Tony Blair

zach24 said:

Has just resigned?
He announced this months ago - just not the date!
He was a lame duck.

I'm surprised that the opposition leader is so popular while Blair's successor is extremely disliked.

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Wikipedia said:

While it is standard practice in Australian English to spell the word labour with a u, the Party has spelled it without since Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley thought he would "modernise" the name in 1912[1], as per American English, as it seemed likely at the time that Australia would move to American spellings.

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Aussie Bhoy said:

Tony Blair and Labour in the UK is an example to everyone here, that had the ALP been in power in Australia in the last few years, we would have been involved in Iraq anyway, and all the bleating they are doing in opposition is just for show.

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Valeroso said:

Actually, let it be a reminder to everyone here that having a strong economy does go hand in hand with a Labour party with the UK having a healthy and strong economy. Also let it be an example to everyone here that trying to reduce CO2 emissions, signing the Kyoto protocol, or legalising civil unions (as was done under Blair's Govt) won't push a country into a hellish nightmare of a recession with unemployment of a billion %. Despite Tony Blair's problems, I think Australia would be a far better off country with a Blair than a Howard.

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Valeroso said:

Actually, let it be a reminder to everyone here that having a strong economy does go hand in hand with a Labour party with the UK having a healthy and strong economy. Also let it be an example to everyone here that trying to reduce CO2 emissions, signing the Kyoto protocol, or legalising civil unions (as was done under Blair's Govt) won't push a country into a hellish nightmare of a recession with unemployment of a billion %. Despite Tony Blair's problems, I think Australia would be a far better off country with a Blair than a Howard.

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17 floors up said:

Maybe we can ask Tony to come here and be our PM for abit. Of course that means sending the little prick JH over there. He can have tea with the Queen everyday and talk about cricket, and how badly he plays it.

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Aussie Bhoy said:

Tony Blair and Labour in the UK is an example to everyone here, that had the ALP been in power in Australia in the last few years, we would have been involved in Iraq anyway, and all the bleating they are doing in opposition is just for show.

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