This reminds me of the invasion of Iraq, which brought 2 million people (mostly British) onto the streets of London, marching in solidarity against the war. The lies and deceit leading up to that invasion were glaringly obvious. Service personnel lost their lives, not for some noble cause, but seemingly to enrich a few oligarchs. Tony Blair, for instance, is now quite wealthy--and not from a Prime Minister's salary.
I might have minded it less if they had at least been honest.
There's a great documentary I saw at the Vancouver International Film Festival entitled: The Killings of Tony Blair. It was produced by George Galloway who was in attendance at the first screening.
Actually, a quick search turned up a copy on YouTube.. enjoy!
I believe Robin Cook was justified in resigning his Cabinet post under Tony Blair; he was on the right lines. A political party is a complex machine, composed of councillors, activists, MPs, and ordinary members. I hold that everyone who willingly participated in keeping the party machine running under Blair, while aware of his actions, shares some moral culpability.
However, I would exclude Jeremy Corbyn from such culpability; he consistently used his position to speak out in the strongest possible terms against Blair. Incidentally, Corbyn received more general election votes than Starmer. While I am politically a very long way from Corbyn and disagree with most of his social and economic policies, I recognise his basic integrity--something that seems lacking in the post-Blair era.
Labour has yet to genuinely become heirs to government; they are where they are today largely due to the failures of the 'Conservatives', whose name is unearned, as it no longer represents their behaviour, only their rhetoric.
