A class act and we will miss him when he is gone.

Mike Ion Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 08:49:05 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Blair really is a class act and there is no doubt that we are going to miss him when he is gone.



I stood and applauded and did so with sincerity. Today Tony Blair reminded me why I joined the party, why values are longer lasting than poltical expediency and why I will miss him greatly when he goes.


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Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#1)

by andrewkbrown on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 10:07:37 PM GMT

Yes indeed we will.

Andrew Brown Someday I Will Treat You Good

Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#3)

by swatantra on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 10:31:02 PM GMT

Oh no we won't. He's served his time and its time to depart. No regrets, please.


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Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#2)

by Anonymous on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 10:10:36 PM GMT

So we should get rid of him and replace him with the voter repellant Gordon Brown?

Brilliant plan.  Brown is so twisted by powerlust he will hand government over to the Tories in his vain obssession with becoming PM.  He will be a disaster at the polls.

He can not connect with the voters.


Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#4)

by swatantra on Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 10:33:56 PM GMT

Give the man a chance. Such invective could destroy this fragile party unity and plunge us into another crisis, from which we may not recover.
Lets say Brown is on probation for a year.


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Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#6)

by liz on Wed Sep 27, 2006 at 09:41:54 PM GMT

I agree - tremendous speech.  Whilst Gordon Brown may have the intellect he will never appeal to voters nor deal adequately with David Cameron. He was uncomfortable and his expressions seemed false during the PM's speech yesterday.  He has also been tarnished by the behaviour of his supporters over recent weeks.  I am hoping  there is a contest as I would be happy with any other candidate.  I would be even happier if David Miliband stood (unlikely) and indeed won as I feel he would offer a new, fresh, likeable and intelligent personality which would certainly challenge the Tories.  I live in hope...........


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Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#10)

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Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#5)

by Juvenal on Wed Sep 27, 2006 at 03:07:15 PM GMT

It was a great speech.  A welcome reminder of what we've achieved under Tony.  But, as he himself said, politics is hard and even the greatest PM is likely to lose his/her attractiveness to the voters after ten years.  

It's clear from what I can gather around the edges of the conference that there really is no alternative to Brown, and that - love him or loathe him - we should now think about how to reconfigure the party under his leadership to enable us to win a fourth election.


Re: A class act and we will miss him when he is go (#7)

by Anonymous on Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 05:36:30 AM GMT

The Guardian kept a camera trained on Gordon Brown during the whole of Tony Blair's speech yesterday.  It's pretty clear that when Blair paid the Chancellor a tribute Gordon Brown found it very emotional.  At the very end he even sheds a tear.  So perhaps behind all the fights etc over the years even Gordon Brown maybe sad to see Blair go?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/video/page/0,,1881561,00.html

I'm suprised more of the media have not picked up on this actually.


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Class Act (#8)

by NarrowlyUpbeat on Thu Sep 28, 2006 at 05:53:59 AM GMT

Indeed a class act to follow & big (but rather worn) shoes to fill. Unfortunately for Gordon no matter how hard he tries the voters aren't going to let the ugly sister squeeze his two left feet into them.

We had better get used to that and unless we want a term out of office (I don't) and believe Gordon is a visionary (he isn't) and is capable of reforming the party with a new leader and direction (which he can't) then we should collectively send a clear message to him. You're more valuable in No 11 than No 10...stay there!  


Re: A class act (#9)

by SwingVoter on Sat Sep 30, 2006 at 10:09:06 PM GMT

He was fantastic. I found myself getting emotional watching it. It's sad he's going because by the next election Bush will not be in the White House and Iraq will be a lesser issue.Blair is not as discreditted, except for his Bush relationship, as many of his collegues.As long as Tony were not arrested in the loans-for-lordships, he'd be the only man to sell NuLab's new message.
Shame.


A class act and we will miss him when he is gone. | 10 comments (10 topical)