• Darkard@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Tony Blair is just a paid for mouth piece now.

    Some oil firm just bunged him a few grand and gave him a letter to read out.

    It’s how all these shit politicians crash out at the end, because if they are not in government then they are nobodies with no useful skills. See also: Theresa May

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      4 days ago

      That’s not fair, the dude is legitimately evil, let’s not downplay that.

      Even at his “best” he was always about some mild improvements for living standards domestically no matter the cost to those abroad and no matter the cost to the planet and liberties of British citizens.

  • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Britain was doing a bit too well after Brexit, didn’t it? Better course correct, am I right?