Tony Blair has hit back defiantly at his British critics, insisting that he is appreciated overseas much more than at home. He also defended his money-making activities.
“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,” he said.
Interviewed for today’s News Review, the former prime minister said: “You get to a position where the criticism you get, you just have to live with. It’s the way it is. When you are someone like me, you create a lot of controversy one way or another. You just decide to do what you are going to do and let that speak for itself.”
It’s Only You Brits Who Don’t Appreciate Me, Insists Tony Blair
Speaking mostly from experience with our own politicians, I think there's a more logical explanation for this than that somehow the rest of the world's press are less surly and nit-picky than one's own. I think it's just might be because Tony Blair wasn't as much of a problem for the rest of us as he was for his own people.
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You've hit on something that seems to be global cujo. Lack of alternative leadership. It seems to be everywhere. Intentional, or are people with the right stuff just not interested in fixing the messes? Look around at the leadership of any nation right now, and the voter's alternatives. Not a pretty image.
I think it's explainable in Darwinian terms - the same sorts of people tend to be selected for this sort of role. I think many of the people you might want to be in those roles would rather not be. It's a lot of responsibility, and there's a lot of effort and sacrifice required. You have to be driven to want that kind of life.
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