Tony Blair "rise up and change your mind"

Blair needs to get to f**k.

He's a busted flush that not even Labour voters want to associate themselves with anymore.

Professional publicity seeker courts publicity.

No, decision made so it is time to unite and get the best deal we can for the whole country. Over to Parliament and Government/Civil Service now.

He's a bad loser who ruined his own reputation and should keep out of it.

But he's not alone.

When a trade union wins a vote to strike in a legitimate ballot, with, let's say, a 60:40 vote in favour of a strike with a 60% turnout, politicians of an anti-union persuasion regularly pop up and say: "But only 36% of the members voted for a strike, so the membership as a whole do not support this strike action."

In the EU referendum, the turnout was 72% with a "No" vote of 52%. So only 37% of those entitled to vote actually voted to leave.

But thems the rules, and people who cannot be bothered to vote cannot complain when they don't like the result.

If any group wins a majority in a free, fair and legal ballot, then the result has to be accepted and acted upon. Unions voting to strike, or the citizens of the UK voting in the referendum.

For what it is worth I did too, up until about 2005/06 and not just 'that' war. So many reforms commissioned and then shelved plus the infighting with Gordon Brown which seemed to me to become the main event and not good governance.

Go on, foxtrot oscar to the naughty step.

Don't like him then?

Oi you two casn't ee tell i'm atop the fence on bLiar

No, don't shoot him. There is the cost of the bullet, plus the time cleaning your weapon afterwards. Best use some piano wire and a lampost. No need to waste taxpayers money.

Oh aye, you should always give the barrel a good pull-through afterwards....and then you've got it hold it up for inspection.