George Osborne

*no bias here facts, they both make me nauseous, just saying.

I like facts, we just disagree about invasion.

saddo

I agree with you wholeheartedly regarding Blair. He isn't and never  was, a Labour Socialist.
A Red Tory through and through. Which is why he has led the treacherous infighting to try and depose Corbyn.
He failed miserably.

I don't think so. But we shall see. Maybe sooner than we think !

For a start there are 650,000 members. The biggest party in Europe.

Politics is for dummies.

If Brexit - and a proper Brexit - is not achieved by the time the next election takes place, you can forget about Labour winning a single seat outside of London or Wales or one of their gerrymandered Islamic ghettoes.

A Red Tory through and through.

According to one study, in terms of promoting social equality, the first Blair Government "turned out to be the most redistributive in decades; it ran Harold Wilson's 1960s' government close." From 1997 to 2005, for instance, all the benefits targeted on children through tax credits, Child Benefit and Income Support had gone up by 72% in real terms. Improvements were also made in financial support to pensioners, and by 2004 the poorest third of pensioners were £1,750 a year better off than under the system as it used to be. As a means of reducing energy costs and therefore the incidence of fuel poverty, a new programme of grants for cavity wall and loft insulation and for draught proofing was launched, with some 670,000 homes taking up the scheme. Various adjustments were also made in social welfare benefits. Families were allowed to earn a little more before housing benefit was cut, and the benefit was raised for families where the breadwinner worked part-time, while 2 million pensioners were offered automatic help with their council tax bills, worth £400 each, although many did not take advantage of this benefit. According to one study, the Blair Administration's record on benefits, taken in the round, was "unprecedented," with 3.7% real terms growth each year from 2002 to 2005.[13]

And he gave away a lot more to the poor besides that.

Yes Blair was a Tory through and through. A real hard hearted Tory Scrooge.

Typical labour supporter.

Rewriting history as usual.

Wanted to please everyone and went on spending spree did Blair and now we are paying the price.

Greece went on a bigger spending spree.

Dr, I'm not a Labour supporter, I refer you to my comments above.

Doesn't matter who it was.  It was a Labour govt. led by Blair.  Politicians might make the final decisions, but they make them based on the ideas and analysis of others.  "Do you think it's a good idea?" Yes minister.  Well let's run with it.

I see IAN hasn't told us yet whether he thinks Corbyn should give back the tainted £20k. 

Maybe IAN's still pretending he hasn't read my post, claiming to have 'blocked' me… 'Blocking' being, of course, the cyberspace equivalent of spinelessly hiding under a bed, fingers in ears, tearfully screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOO".

It doesn't stop any other posters asking IAN the very same question though.

Sadly IAN doesn't have a very good record at answering very straightforward questions on this Forum. Despite IAN lecturing us that he would gladly offer a home to a 'Refugee' (because it was "the only moral and humanitarian thing to do") he has subsequently remained tight-lipped about

(a) the number of Syrian 'Refugees' he accommodated and funded at his own private expense

(b) the number of 'Refugees' from previous conflicts in war-torn countries he has accommodated/funded privately

© the number of British 'Homeless' he has accommodated/funded privately -  the 'Homeless' normally being a 'sacred cow' group for any British Socialist

Needless to say, the smart money says ZERO.