Tony Blair to step down as leader of the Labour Party

china is not an oppressive country. im a chinese students in australia and hv been living in china for about 13 years. i admit that we do hv a human right issue to overcome, but china is definitly not oppressive. Also, PLA does not spend as much money as the US army does. I understand that you maybe fear about the rise of china, because they are communism. However, please remember, china is no longer PURE communism. The communism that we are having is called communism with chinese style.

please understand that with employability, these days, is not about 'can u do the job' or 'are u capable of doing the job' its about 'do u fit in' or 'do i like u,' which to me indicates a level of corruption. there's too much vanity going on with employers. they expect school leavers to be seasoned professionals and don't want to work with them, and so the end result is the school leaver doesn't get the job; this in turn affects their self esteem. the employers shud take responsibility aswell.

He solved problems by creating new problems.

Not even Attle?

I LOVE YOU TONY!!! X

A very moving speech. I have never liked him but i was truely moved by this...

Tony you did so many good things and improved so many peoples' lives. You got more people into employment than ever before in our history, you introduced the national minimum wage, invested more money into public services, have improved and started building better schools, NHS waiting times are down, you stood up for the rights of gay and lesbian people and ensured their equality, improved the lives of the elderly and disabled, I could go on...you were a true democratic socialist to the core.

Yes, Blair did many good things in his 1st term, but I must wholeheartedly disagree with you on whether he is a democratic socialist. First, a true demsoc would have re-nationalized British Rail, after the countless accidents involving Railtrack. He has plunged millions of students (me including ) into future debt with his tuition fees, and has left this country more complacent, greedy, and cynical than any time before 1997. continued...

So even though it's right for us in the party to be extremely proud of our achievements over the past 10 years, there is an awful lot that we should acknowledge as mistakes and lost chances. Kinnock, Smith and Hattersley were the democratic socialists, not Blair, Mandelson and Brown. Lastly, remember this: Which 'socialist' was guest speaker at the -conservative- Union for a Popular Movement conference in january, and refused to support Royal during the French elections? You're listening to him.

100% agree, Tony blair was the greatest prime minister this country has ever had. I did not agree with some of the policies that he introduced but he was my prime minister and i personally think that he done a very good job. Bring him back.