Tony Blair on Nick Robinson's Show

[Damocles]

Great interview by Blair. Would be interested to hear Fumble's thoughts on his history of the Labour Party and Michael Foot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/p06kgv15

I do enjoy listening to Blair speak about the business of politics, which us the backend of the interview, as I find myself nodding in agreement most times.

Any one (who has actually listened to it) have any thoughts?

 

[Ban-jani]

I will give it a listen over the weekend.

It’s so sad how we have taken such a step back in terms of our politicians in this country.

From Blair to May or Corbyn makes despressing reading.

 

[Damocles]

From Blair to May or Corbyn makes despressing reading.

He makes a fairly valid point in it, suggesting that if the electorate had to pick between Boris and Corbyn in an election then we could see the rise of the much muted centrist Third Way Party in the near future.

 

[Ban-jani]

He makes a fairly valid point in it, suggesting that if the electorate had to pick between Boris and Corbyn in an election then we could see the rise of the much muted centrist Third Way Party in the near future.

They’d be getting my vote

 

[Saddleworth2]

He makes a fairly valid point in it, suggesting that if the electorate had to pick between Boris and Corbyn in an election then we could see the rise of the much muted centrist Third Way Party in the near future.

a centrist party can’t come quickly enough. I have never seen uk politics in such a state.

 

[robbieh]

a centrist party can’t come quickly enough. I have never seen uk politics in such a state.

Isn't that supposed to be the Lib Dems job? And they don't get much electoral support.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

Isn't that supposed to be the Lib Dems job? And they don't get much electoral support.

Good point that.

 

[blue_paul]

Isn't that supposed to be the Lib Dems job? And they don't get much electoral support.

Isi it simply a fact that people are natural tribal and hold on to political parties like they would a football team?
It's be interesting to see, in the event of a third way party, how many centre right/centre left people would be back with the Tories/Labour
within a couple of elections.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Isn't that supposed to be the Lib Dems job? And they don't get much electoral support.

They got 23% of the vote in 2010, just a few percent less than Labour. Had Clegg not made the fatal mistake of going into a formal coalition and betraying many of his party’s principles, plus agreeing to the totally flawed austerity economic policies that he did, then the Lib Dem’s would probably have been in a very strong position at the next election.

 

[Patientman63]

He makes a fairly valid point in it, suggesting that if the electorate had to pick between Boris and Corbyn in an election then we could see the rise of the much muted centrist Third Way Party in the near future.

Weren't New Labour, the Labour party under Tony Blair, supposed to be the "centrist third way party"?

Given his type of government, its eventual failure to be neither one thing or another, followed by the ham fisted buffoonery masquerading as government from the Tory party since the demise of new labour, it's seems almost inevitable that a more fundamental form of socialism would follow. It seems to me JC is almost a direct result of the combined efforts of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Dave Cameron and Teresa May.