Tony Blair Philanthropist of the year

[OzMike]

In a tribute to Mr Blair on its website, GQ said:

"Alongside his role as a Middle East peace envoy, Blair's channelled his energy into philanthropy, establishing three charities.

"The Tony Blair Sports Foundation pairs volunteer sport coaches with children in Britain's North East and his Faith Foundation aims to reconcile the three Abrahamic faiths, but his most ambitious is the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative.

"Launched in 2008, the foundation operates in six African countries... where teams work alongside government bodies to bridge the gap between African leaders' visions for a better future and their government's ability to implement it.

"In Sierra Leone, for example, AGI has helped deliver an entirely free healthcare programme that's cut the number of children in hospital dying from malaria by 80%."

What did you all get up to this year?

To clear his guilty conscious and should speed up the knighthood nicely.

 

[OzMike]

Why does NO ONE actually seem to be talking about what Tony Blair has done THIS year? As that's all that actually matters. I think people have gotten a bit confused as to what this award is for.

It's like saying Messi can't win footballer of the year because he was shit at football when he was 1 year old.

So, I will go out misinforming everyone, authorise the slaughter of innocents this year and appease it all by dedicating the whole of next year to charity.
That should warrant an OBE at least.

 

[Mellotron]

So, I will go out misinforming everyone, authorise the slaughter of innocents this year and appease it all by dedicating the whole of next year to charity.
That should warrant an OBE at least.

Riiight...

I'm not even saying he SHOULD win it, just that it's bizarre that not a single person on here was actually talking even for a moment as to WHY he's won it. We now know why, because he's done a huge amount of good in recent years.

Still, carry on.

 

[Superphil]

Why does NO ONE actually seem to be talking about what Tony Blair has done THIS year? As that's all that actually matters. I think people have gotten a bit confused as to what this award is for.

It's like saying Messi can't win footballer of the year because he was shit at football when he was 1 year old.

Once a murderous, lying, warmongering, hypocritical despot, always a murderous, lying, warmongering, hypocritical despot.

I see the Middle East Peace Envoy job is going well then, I'm sure all this philanthropy is not there to deflect attention.

 

[BadFish]

Why does NO ONE actually seem to be talking about what Tony Blair has done THIS year? As that's all that actually matters. I think people have gotten a bit confused as to what this award is for.

It's like saying Messi can't win footballer of the year because he was shit at football when he was 1 year old.

In an alternative universe Hitler survived and won the Turner Prize.

 

[piersa]

Riiight...

I'm not even saying he SHOULD win it, just that it's bizarre that not a single person on here was actually talking even for a moment as to WHY he's won it. We now know why, because he's done a huge amount of good in recent years.

Still, carry on.

Please feel free to look up irony in the dictionary.

 

[piersa]

Tony Blair is like a person who starts a fire, puts it out and is hailed the hero. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.