Tony Blair on EU referendum, Chilcot Inquiry and ISIS - BBC News

The former Labour Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has said leaving the EU would create "an enormous economic problem".
Speaking to Andrew Marr, Mr Blair said "if we vote to leave we will suffer an immediate shock to our economy" and "years of uncertainty".
He said this was not a hypothetical risk but "something you will see directly in people's jobs and living standards" and the confidence of business to trade.
On immigration, Mr Blair said he accepted it was "a big issue" but that it was "not going to be solved by leaving the EU".
He added that some of the people who come here from Europe "play a fundamental part in services like the NHS" and that free movement of people also applies to British people going to Europe.
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[@NothingSomethingEverything]

7 years on, he is entirely correct.

[@TheDogGeneral]

The war criminal Tony Blair is correct ?? He didn't provide a single pertaining explanation or solution to that crisis he basically painted the crisis and complications of immigration is a problem that could never be resolved so I wouldn't say he was correct he isnt credible on any matter and he a child of privilege and always the voice of the establishment and always had his hands tied when the middle working class asked for reprieve

[@tomite2001]

This is what happens when a person struggling with credibility speaks the truth. People will not listen and they did not.

[@seanclark2085]

" Struggling with credibility"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 he's a war criminal and a liar on a scale not seen in generations. Peter Mendelson Bragged that when Blair got into power they sent out search parties to find immigrants just so the " could rub the Torys noses in it" ! , Blair told the country that only 20.000 Poles would move to the UK and more than a million came, This man is responsible for the d struction of Iraq and the million deaths it caused and the complete destruction of British society and Brexit ...... He should be behind bars in The Hague , the man is a psychopath.

[@BenWillock]

Should arrest him while we have the chance, as soon as the report comes out he'll be long gone

[@BenWillock]

Slimy bugger's defending Cameron's election promises now, always knew he was a tory in disguise!

[@Litany_of_Fury]

the tories are more like his labour than current labour.

[@guidofarage7457]

No he won't, just like Shillary Clinton, both bastards will get off scot-free and will never have to face trial for their corruption, lies and war crimes. Both should be rotting in a shitty prison cell somewhere.

[@IKKISTAR1]

+James Blanche lol hit nail on head 😂

[@biggietempah9163]

+Primarch Alpharius yes but his labour was also like the conservatives than the labour before his labour...think about that smart guy! lol

[@stevewastaken21]

vote leave

[@zaKkyBoY121]

vote remain

[@saucybackport]

vote chill

[@dystopia47]

+SuperTurboForce no it wont. the passion is on the brexit side. Against the establishment

[@stevewastaken21]

***** then you have not been looking to all the polls because in the last mouth they have leaned heavily towards leave. So I don't no what your looking at but have fun it has them

[@sufianredwan1165]

no the polls show that the remain campaign is winning. By leaving the EU it'll be a disaster

[@Cabronosidad]

So Blair wants us to stay in the EU? OK, that settles it then. I'm voting LEAVE.

[@qfragger]

good decision. I left the UK a long time ago and am thankful I did.

[@scimatarpictures]

+Q Fragger where did you live?

[@qfragger]

I'm now in Canada.

[@markchristmas743]

we should leave

[@Jamal-Ahmed786]

What a stupid reason to leave. Whether you want to stay or leave, it should be based on the facts and evidences.

[@starcade90]

This "man" should be in jail.

[@mrsmariamhamdanbinrashidma8047]

I Geerd with you 100%

[@interekweb]

If the UK leaves, it will have no access to the single market. If it wants to regain the access, it will have to accept most of the demands by Germany, France and others. In fact, the UK will have to beg for that access. Staying in the EU may have some disadvantages but leaving it will be much worse for the UK.

[@MrH1990s]

Stop talking shit. vote leave

[@robertbones326]

I know man. this guy's a twat

[@thailandchris3365]

immigration is not a 'problem' its a conscious decision by politicians, its not like some kind of uncontrolled virus spreading around the world, also it is not 'worldwide' - many countries have very stringent checks on it without ever being called racists, they want to protect their own way of life

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

Tony Blair is Britain's Richard Nixon. A great man brought down by one fatal foreign policy flaw.

[@michaelsmitten9240]

Is an illegal war causing illegal regime change and killing thousands simply written off as a "flaw"? Tell that to the families.

[@NT927AD]

What was Nixons foreign policy flaw? I think his biggest flaw was Watergate and I wouldn't call Blair a "great man".

[@25CarpeDiem]

Mr Blair why do you think the British public are only listening to the scare stories? It's about time you gave the British public credit....we can make our own minds up!!!

[@DriveLongRoad]

Great. A war criminals...

[@Nebrox]

This man should face prosecution for war crimes against humanity and if found guilty hanged.

[@dhillon621]

Best leader of modern times.

[@swiftsabre28]

To address the anger at Blair so much as appearing, whilst Iraq was an absolutely unforgivable thing, Blair did a lot of good for the country in his time, but ultimately suffered from the Thatcher problem of invincibility, and to his cost, he found out he wasn't. If you can sideline Iraq for just a second, Blair's New Labour and the philosophy he implemented for the country was the step Britain needed to go from years of Tory government to a short term New Labour government, and then to a full Labour government. I obviously am not saying anyone should forgive Blair for Iraq, it was a huge cock up. But try to see his merits too, being the longest serving prime minister doesn't just happen.

[@Charlie-rk5ts]

I quite like Blair. Obviously Iraq went wrong but he's clearly not a war criminal as all of these keyboard warriors say, after all hussain was an evil dictator, and he helped create peace in Kosovo and Bosnia

[@phildobson8705]

Political Correctness is cultural Marxism, Tony Blair's Government destroyed education of state educated children with it, (by denying children their own desk, crowding them in gang's around pushed together tables, result distraction, disruption) went to War with it, denied He created the conditions for Islamic State with it. Political Correctness is deadly, seeking to impose a uniformity of thought on all Europeans & - Americans. Blair's totalitarian nature is far reaching. From his house in Israel, convincing Billionaires of its benefits, to them, is easy for him.

[@awesomedwarfeatsyou]

the man deserves to go on trial

[@Kratos-005]

So when is this man gonna be tried for war crimes? BTW if Blair wants us to stay, I'm definitely voting leave.

[@Robinfuk]

How’s that working out?

[@peterdickinson2602]

Please explain why Blair who is loathed the world over with many feeling that he should be tried as a war criminal should be asked for his opinion on anything. His answers and opinions are invariably based on self interest and the arrogance of believing he is always right.

[@eezeegeezaa]

why is this man not in prison?

[@Vempsterful]

If Tony wants us to stay he best say he wants us to leave.

[@How.Dare.You.]

That's right Tony! !!

[@andrewgordon1017]

He was wrong on Iraq, but he's right about brexit.

[@swindonpeoplesassembly1774]

Wish I got paid £790 a day like John Chilcot! We are paying his wages!

[@Smile-rd5fn]

He was giving out visa 's left right and centre

[@ganjamozart1435]

88% of economists, out of a response rate of 16%.... EU and non-EU migration is about 50:50.

[@robert4you]

Look at Blair's eyes when the host says: "...nearly 200,000 people from the EU..." at 0:55. His eyes are "empty"... he actually looks scared at 0:57 ???

[@TPQ1980]

I just keep thinking about how this man enabled the killing of hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians. A disgusting human being who ought to be in jail.

[@murat-1982]

why wont he come back...

[@mrchoudhury6611]

The mass murderer of 1 million Iraqi, undoubtedly!!!

[@Darren_Kelly]

Just to give us a little bit of an idea as of how people are voting in this referendum, reply to this message with either IN or OUT.

[@Saxxon1100]

So basically...his position is that this uncontrolled rise in immigration is not solvable one way or the other, so just stay in the EU and take it.

[@jyy9624]

I rather think he said Britain cannot stand apart from its neighbors and that Britain has much clout and sway within instead of outside the EU when it comes to matters which the UK has vastly superior experience and knowledge on. Critiques said it will only corrupt the UK. The verdict is not in

[@Saxxon1100]

@@jyy9624 Being "outside" of the EEC (oh,um...EU) does not equal "stand apart" from neighbors. The pro EU position is for "cultural union" - which is actually the degradation of specific cultures in reality. A Spaniard will never be Polska, nor will Magyarország be English (even though the English re-name all of Europe). The EU is the pipe dream of cultural marxists....who will fail.

[@jyy9624]

@@Saxxon1100 actually if everyone except Switzerland and Norway are members it does mean stand apart

[@PC-lu3zf]

Much as I am no Blair fan he has been proved right as has Major.

[@robertbones326]

the only relevant thing said was at 1:39

[@englishman9020]

when you go to Canada USA or Australia they would ask you a shit load of questions background checks and interviews but when you come to Britain you can just walk in with no back ground checks

[@tomite2001]

That was never true.

[@TVShowsPlaylists]

He shouldnt have a say he has blood on his hands

[@suleymehmet5214]

Why is he supporting Cameron? Wake up guys???

[@tomlinid]

I wonder if Cameron has promised him a cushy job in the EU and told him which off shore accounts are the best places to invest his money?

[@tomlinid]

andy mane Not if the UK leaves the EU then he will probably be made a Lord and be paid money to give speeches at dinners like Tony Blair does at the moment. He will probably charge 100 thousand a speech. These politicians don't live in the real world.

[@bonaku20]

Since he went for iraq war, thing are not same anymore. It has created lots of uncertainty in middle east and now it is coming to Europe.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

OK thanks Tony that's completely changed my mind. No BREXIT for me.

[@henryvagincourt]

Well good for you, but hes a fool.

[@jaixzz]

Marr slinging BBC impartiality out the port hole

[@kh4liqi]

why ask a criminal

[@cubemoment9402]

but the UK is already over populated!?....

[@Curi0u50ne]

What u did to dr Kelly ? Tony?

[@joshuafreeman4005]

Anyone else feel a bit sick looking at him?

[@andosmate]

He was completely correct.

[@onenote6619]

If Blair said that grass is green, I would go out and check. Any argument he gets involved in is automatically tainted.

[@jonesyacdc]

we a not norway

[@edwardrussell7168]

He has serious point to make...the capitalist system requires to be wid the rich man... UK out of EU will be downward move ... capital will start leaving London...

[@robertmoffatt]

you're assuming the EU will continue to be the economic draw that it has in the past

[@TheDoctor35]

I'm pretty sure the stay campaign bring up immigration more then the leave party. It's a problem for sure but the major one most Brits are pissed with is the non elected officials telling us what to do

[@danielmeng1007]

The interviewer is like the British Bill O'Reilly

[@nexxtrip7366]

Can't guess what exactly you mean but I find it sometimes resemble as if Blair followed a course somewhere to debate in any what debate.

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

People who vote anything because of what another person think, because of who think what, and not because of what they think themselves, are pretty childish.

[@4TheRecord]

Thank mr blair, if not for you and john major the people might have voted to remain in the EU.

[@acefreaky1549]

If our gutless politicians had stood against mass immigration we would not be in this pickle . Of course economically we are slightly better off IN , but this is a battle for the soul of the nation , something Blair forgot about when he took the silver coins on offer to put him on the world stage ...Iraq finished him off and I fear the rest will not be far behind when the referendum result comes out . They have acted like kindly uncles who after Nan has died you find they have sold her house and all her possessions to fund a dogs home ........when Nan really wanted you to get a good start in life.

[@CG-or1re]

so.....he was right

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

the argument of the migration problem is like hearing Californians complaining about the big net inflow of midwestern US citizens coming into California and being absorbed by its economy and then hearing them arguing that California has to leave the US because of this net inflow of "migrants...." being called by its economy.... ever thought about the simple fact that the UK has this inflow because of the "calling effect" of its economy? completely narrow minded and not very intelligent point of view of the leave campaign when it comes to migration

[@barmybootsveteran5201]

Utter crap......We buy far more then we sell to europe.....Surely that should give us some weight when we renegotiate trade deals...

[@broughy168]

But we dont want a debate when the Chilcot report comes out......We want a TRIAL

[@1paris9]

Britain can't negotiate

[@triplestagedarkness2619]

I don't understand how the majority of immigration can be non eu it just doesn't make any sense to me.

[@Gnostic777]

Radical Muslims from the middle East

[@bunkerbill]

At least there aren't many dislikes.

[@satbachandhanjal6199]

THIS THING TONY BLAIR WAS JUST AHIPPI IN A SUIT

[@goldstarheaven9172]

At 7mnts 15secs Tony Blair, once again just cannot answer the question about the present levels of immigration, the negative effects on the nation and on how to control it!

[@shaiam406]

One event and you people disregard his good things he did to the country. If you have no knowledge in what happened in the past and the reasons please shut up

[@a5amr2]

this man is responsible for a lot of the world's troubles. do not take his words seriously.

[@Warp75]

Absolute vermin

[@jaixzz]

Priti Shore that Marr could have afforded anti-depressive treatment - he'll have all but recovered from his incessant tsunami of lugubrious woeful bereavement by this week in 2022. Instead of Holding back the years

[@philipeaton3102]

not a war criminal

[@alphaomega154]

enormous problem for america. Because, UK will potentially stop being buddy buddy to US. But its fine by me. i say, go BREXIT. despite the potential negative impact on UK-Russian relation(is there such?).

[@FireicerCooper]

But Tony Blair YOU DID not invest in any of the areas, this leave vote is a result of your direct failure to respond to the needs of the people of the UK Scotland excluded because it seem no migrants want to go to Scotland. Last statistic is 260,000 immigrants into the UK and only 8000 of which went to Scotland. So how about we send 122,000 to Scotland to balance out the numbers across the UK and create new business particularly public services a new more advanced direct tran line service to Scotland and so on rather than some silly HS2 to Manchester. DO a HS1 to Scotland and build new businesses in Scotland to cater for the influx of balancing immigration across the UK rather than being all bunched up down here is England and Wales.

[@Coldnewton]

The Devil himself...

[@brianrawlinson5303]

this war crim should never be given any air time. shame on u andrew.

[@chudchadanstud]

Hi. I'm from the future. He is wrong.

[@gillenzfluff8380]

I'm suffering listening to this band of eu bummers telling us to stay they are not winning!

[@Jay-ig7ct]

I feel sorry for people who Are persuaded by this mass murderer. What does that say about society if you have enough money your actions don't matter

[@boqueroningles]

Thanks Tony for all your comments. You have so little credibility that anything you wish to defend will have the opposite effect on the British people. You are a great ally for BREXIT.

[@Snarlygraph]

He doesn't know what Chilcot will say? `Liar.

[@waqarghulam2653]

Pls send this guy to Baghdad and leave him on the street without security

[@JoesWebPresence]

Yes. A full debate. Let's go have one in the Hague Tony.

[@anouar-DZ]

Tony Blair can call himself a founder of Islamic State. He is the first Calif of the Islamic State and I am sure he will be respected by Islamist as prominent figure and maybe they will build him a statue in Raqa.

[@chimp3376]

We can hope the Chilcot inquiry has some teeth. Blair is just about there combined fortunes. Bloody slippery layers not leaders for the people.

[@bendover6087]

I'm just shocked they still show us this psychopath. By the way psychopaths are not just the I'll mental patients that will stab you for looking at them. They also wear suits and hold high positions play golf etc. This was a phychopath in Westminster who sent our young men and women to their death on a pack of lies lets arrest him and hold a fair trial for the family members of who he is responsible for their deaths

[@andysheriden6501]

War criminal. Why is he allowed to go on air? He should be made accountable

[@chownful]

holy shit baby bush got old

[@Nkemedia]

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

[@alexander92179]

The irony is, Mr Blair, is that you started this immigration shitshow..

[@aidanprice6178]

can people stop saying war criminal I admit the war in Iraq wasn't needed but he did do a lot of good things .... sue me

[@comments2840]

This man should be in jail with Bush Jr and his big daddy Cheney.

[@davytornado9772]

Hes the luckiest man in the world. If John Smith hadn't died unexpectadly, this tosser would still be on the back benches where hes only fit for. John Smith as PM would have been the best Labour PM in a long time.

[@herringfly]

This is the man who said he was going to "rub the Right's (i.e. anyone who isn't a cultural marxist) nose in diversity". This lunatic should be locked up, not given tv slots to indulge his megalomania.

[@johntgw]

That was said by Andrew Nether, not Tony Blair.

[@izabelakmetova1966]

The greatest politician 👍

[@1paris9]

Exit 7am uk time

[@TheDogGeneral]

Tony Blair LOL sir we haven't forgotten what you did and your impudence here not being able to provide a solution to a problem that people had justifiable concerns on speaks volumes and here you are leading the charge to get us embroiled in a third world war with consequences that you don't have to deal with shame on you Tony Blair

[@Vempsterful]

Support Turkey, a country that is the only one on the planet which recolonizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, deniers of the Armenian Genocide, land disputes with Greece (another shit EU member), horrible track record of human rights, slow death of freedom of speech thanks to the current government, low freedom of press, many conservative religious Muslims, 8% support the work of ISIS. What is the point in worrying about Syrians coming to the EU. When Turkey joins those civilians can join also with the free movement, also the 100 million Turkish population, which will be EU's biggest member and Muslim member.

[@sylvialocker1653]

WHEN ! Chilcot is published let us hope Blair is brought to book.

[@andysheriden6501]

Sorry it's the BBC!

[@leegibbs1727]

For those who will bring up Iraq when Tony Blair is mentioned in any context ever, why did you even bother coming here? It does get a little boring after a while

[@flameout12345]

2nd referendum

[@arashm5853]

politics elit from UK (usch as tony, we not forgot wmd) and others destroy Iraq, syria ,libia,etc . and now woried about imigration. uk people must ask themselves in long run they want be destractive force (Cosmopolitanism politcian) to other or colaborating in fair humanity

[@alduarte8242]

Oh God I don't want to hear another war criminal period!

[@arthurthompson8241]

Bla Bla, Boris is coming Jeremy is going

[@vichitxaiyavong8114]

Time for jail an evil, democracy vote you to rest your life for the people who lost lifes in jail, stop speaking and go to jail.

[@bmker5469]

Stoking fear? I remember Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and the 45 minute warning.

[@fannysludge]

Hate him. The strength of the word .