Thread: June 8th General Election
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Old 03-05-2017, 11:35   #376
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Re: June 8th General Election
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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
If Tony Blair is the yardstick it doesn't take much to get better, certainly better than Cameron so far.
There's been Gordon Brown and David Cameron in between, so I would say good PMs can be found at the rate of about 1 in 3 at that rate. Working back in time, that's about right on average.

Blair was good as a PM, although you might not have liked his politics, and his ability to win elections with substantial majorities proves that he was popular at the time. However, many are now judging him on his crucial misjudgement on the Iraq war.

People might be judging him differently now had there also been a plan for the peace after the war, but I think the absence of such a plan was more down to the Bush administration, who were inept to say the least.
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