Tony Blair
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I'm not having a very good day - had some bad news about a family member - then heard Bliar on Radio 4. Just wanting to vent a bit of spleen, I don't think he actually has a command of the English language. I'll translate a few of his words and phrases:
It = Urt
To = Ter
That = Thert
Visit = Visurt
I don't claim to speak RP all of the time, but I wasn't expensively privately educated.
And why does he have to behave like the Messiah? All of his speeches seem to start with some thing like 'I say unto you'. At the very best, he says 'Now Look.....'
Sorry, I'll go now!
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Sorry to hear you are having a bad day Feline
Poor old Feline,sorry about your family member.
As for Tony and his pontificating he can talk me to sleep with no probs at all. In fact he always was a good cure for insomnia.
I'm sorry about your bad news - but a great idea to take it out on Tony. I think it best for me not to get started on what I think of him........
Don't allow the likes of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair affect you mentality. Maybe his phrases are down to a guilty conscious every time he looks a crowd into the eyes.
Whenever I think of Bliar's full name, I'm always reminded of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau visiting a chateau in the South of France where an English aristocratic burglar resides:
"I put it to you that you are none other than Sir Charles Phantom, the notorious Lytton" (or words to that effect, anyway).
Hence I always think of TB (what an appropriate pair of initials...) as 'Anthony Charles Lynton, the notorious Blair'....
A good rant does us all good. and better to do it here than at your loved ones! Sorry to hear you've had bad news, take care of yourself
Mr Blair has been in the news recently about the big bucks that he has been making since leaving central government, what with being an envoy here, an envoy there and all of the other 'consultancy' work and public speaking that he has done to create the polished and much sought after 'Blair' effect.
Hand in hand with that goes an expensive 'production' team that will have trained him, almost into submission, to talk and perform pretty much like a lapdog to the standards that you describe. He is no longer the Tony Blair that we used to know, he is an actor on a stage and nothing else. Hence the speech therapy, the dramatic 'scholared' enunciations and the drama queen antics.
My guess is that this is actually covering up a few shortcomings of the Tony Blair.com image, most likely to his age and energy levels versus his ability to maintain the spotlight on the global platform.
So I say unto you, does this appear a reasonable response of the debate in hand? Hey, even Kermit the Frog had to be given a voice!
Hmm. He was probably never the Blair anyone thought he was!
Absolutely G-Man .... at least he didn't have a hand stuffed up him!
Thanks, all, for your good wishes. Bliar is obviously the best punch bag!
Oh, Feline, have just caught up with your bad news and bad day...so sorry to hear that.
There is nothing you can say about the Bliar that would offend or upset me...I knew he was a fake the minute he appeared in public life, a Fettes educated schoolboy who decides to be a Labour politician?! He wasn't even liked at school!
Glad you agree, fruits.
As a matter of interest, for those of you who didn't know, he only joined Labour after he'd failed to get selected to stand as a Tory in Beaconsfield! Then, as Labour PM, he sat slightly to the right of Attilla the Hun.
And I can't be the only person to have noticed how his Islington persona, and penchant for Pinot Grigio and ciabatta, morphed into fish and chips and a pint of beer when he was in Sedgefield.
Morning Feline, I guess you won't be watching Tony Bliars Glory fest tonight on Channel 4's Dispatches.
I have a feeling it's going to induce a bad bout of nausea.....
I might have to watch it, Lillie, but not until I've had a couple of soothing libations. And Mr F will have to ensure there's nothing harmful lying around that I can chuck at the telly!
I can see you having more than a few to gain that calming affect where he's concerned Feline.
Better warn everyone to steer clear of your abode or face having to dodge low flying objects...
And another thing, to add to the chorus of "I knew...."
How was it any surprise to anybody that he publicly joined the Roman Catholic Church? For heaven's sake, he went to an RC public school and married a good RC scouser. I never thought he was anything but RC, right from the outset, but it didn't bother me until he started using religion as an excuse for his invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
As so eloquently put, "I say unto thee...".
Blair went to a C of E school in Durham and then Fettes in Edinburgh which is not an RC school either.
Fettes College is Scotland's premier RC public school - at least that's how i've always heard it said.
So far as I know he was a protestant until Cherie persuaded him into catolicism.
Nope, Fettes is inter-denominational, I'm from Edinburgh and quite a lot of my friends went there. There aren't many Catholics in the east of Scotland, they are mostly in the west.
Yes, he was, Feline, you're right!
Thought so, fruits, thanks!
Sorry to hear that Feline, just been to 'Hells doors' myself.
Hope you can get vent all ills out of your system.
A good rant is sometimes the best thing....it certainly does no harm in certain circumstances.
Bless!
Sorry to hear of your bad news.
Blair. Smarmy B*****d.
If he'd been anything other than a Western leader, he'd have been hanged by The Hague for war crimes after Iraq...
Well, he's such a 'devout Catholic', G-Man, that he must believe in hell and retribution, so if there is a God, and if God's a Catholic, he'll get his come-uppance eventually! :-)
No offence meant to any Catholics...only to the Bliar!
Hmm. I think he's only a devout Catholic when he wants to get in with God fearing American presidents...
exactly.
lol
Save us from god-fearing American presidents. If there was one person even more evil than the Bliar, it was George 'Dubya' Bush.
That pair would have given Gengis Khan, Joe Stalin and Adolf Hitler a run for their money when it came to invading other people's lands and justifying the death of multitudes on religious grounds.
I am glad you all like T Blair....I do too...
This man Blair and his old friend Campbell have a nerve to continue to preach morality and Christian Values everytime they appear on radio and or TV after their criminal acts in Iraq to which they still preach today was right and just. I always like to switch off the channel whenever I see or hear them preaching moral values because I do not believe they have them
A war crimes tribunal would be too good for the likes of Blair and his blood-brother GW Bush, especially as the former trained as a barrister and we all know that religion scores well in court - otherwise why would people be obliged to swear oaths upon the bible? The evidence against them is overwhelming - no trial is needed.
I dislike that sneering tw**
Always thought he had the smile fo a cheshire cat all those spiky teeth.
He ruined this country yet went on to make millions - we truly live in hell where all the evil and wrongdoers , idiots, fools and those not good at their jobs get all the benefits.
Nasty Nick to start with.
Stan collymore - women abusing footballer (and how many of them can we name - hundreds!!!)
Jeffrey Archer
Fred the shred
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
Tommy Sheridan
Mohammad Sarwar
Ohnot forgetting his son who was done for £850,000 vat fraud
etcetcetcetcetc
Oh an then the sentence was quoshed for the £850,000 fraud - could it be because his dad was a politician?
Cynical me?
Cynical? Noooo.... That would be to imply that being of an ethnic minority and shouting loudly about institutionalised racism might have some bearing upon a criminal trial....
Yip too true its making this country a joke thats why i like eastern europe they dont want any muslims in their countries and they say it as it is!
Why does he have to behave like the Messiah? Do you have to ask?
But I think Monty Python got it right: "He's NOT the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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