"His great achievement was in funding and running public services" Pete, you're clearly someone not looking to argue to win points since you mentioned the PPI, something, in my view, about as damaging to the NHS as at least two Tory governments, not to mention the removal of the Community Health Councils, so I shall take a serious look again at Blair's admin. All I can say about that, though, is the effect it had on the lives of people that I knew who were working in public services, including my missus, was not to the good.

But it still pales in comparison with what Blair's policies did to the Middle East.