Amid already low favorability over his war crimes in Iraq alongside George Bush, this move came as no surprise. Tony Blair in an outspoken Remainer and consistently moves to block the majority vote.
Tony Blair has said it is his “mission” to persuade Britons to “rise up” and change their minds on Brexit, BBC reports,
despite the 52% leave vote being a democratic victory for Brexiters –
Blair is clearly intent on ignoring the democratic will of the people
that voted to leave the EU.
Blair’s anti-Brexit speech was met
with a barrage of criticism from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage,
calling his Blair a “yesterday’s man”. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
responded, “I urge the British people to rise up and turn off the TV
next time Blair comes on with his condescending campaign.”
Blair’s
low favorability among the British people follows from his long record
of corruption. In September 2016, the Sun reported Blair was dragged into a corruption probe over a huge sum he bagged to make a speech in Romania. Blair was payed a large sum of £185’000 just to make his speech in Romania.
