UK: TONY BLAIR'S RESIGNATION
Published in B&E- 31 MAy 2007
Bye, bye Blair!
Iraq was the last nail in Blair's coffin
It's always good to step down at the pinnacle of your career. The British Prime Minister Tony Blair had been thinking of relinquishing power for the past couple of years as his popularity took a beating due to his role in Iraq war. He finally decided to step down on June 27, relieving the Labour Party. Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown is soon expected to be anointed to the post vacated by Blair.As a dynamic young Prime Minister, Blair transformed the Labour Party's fortunes by giving it a totally new look. In his initial years, he actually won the hearts & minds of the public through his clear-headed approach to both politics & economy. He formed a formidable team along with Gordon Brown to design an economic model in accordance with the changing global business imperatives, without ruthlessly dismantling the well entrenched welfare structures in British society. But, his unstinted support to the US President George Bush proved to be his most major failing. “Without thinking about the legality and morality of invading a sovereign nation, he, in cahoots with the neo-conservatives in the American administration, decided to plunge the British forces to fight an unjust war in Iraq,” states Greg Muttit of Platform, a London-based NGO. He was accused of using all kinds of guile to justify his decision. Thus, he could neither win the hearts & minds of the Iraqis nor could he sustain his love affair with his fellow countrymen.His failure to check large scale immigration from former Communist countries in Eastern Europe by not adopting a tough stance has sullied his image at home even further. This is why not many tears will be shed for Blair in Britain. The showman in Blair may make him use this occasion as a grand finale. Despite the Iraq fiasco, history, anticipatedly, will treat him better, thanks largely to his economic policies.
It's always good to step down at the pinnacle of your career. The British Prime Minister Tony Blair had been thinking of relinquishing power for the past couple of years as his popularity took a beating due to his role in Iraq war. He finally decided to step down on June 27, relieving the Labour Party. Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown is soon expected to be anointed to the post vacated by Blair.As a dynamic young Prime Minister, Blair transformed the Labour Party's fortunes by giving it a totally new look. In his initial years, he actually won the hearts & minds of the public through his clear-headed approach to both politics & economy. He formed a formidable team along with Gordon Brown to design an economic model in accordance with the changing global business imperatives, without ruthlessly dismantling the well entrenched welfare structures in British society. But, his unstinted support to the US President George Bush proved to be his most major failing. “Without thinking about the legality and morality of invading a sovereign nation, he, in cahoots with the neo-conservatives in the American administration, decided to plunge the British forces to fight an unjust war in Iraq,” states Greg Muttit of Platform, a London-based NGO. He was accused of using all kinds of guile to justify his decision. Thus, he could neither win the hearts & minds of the Iraqis nor could he sustain his love affair with his fellow countrymen.His failure to check large scale immigration from former Communist countries in Eastern Europe by not adopting a tough stance has sullied his image at home even further. This is why not many tears will be shed for Blair in Britain. The showman in Blair may make him use this occasion as a grand finale. Despite the Iraq fiasco, history, anticipatedly, will treat him better, thanks largely to his economic policies.
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