Jacqueline Tartar: Tony Blair was a blight on Britain. 38% agreed, 29% disagreed and 33% were undecided. I am quite ashamed that Dr David Kelly's name has not been mentioned tonight. A child of under nine could have worked out there is no democracy in the Middle Eastern countries. It was a moronic thing to do. We're going to focus on Iraq rather than blight, OK? And be different.
Tony Blair is the man who reinvented Labour, won a landslide majority in 1997 and went on to win three elections, becoming Labour’s longest-serving prime minister. He is also the man accused of lies, hubris, money-making deals and taking us into an illegal war.
This episode features a live event which Intelligence Squared hosted in London in March 2016, when we put Tony Blair on trial and examined his legacy on foreign policy, health, education and much more.
Levelling charges against him was Tom Bower, investigative journalist and author of Broken Vows: Tony Blair and the Tragedy of Power. Defending him was the journalist and Times columnist David Aaronovitch.
This event was originally produced by Hannah Kaye. This series was produced by Farah Jassat and Catharine Hughes, with editing and artwork from Catharine Hughes. Music is by Lesfm.
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