The Gadfly

Holds authority to account.

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@CraigMurrayOrg Its good need for you Craig

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@OborneTweets I have concerns that Burnham, to use the boxing parlance, "is the great white hope". Let us hope he doesn't end up flat on his face!

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@ProfHall1955 I accidentally posted b4 I was finished. Blair was the worst Labour PM since Ramsay McDonald.

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@benonwine Being serious, Robin Cooke would be a serious contender.

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@benonwine Brian Clough or am I in the wrong forum!

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@ProfHall1955 Blair was ideologically bankrupt. His election victories cannot be ignored

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@ZackPolanski The toxic Tony Blair is a modern day Dorian Gray.

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Tony Blair is the living embodiment of what happens when political office becomes a down payment on future plunder. Ejected in 2007 by his own MPs as a massive liability, he bequeathed Britain a wild casino economy primed for the 2008 crash. And when the British economy crashed and burned, Mr Blair kept quiet while honing his skills at securing power by other means.

His first job, after his ejection from 10 Downing Street, was as the West’s Middle East envoy, with a supposed emphasis on Gaza. It took six painful years for Mr Blair’s tenure to prove a failure so profound it amounted to active complicity in Israel’s ethnic cleansing, in Palestinian erasure, and in paving the ground for the ongoing genocide.

Soon after, the Chilcot Inquiry demolished Blair’s Iraq lies, exposing him as a liar, a chancer and a war criminal responsible for countless corpses of Iraqis, but also of British soldiers.

Then came Blair’s real innovation: the financialisation of the ex-premiership itself. The Tony Blair Institute, fuelled by £130 million from Oracle's Larry Ellison—coincidentally, the largest individual donor to the Friends of the IDF—became a shadow state, brokering governance contracts for autocrats and companies like Palantir that weaponise AI to produce mega-death abroad and full-on surveillance of Western populations.

Now, in May 2026, this corporate fixer issues a 5700 word tantrum demanding that Labour embrace Trump even more than Starmer already has, denounce what is left of Labour’s betrayed Green New Deal, and trash the remnants of workers' rights. This is not the wisdom of an aging statesman. It is the frantic squirming of a man fearing his grip on oligarchic power might soon wane and whose entire post-10 Downing Street existence depends on preventing the many from ever reclaiming what the few have plundered.

https://t.co/1Onlpx9Nkh

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@HP_222_92 Harman's comments suggest that the Labour turkeys might vote for an early Christmas. The only one being irresponsible is her. She knows only too well that it is not an American style presidential election.

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@afneil I have seen t- shirts in NZ saying "I support NZ and any team playing Australia". As a fellow Scot I share a similar sentiment for any team playing against the English!

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@henrywinter I wonder if Pep ever suffered from imposter syndrome? From my experience those with exceptional intelligence and ability are most prone to the condition.

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@lewis_goodall Toast!

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@afneil I am listening to his speech and I am cringing. It smacks of desperation. As a Labour voter I question his understanding of socialist values.

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@georgegalloway I recall when Harman acting as head of the party ordered Labour MP's to abstain on a Tory Welfare and Work bill that reduced benefits to the most needy by around £12 billion. Ramsey Macdonald would have been proud of her!

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@afneil You remind me of my late father who said we only get the governments we deserve. We must all have been very wicked when we were young!

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@SaulStaniforth Melanie Phillips is a rabid Zionist. Her views are extreme in most peoples opinions. Sky should be ashamed and rightfully criticised for giving her a platform.

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@tukakimatt I am always concerned when major media outlets launch politically biased attacks on senior politicians. However, I fear that our PM is so inexperienced and unaccustomed to the realities of political life that he would rather hide.

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@SaulStaniforth @Heidi_Labour I am not a Green voter but it is abundantly clear that MSM has attacked Polanski with "gotcha" questions. Philips should be ashamed!

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@SaulStaniforth @Heidi_Labour Heidi Alexander demonstrates why politicians are despised. I don't think for a minute she believes what she was arguing.

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@bryce_edwards @HelenClarkNZ Anybody would think there is an election coming up! The history of governmental partners in upcoming elections may explain why they are suddenly keen to emphasize differences.