I ask this with all sincerity, but what do we think happened to Tony Blair?

As a northern nationalist, there will always be a nostalgic view of the former prime minister. Like a former boyfriend from school who was lovely for a short period and then got consistently worse as he grew up.

His rise and the rise of new Labour, the Good Friday Agreement, the Bloody Sunday inquiry, his track record on gay rights, devolution in Scotland etc. He has plenty to be proud of and many here would credit him for saving the north from another 30 years of war. It would be worth pointing out that removing the British Army sooner would’ve saved many more lives, but I suppose when it comes to British leaders, we have to take whatever win that comes.

Poor Tony really had a game of two halves when it came to leading. It looked so promising until he tasted blood in the water and followed George Bush into a pointless war that created more enemies than it killed. That’s the thing about the Brits, for all the pointless wars they get into, not one single prime minister has ever paused and thought: “Maybe we should sit this one out, we’re not very good at it.”

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