A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair Audiobook

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  belle2uk
  September 19th, 2022
  

  Oh goody, the man who presided over the ransacking of private pensions and lied about giving us a referendum before surrendering our sovereignty to Europe has released a book, ah bless.
  I wonder if he asked George W Bush for permission for this too.

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  johndunbar
  September 19th, 2022
  

  

  Thank you so much

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  Within
  September 19th, 2022
  

  pathological liar

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  caesar963
  September 19th, 2022
  

  

  Very good record on Kosovo & Northern Ireland. Helping rather than hindering.

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  belle2uk
  September 19th, 2022
  

  caesar963 Helping Northern Ireland really,
  Jails emptied of every terrorist successfully incarcerated along with agreements not to pursue any that weren’t, with zero agreement not to offer the same for the security forces whose judgment strayed while serving.
  Admission of collusion on the British side with no matching admission of their collusion with the IRA from the Irish government.
  That looks more like a partial surrender to me

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  caesar963
  September 19th, 2022
  

  “security forces whose judgment strayed while serving” - contrived euphemism doesn’t get any more blatant than that. Commitment to the rule of law compels me to the view that all terrorists - private or state - ought to be pursued. Pragmatically however, lawbreakers must be brought along in such a process, in order to prevent further killing. Their compliance is essentially purchased through amnesty.

  There was never any doubt about the collusion of the British “security” forces with terrorists; & their own active terrorism, including murder of civilians - not restricted to murders of peaceful civil rights activists. These are the findings of lawful tribunals. These terrorist activities were calculated, scarcely the result of “judgment strayed while serving.”

  “collusion with the IRA from the Irish govt” - Irish politicians, members of the military, policing & prison services, as well as civilians, were all targeted & murdered by the IRA. The trade in illegal drugs (esp heroin) in the Republic of Ireland was largely the preserve of these terrorists. In addition to major armed robberies in the country, this was a considerable source of funding for their activities. Our police service had to develop into one of the most effective counterterrorism forces in the world. The Irish state has a history of executing these terrorists.

  However, the Irish state did not face the reality of terrorist attacks & violence from the IRA alone. Our neighbours were involved in the most sinister of actions, including the organised & coordinated bombings of Dublin & Monaghan, carried out with the greatest military precision. The injustice of these agents escaping all punishment still stands as an unutterable wrong. So many innocent civilians butchered.

  With the peace agreement, nobody got everything they wanted, which substantially delivers an effective political compromise.
  That war is over, in spite of the colossal stupidity of Brexit throwing more fuel on the fire.
  There are many people alive now who would not have been otherwise. Blair helped in this, whereas other British politicians only brought weaponised ignorance to bear (as demonstrated in their recent activity).

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  belle2uk
  September 20th, 2022
  

  The only colossal stupidity about Brexit was that it was required in the first place, if the public had been granted their promised referendum before being forced into it by Tony’s mini-me Gordon, it never would have been necessary, never mind won.

  Jack Lynch’s Irish government was widely credited with setting up the PIRA so I’m not entirely sure what you don’t consider collusion, getting caught in 1970 using £100,000 in aid money to import arms for the Provisional IRA sounds like it to me.

  Dublin and Monahan bomb killed 33 between them, horrible but not quite the 1700 mostly civilians the PIRA are credited with murdering over the duration.
  And yes, I am aware the Good Friday Agreement was a compromise, it was just a little one-sided.

  Put yourself in the mind of a soldier or policeman dealing with the constant threat of death for you and your family from the IRA, of course you would be tempted to aid the other side. Does this make them any more guilty than some IRA bomber, I certainly don’t think so, so why the hell were they not allowed the same clemency that Tony and Bill were throwing about for their murderers?

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  caesar963
  September 20th, 2022
  

  “The only colossal stupidity about Brexit” - No, that’s an extremely broad field of destabilising stupidity. Literally from soup to nuts; from mindless campaign to puerile negotiations.

  “so I’m not entirely sure what you don’t consider collusion” - The decades of conflict between the Republic of Ireland and the terrorists, as outlined. The many victims within the Republic, incl politicians, members of the military, policing & prison services, as well as civilians. The victims of the drugs scourge, and violent armed robberies. Our police service developing into one of the most effective counterterrorism forces in the world. The Irish state having a history of executing these terrorists. Hardly an exhaustive list.

  “widely credited with setting up the PIRA” - You’re going to have to support that one. The Provisional IRA were actually established in a split from an organisation known as the Official IRA.
  Lynch’s govt saw the renewed outbreak of brutal terror against the nationalist population in Northern Ireland. The violent state response to the peaceful civil rights movement. The sight of so many desperate refugees teeming across the border into the Republic, as reported by the international media (covered widely for the first time - it was actually a grimly regular phenomenon over the decades).

  Given the continuing & increasingly violent situation, the Lynch govt established military field hospitals in Donegal, adjacent to Derry, & at other points along the border where they were necessary. British state forces were particularly active in attacking civilians in Derry. Lynch asked the British govt to cease these attacks on the people of Derry.

  “Dublin and Monahan (sic)” - The state action remains extremely disturbing.
  “the Good Friday Agreement was a compromise, it was just a little one-sided.” - In what respect? Do you consider the constitutional actions of 1920, given the absence of any mandate whatsoever, to be a little one-sided? Do you judge the decades of sectarian policing & state terror to be a little one sided? Coordinated military attacks on peaceful civil rights demonstrations? Denial of equal housing, services or employment? Grotesque & repeated miscarriages of justice? Use of torture & denial of fundamental human rights? Burning people out of their homes? Violent dispossession? Regularly attacking children on their way to school? Decades of gerrymandering, racism & denial of civil, political & legal rights? A little one-sided, p’haps?

  Terrorists in their private capacity, are of course distinct from agents of the state (police, military, etc.) - who have a standing duty of care over the population & citizenry. They ought, at the very least, refrain from acts of torture & murder, whether it be planned & calculated, or more arbitrary in nature.

  Merely try to put yourself in the minds of all of these victims of the most incredible & wide-reaching oppressive terror, societal & institutional injustice, racism & sectarian bigotry. Dealing with the constant threat of death for you & your family. Can those injustices ever be properly or adequately addressed? How can the British state even begin to remediate those wrongs?

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  JennyFisher
  September 23rd, 2022
  

  Education, Education, Education & War.

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair
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  Galy2487
  February 22nd, 2026
  

  I really want to download thia book but cant. Can someone help please.

  A Journey (My Political Life) - Tony Blair

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