Tony Blair insists: It's not true nobody likes me

[marmar]

from the Guardian UK:




Tony Blair insists: It's not true nobody likes me
Former prime minister says it is only in Britain he is attacked and accuses press of having a 'score' to settle with him

Allegra Stratton
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 December 2009 16.31 GMT


Tony Blair has issued a plaintive self-defence, insisting it is not true that no one likes him and instead describing a "score" the British press has to settle with him.

Blair is expected to go before the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war next year, where his critics hope he will face charges of manipulating intelligence, and an interview at the weekend suggests the former prime minister is bracing himself for further hostile coverage.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Blair said: "It's not true that nobody likes me. Reading the papers in Britain, you'd end up thinking I'd lost three elections rather than won them. There is a completely different atmosphere around me outside the country. People accept the work that you are doing, as it is. They don't see anything wrong with being successful financially and also doing good work.

"If I did what these people who criticise me here wanted, I'd end up just sitting in a corner, but that is never going to be me." ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/dec/20/tony-blair-interview-british-press

[Solly Mack]

1. Yeah? Come to my house then. Allow me to disabuse him of that notion.

Blair's no better than Bush.

[marmar]

2. Or just abuse him.

:P

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. *snarf*

[Solly Mack]

4. hehehehe

Well... lol

[Chulanowa]

5. "My mom says she loves me!"

:rofl:

[HarveyDarkey]

6. Damn. I hate those double negatives