Under Blair, the NHS and schools system did relatively well, far better than before or since. Pragmatism. Under Blair, foreign policy was such a disaster that we're now having to fight off terrorism at every turn, not to speak of the turmoil fomented by the Blair/Bush axis in many countries. Ideology. Just show us for once that you actually understand politics and that you acknowledge that the world isn't black and white. Incidentally, the country is falling apart at the seams right now because two different ideologies in your Tory party are ripping the party apart and ignoring the running of the country. Nobody knows how to fiddle while Rome burns like the Tories do.