to accept the consensus she created, Blair and brown simply carried on the neoliberal tradition of that kind of economic conservatism, heavily reliant on service industries and finance, so that when it all went belly up in 2008, there was no safety net, and given that Labour had long since accepted whole sale the idea that market forces are king, they had to swallow the Tory attack line that Labour wrecked the economy, rather than the - in my opinion - correct consideration that that’s simply how market led economies operate, they boom then they bust, and the people that pay the price are those with the narrowest shoulders
That was a major reason why Labour won the election by a line slide. Their election broadcasts were very cleverly done with whist promising their policies they also made it towards normal people especially this video
whoever put this together is a genius
The line about the sense of urgency after his mother died when he was 21 and thinking "you've got to get things done!" is extraordinary. Very cleverly done.
Possibly the best effective political informercial I've ever seen. Notice how Blair talks to the camera in hushed tones like he's having a private conversation with the viewer... also the brilliant shot of him rushing up the plane stairs (he's a man on the rise) the low angle shot when he says "Of course things can change" (he's the leader to do it)... one misstep tho -- there's a shot inside the airplane that is taken almost whole cloth from Hitler's "Triumph Des Willens"
I like how the tea mugs are the hodgepodge of free mugs with company names in them or whatever like most people have
He was the best we ever had ❤️
@@philbrainy2399 hahahaha you need a psych evaluation
He actually did many great things but his one mistake cost him everything.
Yeah, complete open door mass immigration!
He sold his sole to the devil, Bush. No he's an angel of death. Going round the world taking money from dictators.
Ha I found you on Instagram where you commented on Kirsten gilibrands pic lol
Also isolationism is better than interventionisim
@@unrealharry that's right. Iraq was not the reason he had to jump ship.
So that's where David Cameron got it from. Doing all those life stories vlogs.
Cameron and Oseborne admire Blair lmao
Blair was a winner. Cameron wanted to be the same
this bloody hilarious its like a scene from office omds
I think that that is the best election broadcast that I have ever seen - and I did not vote for him.
Agreed. I think a lot of people here go straight for the "yeah but he's a war criminal" jugular, which is understandable, but fail to see how perfectly crafted the marketing campaign was for his election - particularly in this ad. Take lessons, apply elsewhere.
Mark Whiley Yes, young conservatives are taking lessons.
good on you for not voting for this insufferable bastard
@@MarkWhiley I wish the Dems here in the US would take a page from Mr. Blair. Instead they are hell bent on nominating their won Jeremy Corbyn
I'm a young person (18) and a lot of the points about the cynicism and apathy being weapons of the tories are really timeless. A lot of what he says is very relevant even now 27 years on.
people vote with emotion. capture their hearts and minds and appear normal and responsible and trust worthy. they will vote for you.
interesting
Blair was the best thing to happen to the NHS, if nothing else he saved it from Tory privatisation, if only for a few years. RIP 1948 - 2010
dan taylor The NHS is still here, 7 years on. Not sure you're entirely accurate.
IS IT? The NHS is STILL HERE is it? What alternative reality are YOU living in? I'd love to join you www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/07/observer-view-on-nhs-crisis
dan taylor Blair completely ruined the NHS! It was more privatised than ever before under him and his irresponsible immigration policy meant waiting times were at an all time high!
Of course Blair and his chums had private healthcare so it didn't affect him. There is no way in a million years Blair would get elected if the electorate could go back in time.
No he didn't NHS approval and patient (not customer) satisfaction ratings were highest ever under 21st century Labour, of course facts don't matter to the Alt Right because they've got Alt facts.........or lies as they're more commonly known.
I love how in your original comment you thanked Blair for "saving the NHS from privatisation" then when I tell you that his leadership marked the start of a transition of the NHS into a private sector you try and answer a completely different point I didn't even make :s.
It sounds like you're the one who doesn't like facts if it doesn't suit your argument.
Love the bit from the back seat.. it's so "the thick of it".. can just imagine Armando Iannucci shouting action!!
Some very poor acting at times, but as a 2015 Corbyn voter I would still welcome Tony back to Labour with open arms! This divided country which the Tories have created needs some hopeful Blair style optimism again! "Britain can be better than this". Inspiring!
You would welcome back a centre-right neoliberal war criminal with open arms?
Christopher Foxon corbyn and blair prove labour is too cancer
Secular Scot centre left we republicans don't call bush centre left owned up to your mistakes
Blair is a liar, Corbyn is principled decent and more inspiring than this lap dog ever was.
You are DELUDED!
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Imagine if Tony had indeed signed for Newcastle United..
@Henry Discipline no
@RoxburghTV The best comment on UA-cam.
Bring back New Labour
.......except the war.
It never truly left, its now called the Conservative party!!!
@@searcheroftruth7308no. Left politics won’t work in modern developed western society anymore, I would argue that right politics might work a little better, but not much as well. That’s why we will have Labour and conservatives both moving towards the centre, eventually becoming the same thing😂.
Inevitable
@@searcheroftruth7308cope
Blair brought in the minimum wage- but the New Labour attitude to claimants is very similar to the Tories. That social compassion he spoke of didn't come through to DWP bureaucracy and the cruel way claimants have been degraded with workfare and draconian sanctions
Yes that's very true! I remember going to the jobcentre for very first time in my early 20s, back in 2002 period, it was called New Deal then, the work programs really started here, the Tories just took over and progressed it a little more.
"Keep a grip of yourself and hope that your humanity sees you through".... What happened Tony?
American corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Cozimo what could be be blackmailed over?
This guy has been a crook all along, this is just a put-on fake persona.
I always remember what the late, great Barbara Castle said about Blair when he became Labour leader. " At last, someone who can take the Tory buggers on at their own game" !!! At the time the Tories were scared stiff of Blair and with good reason. I agree with other comments, it all went wrong after 9/11.
Because he was a party of ambition and in a sense sounded like them, getting people off benefits at least that is what he said he would implement and getting people in to work (5:21)
Tony was a politician who’s sole purpose was to change Britain he certainly succeeded
Back when politics was about normal everyday things, education, NHS, affording your own home. Now it’s full of lying power and money crazed men that don’t give a crap about looking after the country. I was 13 in 1997 and even I remember all the good things that new labour did for the country.
I didn't vote Labour in general elections when he was Prime Minister but I did find him to be a rather entertaining one with his new way of doing things that often turned out to be most bizarre. Like attending the France vs Australia Rugby World Cup match in Cardiff in 1999 when he has no interest in rugby so he could discuss the BSE crisis with Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister, during half time. I bet Jospin thought beforehand that attending a rugby match would be a way to get away from politics. And in the 2001 General Election he goes straight from Buckingham Palace to a girls' school in south London to announce that he has dissolved Parliament.
lemsip I
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Americanisation of politics
This is just an advert for Blair not Labour
You write as though that's a criticism. That's exactly what it's supposed to be.
David Boothroyd oh no, totally :D. It's just amazing to see how much confidence they had in him to lead them to victory
He was called president Blair for a reason.
Making it look like US elections lol
I think Blair seems to have good intentions, but there seems to be an underlying insecurity/ego that he has which suggests that he is easily manipulated and impressed. This can be through wealth, power and status but I think it explains somewhat why his administration was so tainted and slippery.
Nothing more than an opportunist in the right place at the right time. He inherited an economy that was in its best shape for decades with very low debt. He set about spending money like it was going out of fashion, wasting billions. People say, but the NHS was in a better shape, short term nominal improvements were made however the majority of the money went on wage increases and bonuses. Ask people like myself from Stafford what he did to the NHS. Debt went from around 40% of GDP to 75% during his tenure. Gimmicks gimmicks and more gimmicks. Not to mention the damage done by devolution to Scotland and Wales. Unfortunately Mr Blairs government was the foundations for the mess we find ourselves in today.
UK government debt declined under Blair's premiership, from 36.6% in 1997 to 35.1% in 2007. The economy grew by 2.5% a year on average, while inflation remained low. Having domestic policies for Scotland and Wales decided by a UK-wide government was no longer sustainable.
"I thought politicians were a pain in the backside" - yes you turned into one Tony.
He seemed like a good guy with good ideas, what happened?
***** Yeah, coupled with the fact he was merely a Tory in red.
at last someone with a brain
He a lair
Power corrupts...
politicians are always at their best before they get any power
Everybody should watch Blair very closely so that we never fall for such a conman ever again.
my friend, people have been falling for con men like Blair long before you were born and they will continue to do so long after you are dead.
You musta missed Cameron lol. He looked up to Blair
People used to be impressed by con men and ultra marketing types but now they see through them. Blair's facial expressions and hand gestures spoke volumes. He was talking about aspiration even back then as if it should be made compulsory.
lemsip If you go back to last years General Election ( can you believe that the election was only a last year?) The Next Day All the would be New labour leadership candidates were using that word... Aspiration..
Yes you are right, people seem to be less susceptible at the moment to P.R Marketing in Politics... We are living through a very interesting time in History
lemsip and Blair today is trying to make a come Back through Brexit... It will be very interesting to see how far he will get with that.
like if you rejoined the labour party in 2015
BreakingTheWall 2016 for me :)
i left in 2004 and rejoined in 2007. in 2005 i voted for charles kennedy decent man
What an actor! He really seems just like an ordinary bloke that you could trust, here.
New labour
New danger
BLOODY LEGEND LOVE U FOREVER TONY X
All seems good, but he didn't tell us how he intended to open the floodgates to Europe and take us into two illegal wars
Remember that it was Major, not Blair, who signed the Maasticht treaty.
Afghanistan was approved by the UN so its misleading that you say 2 illegal wars
Were Party broadcasts nearly ten mins long back then? These days it's 3 mins all done by Cummings.
Still relevant today its crazy
tuition fees, tuition fees, tuition fees.
This was probably impressive when it was released, but so many of the shots with him facing the camera I Edmond me of mark corrigan on peep show
New Labour had a bright future but in the end it was a disaster.
it just didn't Tony is the best PM in 30 years
jason ealing how have you got a peace sign as your profile picture and praising tony Blair?
@@nathankirk6192 I disagree with the war but I love him for his public spending on the NHS and introduction of the minimum wage
@@jasonealing2440 But the minimum wage, in real terms has meant a pay cut over 20 years as it was never tied legally to the cost of living.
@@jackbeswick4662 I swear its tied to inflation
I think Paddy Ashdown would've a great PM. Educated, patriotic and smart. I reckon he would've still intervened in Kosovo and Sierra Leone.
and shame about Kennedy! appropriate name, cursed!
For some reason, this seems like a mockumentary. I kept getting a THIS IS SPINAL TAP vibe. Must be the British accents.
And that awful song that starts at 8:09 ? RUBBISH! Idn'tit?
'Things Can Only Get Better' !!!
Young Dad is the message.
Look lets face it as a working class socialist i dont like to admit it on the but in the 70s socialism went too far..
(Ok i wernt alive then but iv done my reaserch and i here the horror storys from those that were)
Yea ok in the 70s the working man never had it so good but lets face it we took the piss. Industry was failing but the unions still wanted a pay rise. An oil embargo forces a rise on inflation and instead of coming to a compromise with the government inflation spike the unions just went to war
That ensured Maggy took over and wrestled the economy back into the hands of the establishment and away from the working class. Forced us all into poverty low wages and unemployment and Were paying for those mistakes even now.
Tony Blair (the Iraq war aside) was probably one of our best pms. He was balanced. He weyed up capitalism with socialism and found a good mix. He grew the economy far better than the torys ever did kept the country competitive. (We were 4th in the financial rankings werre now 6th thanks to the torys) and he did it whilst reducing poverty, introducing social refoms like the minimum wage and spending adequately on our public services. Even wages were growing well
Hey he did a lot of shit i didnt like
PFI
Tuition fees
Zero hour contracts
But fuck me as a working man the way things are under a decade of tory i didnt realise how fucking good we had it id welcome him back with open arms
Keir Starmer looks and politically sounds like Blair.
I'm left of centre too and agree with every word you have written here.
Furthermore. If the infighting in Labour continues we're going to end up with Tory government after Tory government. It's about time all factions started working together for the greater good in preparation for the next Labour government.
@Bessie Hillum In 2008 there was a global financial crisis which began in America as the economic bubble popped. Formed from capitalism, the preditory loans and mortgages, bought and sold, crushed together, sold again, built up with interest, higher and higher house prices suddenly begin to fall, loans and mortgages can't get repaid and the money that was only there in figures on a computer screen begins to implode... The crash was no fault of labours and to believe so is simply either Tory lie or an ignorance of the truth.
Immigration is the scapegoat for years of unnecessary Tory neolibralism
Cuts privatisation and austerity where the public sector was whittled down to put money into the hands of company CEOs and shareholders
More immigration is a good thing
More tax payers, more workers more business more shoppers more teachers doctors and nurses
More immigration means a bigger economy.
He seems almost human
power corrupts
Bush ruined him
Tony, you were just good prime
minister for United Kingdom, Social
Democracy is just fine political and
societal ideology.
Greetings from Helsinki, Finland.
he wasn't a social democrat
He did do some good things in the first few years of office that we never would have got under a continuation with the Tories to be fair, but once Bush came along he abandoned any primary reasons of getting into parliament that he had when starting out and just became in affect a 'Moderate Tory' to keep Labour in for as long as possible before the Tories brought in Cameron (Blue Tony) who made Brown look like an old fuddy, duddy relic of the past comparison who had just inherited the job rather than won it and all we've had is short-termism politics and bad coalitions since. The only real hope to see some proper change in the next few years from the progressively worse and worse society we've seen since the 2010 Election is for the DUP to abandon the Tories by the end of this year and force Theresa May to call another Snap Election which the votes fall in the right place for Corbyn to win or at least be able to form a progressive alliance and undo some of the shit 'UKIP' voter appeasing Hard Tory Style we are getting now post referendum/election. Hopefully UKIP will cease to exist and won't be around at the next election to fuck things up like they have done the last few years even without getting many seats in the house itself.
Farage new party next time...oh no
@Bessie Hillum No, it should be a legal strut it chamber, saving the taxpayer and just make those Lords to Earls etc and make them Sirs etc instead
@Bessie Hillum a legal chamber to scrutinise legislation and proposed bills to pass taking politics out of the decisions
full of tory pap. He doesn't even mention policy. though he says education education education, but gave us war war war. and charges for education.
Can't believe a word of it
The greatest PM of all time him and Attlee
No-one makes it alone, we all make it togeter
All soundbites and vacuousness
Blair wasn’t selling the Labour Party he was selling himself
Now rishi sunak can now join John major as a biggest failure
Ok so his dad was a Tory.... That makes total sense.
Is that Gillian?
Definetly looks like her
2.50 The teachers will have a lot of homework too.
“He doesn’t say anything about policy”, yeh because he’s trying to show how he was a normal person
It's not real.. he should be shouting from the rooftops what he wanted to do for the country. If your planning a wedding your brain is frazzled to the point where you think your a banger. Never mind taking control of the greatest country known to man.
Why are UK political parties so rubbish with their ads? I'm sure that this was effective at the time (which I'd put down more to Blair's charisma on the campaign trail/the general political shift in the country) but to me it feels like something I'd see on Parks and Recreation or The Office.
Because acting on those shows is a parody of things like this which originally worked well, them mocking it has probably just steadily made it less and less viable as a strategy
Art imitates life. It's not life imitating art.
wow this is so patronising and embarassing. i remember seeing him on tele as a kid, about 11 and he seemed so slippery and untrustworthy then!
pity all the adults missed it
Bullshit you liar
2:33 it seems extraordinary that in a party political broadcast the guy is straight out asked why he isn't in the other party! it's like a burn that was missed in the edit.
He was appealing to swing voters. And also to people who presumed he was just a clone of his father.
Oh Tony, you could have been a great Prime Minister. IRAQ Why ???
Don't forget Kosovo and Serbia.
Mentions nothing about foreign policy- wonder why.....
Foreign policy is absent from almost all party broadcasts of all parties (save in a vague sense of arguments about 'Britain's standing in the world') because it doesn't affect how people vote.
@@DBIVUK doesn't justify such an omission though
I must admit he comes across as reasonably authentic here...it didn't last.
@inspector morse no more or less dangerous than all the bastards since (and of course many before). At least under labour man made austerity doesn't kill tens of thousands...
This is what makes Blair dangerous
he just wanted to be a rockstar
Human nature Tony.
The British political class have an envy and jealousy problem
War criminal
oddly he really reminds me of boris Johnson
Don’t ever say that.... Boris Johnson is now where near Tony Blair!
@@deriser_3q363 note the word "oddly"
More like David Cameron he pretty much took some ideas and speeches from him.
No more like Cameron and Boris is more like Corbyn!😂
6:11 is that Gillian Duffy?
Targot sadarm
He became a corporate sellout, sad really
What went wrong
his second term. first term i was never so happy, second happy again until iraq. didn't vote for him in 2005, voted for kennedy
9/11
He's such a Tory.
Labour in 2018, thank god we're back.
With fewer seats than ever
@@samjoshi1812 Yeah :)
The far left are killing Labour.
Nauseating. This guy destroyed everything.
05:42, never a truer word said, thanks, you should have pushed to get the entire House of Lords replaced with an elected chamber, that would have done more for this country than any amount of new schools and hospitals on the credit, you let them beat you, a prime minister with an enormous majority couldn't get the job done so we have no chance nowadays of seeing any real reform, i for one am truly sickened by the hyperbole of modern day politicians saying one thing and doing something else entirely, it has to end someday or else all hell with let loose, we are half way there now.
Misleading also very long.
His twisted Christian beliefs were his undoing, the thought of him and Bush kneeling together praying to their God still fills me with rage. Being an atheist or agnostic should be a prerequisite for holding high office.
Not the fact that they went to war that caused millions of deaths to their soldiers and the Iraqi population completely destroying the country whereby the terrorists could fester there and are a danger to their nation and abroad.
So many deluded Corbynistas in the comments!
Better that than war criminal enablers
@joshuameg8119 No, they're not. Your definition of 'war criminal' is a juvenile and willfully ignorant one.
@@A_Red_December what?