Kupambana kwa Tony Blair kunali kokha kupambana zisankho zitatu zotsatizana. Wosewera wachiwiri, adakhala wandale wochenjera komanso wokonda, koma wopanda zinthu zambiri; wopanda malingaliro omwe adawagwira mwachidwi ndikuyesera kukonza cholowa cha Margaret Thatcher. Koma ngakhale m'njira zambiri pulogalamu ya Blair yakhala yosangalatsa, ngati yamagazi, ya Thatcher's, mawonekedwe awo amachoka ndi osiyana kwambiri. Kugonjetsedwa kwa Thatcher ndi anzake a Conservatives anali nkhani ya sewero lalikulu: chilengezo kunja kwa piramidi ya galasi ya Louvre pa nthawi ya Paris Congress inathetsa kutha kwa Cold War; misozi; Nyumba ya Malamulo yodzaza ndi anthu. A Blair atuluka mosafunitsitsa chifukwa cha bomba la magalimoto komanso kupha anthu ambiri ku Iraq, pomwe anthu masauzande ambiri atsala atamwalira kapena olumala chifukwa cha mfundo zake, ndipo London ndiye chandamale chachikulu cha zigawenga. Otsatira a Thatcher adadzifotokoza pambuyo pake kuti adachita mantha ndi zomwe adachita. Ngakhale sycophants wamkulu wa Blair m'manyuzipepala aku Britain: Martin Kettle ndi Michael White (The Guardian), Andrew Rawnsley (Observer), Philip Stephens (FT) amavomereza kuti akumva mpumulo pamene pamapeto pake anasiya.
Cholengedwa chenicheni cha Washington Consensus, Blair nthawi zonse anali wokhulupirika kwa anthu osiyanasiyana okhala ku White House. Ku Ulaya, adakonda Aznar ku Zapatero, Merckel ku Schroeder, adachita chidwi kwambiri ndi Berlusconi ndipo, posachedwapa, sanabise chikhumbo chake kuti Sarkozy ndiye woyenera ku France. Iye ankamvetsa kuti privatisation / deregulation kunyumba anali mbali ya njira yomweyo monga nkhondo kunja. Ngati chigamulochi chikuwoneka chankhanza kwambiri ndiloleni ndigwire mawu a Sir Rodric Braithwaite, mlangizi wakale wa Blair, akulemba mu Financial Times pa 2, Ogasiti, 2006:
"Zowoneka bwino zikuyenda pawailesi yakanema yaku Britain, zombie yosokonekera komanso yaphokoso molunjika kuchokera kwa Madame Tussaud. Uyu, modabwitsa, akuwoneka kuti ali ndi moyo komanso akupuma. Mwina zimachokera m'bokosi laukadaulo la Central Intelligence Agency, lokonzedwa kuti lilankhule chilankhulo cha White House mu katchulidwe kachingereziโฆ
A Blair awononga kwambiri zofuna za Britain ku Middle East kuposa Anthony Eden, yemwe adatsogolera UK ku tsoka ku Suez zaka 50 zapitazo. M'zaka zapitazi za 100 - kutenga zazikulu - taphulitsa ndi kulanda Egypt ndi Iraq, tidathetsa zipolowe za Arabiya ku Palestine ndikugwetsa maboma ku Iran, Iraq ndi Gulf. Sitingathenso kuchita zinthu izi patokha, kotero timazichita ndi Amereka. Kudziwika kwa Mr Blair ndi White House kwawononga mphamvu zake ku Washington, Europe ndi Middle East komweko: ndani amavutitsa nyani ngati atha kupita kwa ogaya? ... "
Izi, nazonso, ndizochepa poyerekeza ndi zomwe zimanenedwa za Blair ku British Foreign Office ndi Ministry of Defense. Akazembe akuluakulu andiuza kangapo kuti sizingawakhumudwitse kwambiri ngati a Blair atazengedwa mlandu ngati chigawenga pankhondo. Otsutsa otukuka nthawi zina amamuyerekeza ndi Cavaliere Cipolia, wonyengerera wonyansa wa ku Italy waku fascist, wowonetsedwa bwino kwambiri mu buku la Thomas Mann la 1929 'Mario and the Magician'. Blair si Mussolini, koma ngati Duce ankakonda kutsogolera ndi kuchititsa manyazi omutsatira.
Zomwe zambiri mwa izi zimawululira ndi mkwiyo ndi kusowa mphamvu. Palibe njira yochotsera nduna yayikulu pokhapokha ngati chipani chake chataya chikhulupiriro. Atsogoleri a Conservative adaganiza kuti Thatcher angoyenera kupita chifukwa cha malingaliro ake oyipa ku Europe. Ntchito imakonda kukhala yachifundo kwambiri kwa atsogoleri ake ndipo pakadali pano anali ndi ngongole zambiri kwa Blair kotero kuti palibe amene ali pafupi naye yemwe akufuna kuti atenge nawo gawo la Brutus. Pamapeto pake anaganiza zopita yekha. Tsoka la ku Iraq linamupangitsa kukhala wandale wodedwa kwambiri ndipo thandizo linayamba kuchepa pang'onopang'ono. Chifukwa chimodzi cha kuchedwetsako chinali chakuti dzikolo lilibe otsutsa kwambiri. Ku Nyumba Yamalamulo, a Conservatives amangotsatira Blair. Ma Liberal-Democrats anali osagwira ntchito. Blair adafotokoza mwachidule malingaliro a Britain ku Europe ku Nice mu 2000:
"Ndizotheka, m'malingaliro athu, kumenya nkhondo ndi Britain, kupeza zabwino kwambiri ku Europe ku Britain ndikukhala ndi ulamuliro komanso chikoka ku Europe. Ndi momwe ziyenera kukhalira. Britain ndi ulamuliro wamphamvu padziko lonse lapansi. "
Izi zochititsa mantha, zongoganizira zokhazokha kuti 'Britain ndi mphamvu yapadziko lonse' ndizodzilungamitsa kuti nthawi zonse idzakhala EU / UK. Mgwirizano weniweni uli ndi Washington. France ndi Germany zimawoneka ngati opikisana ndi Washington, osati ogwirizana nawo mu EU yodziyimira payokha. Lingaliro la France lodziphatikizanso mu NATO ndikukhala ngati mnzake wamphamvu kwambiri ku US kunali kusintha kwakukulu komwe kunafooketsa Europe. Britain idayankha polimbikitsa kugawika kwa ndale ku Europe kudzera pakukulitsa ndikuumiriza kukhalapo kosatha kwa US ku kontinentiyo.
Wolowa m'malo wa Blair wodzozedwa ndi theka, wodedwa ndi theka, Gordon Brown, ndi wanzeru kwambiri (amawerenga mabuku) koma pandale sizosiyana. Pakhoza kukhala kusintha kwa kamvekedwe, koma pang'ono. Ndichiyembekezo choyipa chokhala ndi kapena popanda Blair ndipo ndale zina (zotsutsana ndi nkhondo, anti-Trident, chitetezo cha ntchito zaboma) zimangokhala zipani zadziko ku Scotland ndi Wales. Kusapezeka kwake mdziko lonse kumakulitsa mkwiyo womwe anthu ambiri amakhala nawo, zomwe zikuwonetsedwa povota (kapena ayi) motsutsana ndi omwe ali ndi mphamvu.
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