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Palestinian protesters scuffle with Israeli border police during a demonstration marking May Day at the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 1, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov
Blair's bloody legacy: Iraq
On the 10th anniversary of Tony Blair's election as Prime Minister, an exclusive poll reveals 69 per cent of Britons believe that, when he leaves office, his enduring legacy will be the bloody conflict in Iraq
1997 I had just started Secondary School, and I was not that interested in politics, so Labour being swept into power didn't register much.
Later on when I took AS/A Level Government and Politics I started to be interested in current affairs and started reading blogs before finally setting up my own. Around the same time the UK, USA and their Coalition of the 'Willing' decided to make the fatal error of invading Iraq, which saw hundreds of thousand protest against it and critics of the war attacked disgracefully, that if you didn't support this war it made you a 'traitor' and 'Islamofascist' and it is with a heavy heart that much of their criticism were spot on 4 years later.
Blair and NuLab have let Britain down, with their PFI scams, the Iraq invasion, curbing civil liberties and so on.
Ken MacLeod's latest novel "The Execution Channel" brilliantly deals with these issues, crafting a sublime blogothriller which has depth, well worth taking time out to read.
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Palestinian protesters scuffle with Israeli border police during a demonstration marking May Day at the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 1, 2007.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov
Blair's bloody legacy: Iraq
On the 10th anniversary of Tony Blair's election as Prime Minister, an exclusive poll reveals 69 per cent of Britons believe that, when he leaves office, his enduring legacy will be the bloody conflict in Iraq
Seven out of 10 people believe that Iraq will prove to be Tony Blair's most enduring legacy, according to an opinion poll for The Independent to mark the 10th anniversary today of the election victory that brought him to power.Has it really been 10 years of Labour in power? How time passes so quickly.
As the Prime Minister prepares to announce his resignation next week, the survey by CommunicateResearch reveals that 69 per cent of the British public believe he will be remembered most for the Iraq war. Remarkably, his next highest "legacy rating" - just 9 per cent - is for his relationship with the American President, George Bush.
Four years after the US-led invasion, Iraq still dwarfs all other issues. Only 6 per cent of voters believe Mr Blair will be remembered most for the Northern Ireland peace process, which he will hail as an important part of his legacy when self-government is restored in the province a week today.
1997 I had just started Secondary School, and I was not that interested in politics, so Labour being swept into power didn't register much.
Later on when I took AS/A Level Government and Politics I started to be interested in current affairs and started reading blogs before finally setting up my own. Around the same time the UK, USA and their Coalition of the 'Willing' decided to make the fatal error of invading Iraq, which saw hundreds of thousand protest against it and critics of the war attacked disgracefully, that if you didn't support this war it made you a 'traitor' and 'Islamofascist' and it is with a heavy heart that much of their criticism were spot on 4 years later.
Blair and NuLab have let Britain down, with their PFI scams, the Iraq invasion, curbing civil liberties and so on.
Ken MacLeod's latest novel "The Execution Channel" brilliantly deals with these issues, crafting a sublime blogothriller which has depth, well worth taking time out to read.
May Day Related Posts
Mayday: north and south.
Sell in May?: not today
The Ethics of Labor Struggle: A Free Market Perspective
Blair clapped out as he says: 'I'm quitting next week"
Celebrating 10 years of the Downing Street Echo
Shamelessly nicked Trot joke for May Day
*Have not been blogging much as have been working furiously on my dissertation, which is now complete*
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