SarahBell Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 One man who is definitely not standing - despite the prompting of a few readers - is Tony Blair. He has announced that he is putting £9.3m of the proceeds from his business empire into his new body set up to combat populism.http://labourlist.org/2017/01/tony-blair-injects-9m-into-new-centre-ground-policy-institute/At its root, populism is a belief in the power of regular people, and in their right to have control over their government rather than a small group of political insiders or a wealthy elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Well if anyone knows about being unpopular then its Bliar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Clearly, unpopularity doesn't preclude making millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 This is a tax dodge. 'Windrush Ventures' sounds like a little investment that has come good, but it is one of his vehicles for managing his tax affairs (so that he doesn't pay (much) tax). It isn't even part of a 'business empire', which sounds like he makes something new, or imports things and takes a cut, or provides a valuable service to customers -- it gets funny money from places like government funding, and NGOs like Gates and Clinton foundations to spend some of it in development, but most of it in funding his lifestyle. The shifting of money from Windrush into this new structure is about moving from one tax regime (business) to another tax regime (not-for-profit), without paying tax, but getting tax relief on the 'donation'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishinWales Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 This guy is so evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Tony Blair, then Gordon Brown, and then David Cameron all doing exactly as they wanted and dismissing the opinions of the "little people" is why there is so much populist sentiment in the first place. What he actually wants is people to go back to thinking, doing and voting as they're told by their betters; meaning him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The thing that's so astounding about Blair is his level of self delusion. If he had even an ounce of subjectivity, he'd understand that his name is toxic to all sides and putting it to the remain camp will make it more likely we leave not less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 20 minutes ago, TheBlueCat said: The thing that's so astounding about Blair is his level of self delusion. If he had even an ounce of subjectivity, he'd understand that his name is toxic to all sides and putting it to the remain camp will make it more likely we leave not less. Actually, I was down the pub with a handful of Labour voters recently and they said they'd take Teflon Tony back in an instant. Left me momentarily speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Populism - what they promise in the manifestos to get people to vote for and then renege on. What the majority would vote for in a democracy. Interesting considering that he pandered to populism before every election he was ever involved in. He knew how to "combat populism" alright - just renege on what he promised people immediately after being elected. Never explain anything - just talk in sound bites making extravagant and grand claims all the time. He was expert at it then - maybe he's going to write it all down now so that everyone can see what he did. Of course it's an "institute" - how phoney is that. A "Not For Profit" institute - words fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Hail the Tripod said: Actually, I was down the pub with a handful of Labour voters recently and they said they'd take Teflon Tony back in an instant. Left me momentarily speechless. Were these Labour voters who already owned a property before the early 2000s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDevil Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 20 minutes ago, Dorkins said: Were these Labour voters who already owned a property before the early 2000s? Champagne socialist's no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 51 minutes ago, Dorkins said: Were these Labour voters who already owned a property before the early 2000s? No, but they're high earners married to high earners, with no kids. Sufficient income to buy a house in central London, and still buy track cars for amateur racing leagues(?) at the weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Bliar is a baby George Soros....His hypocracy knows no bounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Hail the Tripod said: Actually, I was down the pub with a handful of Labour voters recently and they said they'd take Teflon Tony back in an instant. Left me momentarily speechless. Exactly what I would expect; a feat of intellectual ability from Labour voters. Teflon Tony instead of...a black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I will mention again, because I am an old fart and repeat myself, the Labour Party looks like Woolworth, and the Conservatives look like BHS. The shiny turd Tony B is without modesty or compassion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I never liked him sort of slimy.....found this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086s60b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewingGrass Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 5 hours ago, TheBlueCat said: The thing that's so astounding about Blair is his level of self delusion. If he had even an ounce of subjectivity, he'd understand that his name is toxic to all sides and putting it to the remain camp will make it more likely we leave not less. Numerous professionals have labelled Mr Blair as 1) a Delusional Sociopath and 2) as having a Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Having looked them up a read some of the proceedings of the Chilcot inquiry I wholheartedly agree. There is a paper, Hubris in Leadership: A peril of unbridled intuition, that covers it quite nicely. Plus psychology books cover the syndrome and state that ' All this reinforces his earlier assertion that George W. Bush and Tony Blair developed hubris syndrome during their terms in office. ' Therefore the man is literally a text-book mental case who probably believes he can only be judged by the great sky fairy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-percent Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Or, his ego is so large he believes that he can argue the point with his chosen sky fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, One-percent said: Or, his ego is so large he believes that he can argue the point with his chosen sky fairy Don't you think he has an appointment with the bloke with the horns first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-percent Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 1 minute ago, MrPin said: Don't you think he has an appointment with the bloke with the horns first? Good point mr pin and hopefully it will be like a scene from old Harry's game where Satan and scumspawn dream up an eternal horror for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, MrPin said: Don't you think he has an appointment with the bloke with the horns first? Assuming that's most certainly not "Mr Fabulous" from "The Blues Brothers" you're referring to there Pinny... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitevanman Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 "A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do." My favourite Tony quote, it captures his character quite succinctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 6 hours ago, The XYY Man said: Assuming that's most certainly not "Mr Fabulous" from "The Blues Brothers" you're referring to there Pinny... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb One of my favourite films BTW. 1 hour ago, whitevanman said: "A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do." My favourite Tony quote, it captures his character quite succinctly. Satan's hand of fistory will be inserted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattydread Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 2 hours ago, MrPin said: One of my favourite films BTW. Satan's hand of fistory will be inserted. I'd pay to see Blair getting fisted by a man with the worlds biggest hand(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Let's just add "ism" to the end so it aligns with racism, fascism, sexism etc and give it negative connotations. Luckily I think lots - though not all - of the population are starting to see through this pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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