Watching Blair defend Israel shows how successful their campaign to label ANY criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic has been. Pathetic.

@b00ts4ndc4ts

10 ай бұрын

Blair is pulling the strings in the Labour party as we speak.

@traviscutler9912

10 ай бұрын

What they did to Corbyn was criminal, Blair is the ultimate sell out

@robertcottam8824

10 ай бұрын

@@b00ts4ndc4ts Explain. (You appear to be very well-connected, poppet)

@b00ts4ndc4ts

10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 you better believe it sweet heart.

@robertcottam8824

10 ай бұрын

@@b00ts4ndc4ts Not without anymore evidence than a ‘crank off the internet’… No. That would make my approach as absurd as yours.

Nice to see him take some time off accepting millions from oligarchs and dictators to participate in this interview

@orangewarm1

10 ай бұрын

You would if you could.

@scottandcoke1342

10 ай бұрын

@@orangewarm1 nope. Not all humans are crooked and I'm sorry you've formed this view on life

@alexbennett8345

10 ай бұрын

This was made in 2019, 4 years ago...

@rolandrothwell4840

10 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! The man is quite mendacious

@DM-pv8ib

10 ай бұрын

A statement from Blair’s office said that he “took the view then and is strongly of the view now that the programme of social and economic change under way in Saudi Arabia is of immense and positive importance to the region and the world … the relationship with Saudi Arabia is of critical strategic importance to the west, and that therefore staying engaged there is justified... The renewed engagement of the US and western nations with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman illustrates why this decision was correct"

He’s a war criminal. I’d spit on him if I found him on the street. There should be no rehabilitation. He ignored two million marchers begging him not to enter into the illegal war and he thought he knew better. He should be shamed the rest of his life.

@robertcottam8824

10 ай бұрын

Don’t spit. It’s disgusting.

@paulwhittaker5195

10 ай бұрын

​@@robertcottam8824so is he

@johngreenall1818

10 ай бұрын

War criminal? Really?…wasn’t he involved in getting rid of a tyrannical war criminal?

@hmq9052

10 ай бұрын

You ignore the 45 million cheering him on from their armchairs

@MrRailjunkie

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it wasn't illegal & he is not legally a war criminal but he should be.

Unless it's absolutely unavoidable, Politicians will never admit to having made a mistake.

@adamredrup

6 ай бұрын

That's true of almost all people.

@AWMJoeyjoejoe

3 ай бұрын

Yeah you could apply that to any internet forum or comment section.

Bojo and his pals should be in prison

@jeffsimon9594

10 ай бұрын

Yes comrade, let's build that gulag for everyone who does not align with our ideology

@MrKronz

10 ай бұрын

And Blair shouldn’t? 🤡🤡🤡

@ogribiker8535

10 ай бұрын

@@jeffsimon9594 Nothing to do with ideology, it's to do with Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson actually breaking actual laws.

@dougierobertson6358

10 ай бұрын

@@ogribiker8535 And your Tony DIDN'T??

@ogribiker8535

10 ай бұрын

@@dougierobertson6358 In what court was he found guilty and for what crime?

People tend to forget his government negotiated peace in northern Ireland. A very significant achievement.

@wyrdtarot

10 ай бұрын

And then he sacked the incredible woman who achieved it (Mo Molan) and his croney took credit. Charming.

@clivesmith9377

10 ай бұрын

There's no point in giving with one hand and then taking away with the other.

@DJB01

10 ай бұрын

True, but we’re biologically hardwired to remember the negative. Iraq was a huge mistake, but he delivered Scottish devolution.

@BrianMcGuirkBMG

10 ай бұрын

His government just happened to be present when peace became possible.

@traviscutler9912

10 ай бұрын

I would have thought the people who fought for 40 years were more responsible

THIS INTERVIEW IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD.

@JT-si6bl

10 ай бұрын

yyyyyyes, as it said in the description. Why shout about it?

@loopwithers

10 ай бұрын

@@JT-si6bl nooo...there is no message to that effect on my Android screen. Anywhere. In any section. Lucky you!✌️

@bipolarminddroppings

10 ай бұрын

Thats pretty obvious in the first 30 seconds. There is no need to shout about it.

@rosemarystewart7405

10 ай бұрын

Obviously!

@xkr0wex109

10 ай бұрын

Unless O'Brien has lost 30 Pounds overnight, that much is obvious 🙄

We use Tony Blair as a verb to describe sellout in Canada. e.x. "Wow the NDP really pulled a Tony Blair, they'd do anything to get attention from corporate media!"

@johnnunn8688

10 ай бұрын

What’s it like there, having to use pronouns you don’t believe in?

@jamespaul6315

10 ай бұрын

Blair was a great pm though

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnnunn8688What's it like being deaf, dumb and blind?

@traviscutler9912

10 ай бұрын

@@jamespaul6315 if you like needless wars and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people so that the military industrial complex can make a few more dollars on top of their trillions.

@dgnoel4180

9 ай бұрын

What does the verb Trudeau describe???

The Iraq war was bad but I'll never forgive him for throwing away a once in a generation to radically change this country after the landslide in 1997. Instead we had another Tory government with a red flag stuck on top.

@Rebelconformist82

8 ай бұрын

Yeah so much worse than mass obliteration and death isn't it

@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295

7 ай бұрын

Obama did the same in 08

@colinbrown7305

6 ай бұрын

Thatcher once said that her biggest achievement in politics was Tony Blair. Meaning that, new labour meant the death of any real "left wing" party in Britain.

@melvert33

4 ай бұрын

And being a Tory in disguise is what kept him in power for 11 years, we never seem to learn.

Tony Blair turns off commenting on all his KZread videos, which tells me that he doesn't appreciate free and open discussion and doesn't want people to read or share opinions of his material. He strikes me as someone who prefers to be left alone in his own little bubble with his own thoughts and ideas, surrounded by people who agree with him. That's an unhealthy way to be for someone who's supposed to be a political expert. "Listen to me, but I don't want to hear what you have to say".

This is real Jamas,beeming at Tony the war criminal

The Iraq War destroyed his legacy. Without that he'd be remembered as the best PM since war era Churchill, but he's made his bed.

@petefl1818

10 ай бұрын

Best Prime Minister you must be joking, Blair kept many of Thatcher’s laws and policies in place. Had he reversed them the UK would not have been in the mess it's in today.

@keithparker1346

10 ай бұрын

Not really. Blair's govt were going to introduce PR but ignored it, they continued the privatisation of the NHS when they could have reversed it and somehow managed to build less council housing than the Tories

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

​@@keithparker1346Well it would've been worse under Labo--- oh... It wasn't though was it?

@keithparker1346

10 ай бұрын

@@alfsmith4936 what would have been worse?

@petelawless811

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I never thought Tony Blair would get let off by James so easily.

@sandman8920

10 ай бұрын

Seriously?

@palerider955

10 ай бұрын

Really? The bloke is as anti-Britain as Blair.

@AJ-xv7oh

10 ай бұрын

Why? He agrees with Blair unanimously.

@UdumbaraMusic

10 ай бұрын

@@palerider955 How on Earth is he "anti-Britain"?

@davelong9055

10 ай бұрын

Both Catholics

I think the newer comments on this video explain why the UK is done. It's not the politicians, it's the people. The politicians reflect the people. For example, regardless of whether you hate the guy or not he was right then and has proved to be right now regarding Brexit, 4 years later. But all anyone can do is say how they won't listen to the man because they hate him. So we have a public that is doomed to fail because it can't listen to facts or logic as it is always clouded by emotion. This is the basis of populism and why it has been so successful in this country. Emotion masquerading as logic. The concept that two things can be true at the same time is baffling to this country (i.e. Blair can be bad and yet right at the same time). It's going to take a long time for our country to get back to a sort of logical thought process. I'm not holding my breath.

@arbjful

10 ай бұрын

Quite right

@mspacific1550

10 ай бұрын

I think the person lacking logical thinking is you. The logical conclusion should be that he should be in prison. Then maybe, after he has served the sentence for taking our country to an illegal war where thousands died, and millions suffered horribly, and are still suffering, he can come back and give his opinions. But otherwise it's such a privileged position to tell everyone they are the problem, when you are still alive and not suffering.

@SuperALBSURE

10 ай бұрын

@@mspacific1550 you’re exactly the type of person in the uk I’m talking about. Thanks.

@arbjful

10 ай бұрын

@@mspacific1550 and the man(Blair) is still actively at it…spreading his poison

@mspacific25

10 ай бұрын

@@SuperALBSURE Sorry if informed people like me are a problem for you and your fellow apologists.

3/4 in. No mention of the Pandora papers. Come on James. Also, criticizing Israel's apartheid state does not make one an antisemite.

@forestsunset9617

10 ай бұрын

It does, because powerful zionists say it does.

@gearoftones8585

10 ай бұрын

Simply disagreeing with Israel's actions will have you labelled as an Anti Semite. James joined the press demonisation of Corbyn over this very issue. He played right into their hands. He talks the talk but when it came to a real traditional Labour that would actually make a difference, he rejected it and now supporters Sir Kid Starver.

@philwill0123

10 ай бұрын

No mention of pandora papers because... This interview was in 05/03/2019. Pandora papers was in 03/10/2021.

@mattyspaghetti449

7 ай бұрын

@@philwill0123 fair enough.

As much as I like JOB he really did go easy on Blair. If that had been a conservative in that chair then the interview would have been much more probing.

@TMan786

10 ай бұрын

Who would have thought?

@polaris7122

8 ай бұрын

Why didn't he ask him about 'CHARLES LYNTON'??

@bb5979

4 ай бұрын

Of course he did, he’s the most mindlessly pro labour political commentator out there.

@annmariecollins6652

4 ай бұрын

Was that sarcasm? J O’B is a Tory!

@MrLtia1234

4 ай бұрын

This was conducted in 2019 - JOB's job at that point was still very much about picking apart Brexit nonsense. Does seem this interview was done under that pretence, with a tiny bit of Iraq war thrown in because it would be absurd not to.

How can you be so comfortable with that person? He should be in Jail for what he did to Iraq.

@bipolarminddroppings

10 ай бұрын

What? Liberated them from one of the most brutal dictators in history? Yeah, what a crime!

@thanosaias2717

10 ай бұрын

@@bipolarminddroppings Invaded a country and decimated it with the premise of weapons of mass destruction he never found and without UN approval! How is that any different from what Putin is doing at Ukraine?

@bazaks447

10 ай бұрын

At the cost of over 1m iraqis.

@drbobperkins

10 ай бұрын

Worst decision ever made. It was thuggery and illegal and horrific. Puke

@MrRailjunkie

10 ай бұрын

Agreed

He'll pay for his crimes before his maker, no? Always reminds me of a man who's trying to justify the unjustifiable to fool himself. That smile is pure demonic.

@Joe_1sr9

4 ай бұрын

He changed to being a Catholic so he could get absolution for his sins.

Loved Blair but he clearly still hasn't quite resolved in his head the disaster that was Iraq as being his legacy.

Blair should apologise to the relatives of a million dead Iraqi’s and the parents of dead British soldiers, who haven’t got his extreme wealth-they have to crowd fund for justice. He should be standing trial at The Hague

Oh Tony, we know the truth, and all the lies you told, your interview should have been held at the Hague 😉 and being against Israeli aphartide is NOT anti semetic!

@Peace-lm7sj

10 ай бұрын

Agree

Funny how much genuinely nicer O'Brien is when talking to someone he largely agrees with.

@serverthanos

9 ай бұрын

I’m not the greatest fan of JOB but him being nice to the war criminal isn’t because he agrees with him, it’s because both parties are speaking with fact and without emotional or biased context. Most brexiters were lied to, some of us have understood what happened, why we fell for it. Others still have veils on their eyes.

@paulneedham3608

9 ай бұрын

Everyone has the Wright too think and believe In what they like. The hole part of FREEDOM OF SPEECH is too say what you like .what a world it would be if we all agree.

@seamuspadraigsanders431

9 ай бұрын

@@serverthanos And most of all what brexit taught us was how most people have no idea what an economic wave is.

@TheAncientBiker

9 ай бұрын

Aren't we all like that?

@lestrem11

9 ай бұрын

@@serverthanos He was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Nobody noticed Brexit.

Why was the obvious question not asked; Why aren't you in The Hague Mr. Blair?

@sama2086

7 күн бұрын

Because the answer is obvious. "6 inquiries, cleared 6 times."

@sueyourself5413

5 күн бұрын

@@sama2086 Cleared by who? Not the ICC.

Love thoee cute little smiles James beams to his evil hero

It’s somewhat disappointing to see how comfortable James is around corrupt people such as Blair. Why didn’t he ask him about the millions of dollars given to him by such shady figures

@flamboyentpromotions3471

6 ай бұрын

Why is it corrupt to earn money?

I would be happy if he were given the chance to speak, at his war crimes trial.

@carolelangat-fortune4557

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@JOHNOGRADY-un2ft

9 ай бұрын

100 PERCENT,YES PLEASE

I couldn't think of a worser room to sit in. 🤮🤮

He hasn’t even got the grace to say he was wrong.

Sorry, but the sight of him still makes me nauseous. Can't sit through this.

@clario2178

10 ай бұрын

Both of them

@robertcottam8824

10 ай бұрын

Then don’t, poppet. I shudder to think what you’re doing to your blood pressure.🩸

@petelawless811

10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824I’d make yours rise

@robertcottam8824

10 ай бұрын

@@petelawless811 I don’t think you’re quite my type, darling. Kind of you to offer, though. Have you tried the docks?

Obrien is in awe of this murderer.

@davelong9055

10 ай бұрын

Both Catholics

Tony Blair should be in the Tower of London for war crimes.

He just admitted it:We "we kow towed" to the Status Quo! Nothing will change until the "Estabishment" is held to account for it's disingenuity and contempt for anyone who questions the "official line"

@diggerpete9334

10 ай бұрын

He stiĺl continues to live while flag draped coffins of our servicemen served an illegal occupation. Isis, taliban and other terrorist groups replaced a sovereign dictator who was safer world than today.

For all ,said about Blair , he’s one of the best liars in the political arena..

JOB’s expression looks like a sixth former meeting his political hero. Sick.

No one should give air time to Blair. James OBrien will do anything to support his position on Brexit. Shame on him for treating Blair as anything other than a war criminal.

JOB flirting and fawning like a smitten but lightly argumentative schoolgirl.

Devils eyes.

How is criticising Isreal similar to Antisemitism? What kind of nonsense is this? Antisemitism has no place in any society. Ofcourse any one can criticise Isreal's policies.

@EdwardLindon

7 ай бұрын

I mean, he literally said as much.

No Tony, it was not the right decision, you need to admit to it----! That unnecessary war left peaple dead, disabled, and with mental issues!!

Obviously a Blairite, no detailed questions on false invasion of Iraq. As a former soldier I feel we were led down a path that was avoidable.

James, I don’t understand how you can sit there and shake this mass murderer’s blood soaked hands 🩸

@TMan786

10 ай бұрын

Because Blair is a centerist and not Corbyn.

@Salman_Saho

10 ай бұрын

@@TMan786 that’s irrelevant

@TMan786

10 ай бұрын

@@Salman_Saho Then what's the explanation?

@Salman_Saho

10 ай бұрын

@@TMan786 His political spot on the spectrum should have little bearing on his moral compass.

@Salman_Saho

10 ай бұрын

@@TMan786 I just posted it but they deleted it

I am shocket to see ,James let him getaway so easy with Iraq😮 and beeming like a fan boy

I'm quite surprised by this, absolutely disgusting for someone like James O'Brien who always talks with a voice of moral outrage to provide a platform for Blair's rehabilitation.

@MaterLacrymarum

10 ай бұрын

I can't agree. We should always be open to dialog, however strong your views. Shutting people down and not allowing them to be heard just leads to insinuation and half-truths. Better to hear what they have to say, even at the end of the day, if changes nothing. Also, this is from 2019.

@PastaSauce.

10 ай бұрын

This is an old interview right. Maybe he might act differently today.

@os17312

10 ай бұрын

and if James O'Brien wouldn't do this interview today, instead of 2019, he should come out and apologise for it.

@tomc4187

10 ай бұрын

​@@MaterLacrymarum There's no obligation to assist in the rehabilitation of a war criminal by actively providing them a platform. Creating a platform for someone is not a neutral act, it is an active act of support and complicity. Moreover, even liberals like Karl Popper acknowledge the paradox of tolerance: tolerating intolerant views in society can end up undermining tolerance in society, or even ending it. So, in order to have a tolerant society, we must not tolerate intolerant views which would lead to the death of tolerant society. So that means some views _are_ beyond the pale, and should not be expressed in the context of civil society. I would include in this the views of a war criminal like Blair.

@mattyspaghetti449

10 ай бұрын

Partial Disclosure with James O'brien

I enjoyed this conversation

The only man who has defeated the Tories in how many years? We shouldnt overlook what his government did manage to achieve and how bad things have been since they left power. Labour has a serious problem when it comes to chosing an electable leader that will appeal to centerists and floaters. Starmer may be the best of a bad bunch, but failure to win this time and labour may as well give up.

@cliffheywood

10 ай бұрын

all they achieved was to flood the uk with immigrants

@eddieingalls534

10 ай бұрын

But he did that by becoming Tory Lite and - as Starmer now - feeding off huge anger and disappointment at the Tories. I think Thatcher said her best achievement was Blair's 'New Labour'.

@twotales7337

10 ай бұрын

Well, he was allowed to defeat them bh the powers that....

@Paul_Ward

10 ай бұрын

You're ignoring that the media puts Labour at a huge disadvantage automatically. The overwhelming majority of major news publications in the UK is right wing and biased against Labour, usually clinging to any Labour scandal as long as possible while sweeping tory ones under the rug. People who read between the lines to find a balanced view of current affairs are few and far between.

@Paul_Ward

10 ай бұрын

​@@eddieingalls534that quote from Thatcher is simply her playing politics. New Labour was not like the Conservatives at all, and it certainly wasn't one politician causing the whole rebrand.

While Tony was 'disappointed ' no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iran,, the rest of us were rather relieved. Rather revealing, dont you think?

What a music star......he adopted politics so well. The change over was seamless 👍 may you sit on the scales of judgment when your cold heart stops

Why is this only being released now on youtube, we needed this at the time not behind a paywall

@EdwardLindon

7 ай бұрын

It was always free. It's a podcast episode.

Look at these smug private school boys thinking they have a clue about people in this country

@EdwardLindon

7 ай бұрын

One of them is the most successful prime minister of the last 30 years and the other has the one of the biggest radio audiences in the country, so it's hard to know what your issue is. If you want to get away from public schoolboys, you'd better emigrate.

Thought I could watch this, but NO. WHY and HOW can anyone listen to this man (or Bush)?

Always nice, having a war criminal on.

Blair is a prize shyster, he has all the predictive power of the Oracle of Delphi. Also I understand his son is now worth £74M

@richardwherry4896

10 ай бұрын

Why does nobody ever question where the money has come from, try withdrawing or depositing a thousand pounds from your own account.

He hasn't aged well! That's what dealing with the devil will do to you! Lots of innocent lost lives hanging around his neck

@LordBeauchamp1994

10 ай бұрын

Aged well? He's 70 for goodness sake

@amandag5072

10 ай бұрын

@@LordBeauchamp1994 stevenhunter is clearly ignorant of what 70 year olds actually look like.

@terrysmith5168

10 ай бұрын

Don't worry you got the dealing with the devil part right

@WolfgangVonKempelen838

10 ай бұрын

The price of joining the dark side of the force

Sir Tony Blair Lord of war

We also joined the EEC without knowing what it meant.

Tony your great actor, he pulls or his senses to make himself looks like a genuine human, serial killer. Weapons of mass destruction. Bullocks.

Blair kept on telling labour conference that we could not renationalise the railways because of the eu 4th rail package. The margin of 1% win for brexshit could have been Blair and browns fault for negating rail nationalisation resolutions from 97 to 2010 they turned parts of the the left away from the eu

@stefanos9882

10 ай бұрын

He's collecting the dividends from his decisions now though in the form of oligarch donations, so I don't think he cares for the criticism

As an American, it's quite enjoyable to see former politicians held appropriately accountable. Cheers!

@deebee3424

10 ай бұрын

If it was appropriate he'd be in prison

@pokemon1996ism

10 ай бұрын

You think a interview is being held accountable he should be in prison for a very long time

@eesa_1980

10 ай бұрын

There's no mug shot of Blair like there is of Trump. We've not quite held him to account yet for Dr Kelly's "suicide"

@johnlewis9158

10 ай бұрын

Perhaps ( although i doubt it ) this Biden administration and their allies in the Republican party will one day be held accountable for the needless slaughter in the Ukraine proxy war.

@sachasoorma

10 ай бұрын

appropriate would be this taking place at the Hague... but that's for non white people.

Should be in jail for war crimes got the blood of millions of people on his hands took us into an illegal war and is treated like the best thing since sliced bread its sick

Came for the black and white view of this man you guys did not disappoint

@jamespaul6315

10 ай бұрын

People really forgetting what a scumbag saddam was 😂

We all have our opinions on Mr Blair’s actions, but you have to admit, he is a very astute politician.

@cliffheywood

10 ай бұрын

conman

@terrysmith5168

10 ай бұрын

I think you getting astute mixed up with conniving, treacherous and sinister 😂

@WolfgangVonKempelen838

10 ай бұрын

crafty liar you mean?

@wyrdtarot

10 ай бұрын

So a highly capable liar then.

@brentoncarter4275

10 ай бұрын

War criminal

Still has that rictus grin I see.

Has anyone noticed that the EU is moving closer to increased federalism and closer to right wing policies? Most Brexitiers believe this to be dangerous and want no part of it. It's not just about making more money

Why is it ok for O’Brien to sit with a war criminal and he’s ready to criticise everyone else?

All the other issues the EU posed which led to the Brexit vote, could have been mitigated by simply addressing the mass immigration issue, which people were chastised for being concerned about for decades, ever since Blair was in office. That 2015 surge with Merkel welcoming unlimited numbers was the final death knell. If immigration had been managed with a view to integration and to do that, means heavily limiting the numbers, I think we’d still be in the EU. Their tactic of simply shaming those with these concerns rather than addressing the problem got what you least wanted Tony, a majority voting to leave.

@teniente_snafu

10 ай бұрын

And this is why you need to be out. The EU can't function with rabid xenophobes. Please stay on your Island and watch what happens without migriation.

@hmq9052

10 ай бұрын

The point was Brexit was never going to deliver more control of our borders. Many remainers were with you on immigration. But less cooperation with France was not the answer. That was always going to lead to more illegal immigration

@TheFragilityOfIdeas

10 ай бұрын

@@hmq9052 The question is why is there still an impasse in getting a handle on the sheer scale of immigration. It seems to continue unabated and remain the elephant in the room. While some remainers may have been concerned about immigration, I think it’s safe to say the majority of them are in favour of the scale we’ve seen and many would even enjoy seeing it increased.

@hmq9052

10 ай бұрын

@@TheFragilityOfIdeas I don't think so. I think they've seen the benefit of legal, skilled immigration and the benefits of legal, unskilled immigration to do the jobs we don't want to. We could cap it any time we wanted to in the EU. We often didn't do that because our economy was benefitting.

@gethinhooper3671

9 ай бұрын

I think it was also to give the liberals down south a fat lip for ignoring the rest of the country and the post industrial north for 20 years.

Best thing about this is the quote "When you decide you divide" and that was my biggest takeaway from Brexit - that democracy is much more about compromise and conversation than it is about voting. A vote decides but it also divides but the essence of democracy is to understand and respect and compromise.

@MichaelH-yy5st

10 ай бұрын

Thatcher did pretty well for 11 years under the ethos of "conviction not compromise", "the lady's not for turning", etc

@seamuspadraigsanders431

9 ай бұрын

Divided ourself financially from that nasty US, EU financial crash end of 2023, your welcome.

@kennyangel

9 ай бұрын

@@seamuspadraigsanders431 yea exactly, especially when Liz Truss brought your world leading economy to new heights

@lestrem11

9 ай бұрын

So don’t ever vote on anything😂😂😂

@kennyangel

9 ай бұрын

@@lestrem11 obviously not the answer, but if a vote is so decided, hear both sides and find a compromise

He didn't listen to David Kelly,,,when you Look into Blair,s eyes what do you see?

I won't disregard everything Tony Blair says because of Iraq. Tony is a very intelligent, articulate man. However, he should be taking part in this interview from a jail cell.

Why is Blair not in prison ?

@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295

7 ай бұрын

Old boys protect members of the club

It’s important we take a moment to remember the real victim of the Iraq War. Tony Blair.

@anonomous8719

10 ай бұрын

James O’Brien was too soft this interview

@andrewashdown3541

9 ай бұрын

Sadam Hussain might have had an opinion on that

@simransidhu3444

9 ай бұрын

@@andrewashdown3541, sense the tone 😊

@gethinhooper3671

9 ай бұрын

give James O'Brien a break -he just met his hero! @@anonomous8719

@christinestanding

9 ай бұрын

David Kelly.

Blair didn't invade Iraq a coalition of over 40 different countries did He did however play a major role in bringing peace to northern Ireland

@TruthTortoise81

10 ай бұрын

But we did invade Iraq - based on dodgy "intelligence" that was rejected by the UN.

@TruthTortoise81

10 ай бұрын

Also were are you getting 40 countries from? That's obviously made up.

@PONeill

10 ай бұрын

And you think Bobby Sands would’ve supported that surrender? His own sister said he wouldn’t and her clan never would.

@wales123100

10 ай бұрын

Nonsense bush invaded iraq we just went along with it because he had promised bush the rest of the troops was miniscule in comparison

@brentoncarter4275

10 ай бұрын

Yes he did. Those are weasel words from a weasel.

He should be in prison

Like him or loathe him Blair still speaks more sense than half of Westminster put together. He even predicts Johnson in this interview ie 'if Teresa May doesn't succeed they will go for a harder-Brexit supporting PM' (the interview is several yrs old for anyone who decides to start screeching at me)

@grtcara8386

10 ай бұрын

Best PM since Churchill

@Ashok_Regiment

10 ай бұрын

"Half"?

@markeightfourone8693

10 ай бұрын

I could go to 75% maybe . . . ?@@Ashok_Regiment

I think part of the reason Brexit happened was because it was obvious the referendum was held on a false premise. It was absolutely obvious the outcome that the government wanted. But they held it, pretending they were giving people a choice with every intention of swaying it it favour of what they wanted. Cameron’s world tour of slagging off his own country made me vote leave. I would never have voted leave without that. Blair summed it up perfectly by accident. Politicians think they know best and only ask the electorate because they have to. Brexit was probably a the biggest F-off in history. Weirdly Mrs May was probably the only person in government that seemed to understand that.

@martydav9475

9 ай бұрын

Corbyn was a lifelong supporter of Brexit - hence his lukewarm remain performance in the referendum campaign.

Politicians put this on the shoulders of Europe. So whilst saying we are incharge of this that and the other. Multiple issues for over 50% of the country were never address and Europe was to blame. Any wonder the vote went the way it did. The education system has been on a steady decline for decades.

I think that the first 5 years or so of Blair's premiership was a big success with a lot of achievements (bare in mind that the Tories opposed many of their policies that went on to be successful), while the second 5 years or so was certainly not a success with the disastrous decision to invade Iraq and other blunders. However I'd imagine that Blair himself would view the second 5 years as more succesful than the first, as he was 'bolder' - quite a few of the policies during the 1997-2001 first term were already established before he came party leader in 1994.

@VincentRE79

10 ай бұрын

Blair has a lot to answer for on his watch immigration and public spending went out of control. Twenty years on we are still dealing with issues from the his era and then off course the issue of Iraq.

@lordsummerisle852

10 ай бұрын

I actually agree. Steady growth plus a fiscal surplus. It all went t!ts pretty quickly afterwards though

@VincentRE79

10 ай бұрын

@@lordsummerisle852He found it easy to become very popular while spending our money.

@lordsummerisle852

10 ай бұрын

@@VincentRE79 inherited a very healthy economy from the tories. Starmer will be taking on a basket case

@VincentRE79

10 ай бұрын

@@lordsummerisle852 Agree, Starmer will have no money to spend. Blair was very lucky taking over very low public debt. If Starmer starts spending the financial markets will do what they did to Liz Truss.

His point around 9 minutes in is absolutely spot on. Its ok though, we can spend £350m a week extra on the NHS and take back control, make our own rules and so on.

@anonomous8719

10 ай бұрын

Not long before he claims the NHS has WMD.

@philjames6206

9 ай бұрын

By the time we got our subsidies back etc we were actually spending £140 million a week.

If he had stayed out of Iraq and Afghanistan and not raided private sector pensions, Blair would on balance have been the best PM in living memory. Yes there were other things that people will rail against. But nothing on the scale of these items.

He should be in prison.

Satan has reared his head again.

Do you regret opening the door to the whole of Eastern Europe tony (flutter eyelashes)

I have to say James is an excellent interviewer. It takes a lot of diplomacy to make your interviewee confront and comment on issues issues they'd rather ignore without feeling under attack.

I wouldn't ever want to be in the same room with a mass murderer

I hardly watched, this because I cannot stand this man and I am astounded that he is being allowed to voice his opinions on anything, after what he did in Iraq. Tony Blair is a disgraceful humour being and I don't know how he sleeps at night, being responsible for all those deaths, supporting his best mate Bush, when there were no weapons of mass destruction. He looks old and haggard which made me smile. James, our political views are usually the same, but giving this tyrant a platform to speak, has made me disappointed in your poor decision.

@bipolarminddroppings

10 ай бұрын

No WMDs but we got rid of Sadam, so thats a win in my book. And if you knew anything about the regime that we booted out, you would be thanking Blair for what he did.

It’s nice to see James beaming with smiles & cheeky laughter (…makes it obvious it’s an old recording - amid all the doom & gloom of present day recordings!) 😩😏🤣 I must admit, I benefited considerably from Blair’s New Labour government (especially in my later teenage years). However, I resented him during, and campaigned against, the Iraq invasion - and couldn’t believe what we were getting into. It was a horrible situation, and a horrible decision that rightly still bothers him. I do believe, though, in listening to him, and appreciate the insight he has to offer and the magnitude of the job he had. Thanks for sharing this interview, I did enjoy it 🙏🏻

@EdwardLindon

7 ай бұрын

He's smiling because they're sparring politically and he finds it intellectually stimulating. I understand you may never have experienced such feelings.

So it should. A disastrous decision .

Get this evil man locked up.

How many innocent Iraqis no longer wake up every morning to "live their life"? Like the former Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, Tony Blair will go down in history as an untried modern day War Criminal.

I listen to you regularly James. You are normally spot-on with your political views. This was far from that. You would rather be kind to a war criminal than a man who wanted radical change to the corrupt system we currently live under. You're not the man I thought you were. My expectations need to be lowered again.

@paulnorris5592

10 ай бұрын

Spot on

EVERY BODY IN THE WORLD DO NOT KNOW THIS CRIMINAL. Your leaders are not the leaders of the world.

Not true about the EU extension to East Europe; they didn't get FoM per se as each other member decided how to open their borders to these nationals, precisely to avoid mass immigration. Only the UK and Sweden gave them instant FoM. Other countries limited numbers or delayed it for years.

Nice James O’Brien giving Tony a pass

Its funny that his next door neighbour is Paul Oakenfold -- who is about 5 times richer than Blair, with the theme from Big Brother.

@mathieuleader8601

10 ай бұрын

the guy who composed tubular bells

@leec6707

5 ай бұрын

Mike Oldfield created Tubular Bells.

George Bernard Shaw wrote " Politics is the last refuge of a scoundrel". As true today as it was 100 years ogo

James you look thinner than I imagined your radio persona

The UK was a much stronger country with Blair as PM.

@SenorPenor1337

10 ай бұрын

Tbh we were even doing alright with Cameron... until he sold everyone out with Brexit

@paulharris1502

10 ай бұрын

The stench of corruption was very strong.

@boota1979

10 ай бұрын

@@SenorPenor1337 Austerity!!! how did that work out? The only thing it achieved was cutting every service in this country to the bone!!!

@alfsmith4936

10 ай бұрын

​@@SenorPenor1337How long did it take you to realise cutting public services wasn't sustainable? Was it the Surestarts for single mums, scrapping crisis loans for the unemployed or when your village green stopped getting cut?

@petelawless811

10 ай бұрын

@@SenorPenor1337how he is the rat that gave away the country’s power to unelected criminals in Europe

He needs to be tried in Den Haag for his and Bush's ILLEGAL invasion of Iraq!

James, I didn't recognize you without your headphones on your head... 😂

That was a lot of fun even years later.

Should be in jail.