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When people from the right, and likely Con supporters start praising Blair, (the more closet Con), then any Labour supporter seeing that should take note.
He brought the stupid NEW tag to Labour.
He in the main squandered 2 massive overall majorities.
Where he could have ensured fullest protection of the NHS, could have put in place absolute unchanging protection of the most vulnerable, sick and disabled.
Instead of tinkering with the issue.

He did of course do many things welcome and appropriate as all governments do.
Some more than others.
However, he didn't secure any protections for those vulnerable groups.

He once tried to get away with giving pensioners an only 50p rise.
Until he was shamed to do far better.

Then he foolishly believed a NEW war from his NEW Labour government would set his place in history.
Oh boy, it did indeed, not how he thought it would however.

He can talk sense of course.
However he's criticised every Labour leader since him, including Gordon Brown.

As a Labour member, I don't think I want any nauseating lectures from Mr Blair.

His time in government, I'd put down to 2 periods of the biggest wasting of massive overall majorities ever.
2 overall majorities of 165+

Yet he did so little to protect those who needed protection the most.