by Bennie The Ball

Created on: June 30, 2007

I'll be honest, I was sorry to see Blair leaving Downing Street yesterday (27th June 2007). In spite of some of the gaffes he made during his ten years in office I quite liked the guy. The people who regarded him as Bush's poodle should remember that there is a bit of the British Bulldog inside all of us here in Blighty. It is highly probable that Bush would have nuked Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan off the face of the planet if Blair hadn't been stood behind him holding the leash. There are some amongst us who probably think that is no bad thing and I would be lieing if I said I hadn't considered it an option on a couple of occasions but there is a right way to do things. That is not to say that the right things were done but then I don't believe in appeasement either.

There were a lot of good things done during Blair's time in office but everybody always remembers the worst moments of a Prime Minister's term. Winston Churchill Saved this country from falling under the Nazi Jackboot and was without a doubt the greatest Prime Minister this country has seen for many years, yet he was removed from office at the 1945 General Election, primarily because of the lack of house building during the war years. He was also seen as a scapegoat for the decisions taken by Neville Chamberlain and the "Men of Munich" in 1939 that set us on course for a war. At the end of the day when all the rhetoric has been aired and the talking has stopped, wars have to be fought. There is more to Tony Blair's time in Downing Street than a war in Iraq, and you have to remember that whilst he is taking the blame for the part this country played in that war, without the support of the whole House it couldn't have happened.

I have enjoyed watching Blair battling across the dispatch box and Prime Minister's question time will never be the same again. PMQ's has provided some of the best entertainment on Tv over the last ten years, particularly when William Hague was Leader of the Opposition. Blair was a great debater who fought his corner well, even when he was in the wrong about things, but his passion for what he believed in got him through where many others would have failed. A bad Prime Minister
would never have lasted this long, and he certainly wouldn't have had the level of respect showed to him by the Members of the House at his last PMQ. He is also well respected by many other political leaders around the world and they can't all be wrong.

It is right that Blair should become the Middle

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