The remarkable rehabilitation of Tony Blair

Loathe him or find him mildly irritating, you can’t deny Tony Blair has a talent for being heard. He popped up in our news section, giving Covid advice in that self-effacing way that so endears him to political successors. But something unexpected happened below the interview: more than 400 readers endorsed this comment by Observer: “I came to this country in 2000 from Austria. I was shocked to see the state of hospitals, trains and general poverty in the UK. It was more like a former eastern European country than a western power. I witnessed the transformation during the Blair years, when Britain started to catch up with countries like Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. Yes, the wars were big mistakes, but domestically Blair