Tony Blair is now Sir Tony.

[AngleEyes]

The UK public was massively in favour of toppling Saddam at that time.

I saw plenty of public demonstration against the war. I didn't see any in favour of it.
I dare say the public demonstrations against the war were the largest ever seen.

As the date for the march approached the BBC was predicting that around 500,000 people would attend, while the StWC was hoping for numbers to top the symbolically significant million mark.
Police estimated attendance as well in excess of 750,000 people and the BBC estimated that around a million attended.
It is relatively uncontentious that the march was the largest ever political demonstration in the UK

A sole person demonstrated in opposition to the march outside the Iraqi section of the Jordanian Embassy on the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests#London​

 

[crystal ball]

I saw plenty of public demonstration against the war. I didn't see any in favour of it.
I dare say the public demonstrations against the war were the largest ever seen.

As the date for the march approached the BBC was predicting that around 500,000 people would attend, while the StWC was hoping for numbers to top the symbolically significant million mark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests#London​

I don't recall ever seeing a demo in favour of a government decision, even the good ones.

 

[AngleEyes]

I don't recall ever seeing a demo in favour of a government decision, even the good ones.

Brexit?

 

[transam]

That Iraq caper caused a lot of damage to the rep of the British army IMO

It got to the stage of having to get permission from the local mullers as to if they could go out on patrol

yeah right

I would have thrown all the press out the country and reeked havoc

any one poking there nose in like Iran would have ended up back in the Stone Age as well

 

[crystal ball]

Brexit?

That was voted by the people

 

[AngleEyes]

That Iraq caper caused a lot of damage to the rep of the British army IMO

I suspect NI destroyed the reputation far worse.

 

[AngleEyes]

I don't recall ever seeing a demo in favour of a government decision, even the good ones.

Brexit?

That was voted by the people

It was a public demonstration in favour of government action.
The government were not obliged to invoke Brexit.

 

[transam]

Blimey there was some film of thousands of Isis fruit cakes in some convoy being given safe passage out the country or area ?

they would have all ended up incinerated beside the road

 

[crystal ball]

I was thinking more Poll tax etc, Brexit had demos from both sides

 

[AngleEyes]

I don't recall ever seeing a demo in favour of a government decision, even the good ones.

, Brexit had demos from both sides

Now do you recall a demo in favour of government decision?

 

[crystal ball]

Not quite what I was getting at, Brexit was an unusual event

 

[AngleEyes]

Not quite what I was getting at, Brexit was an unusual event

Demonstrations in support of government decisions usually are, but that doesn't make them non-existent.

 

[crystal ball]

Demonstrations in support of government decisions usually are, but that doesn't make them non-existent.

I never said that

 

[Notch7]

That was voted by the people

Not really

it was advisory referendum

both Brexit and Iraq were voted through by representative democracy.

not there was democracy involved in either, as both were based on lies

 

[Vinty]

I saw plenty of public demonstration against the war. I didn't see any in favour of it.
I dare say the public demonstrations against the war were the largest ever seen.

As the date for the march approached the BBC was predicting that around 500,000 people would attend, while the StWC was hoping for numbers to top the symbolically significant million mark.
Police estimated attendance as well in excess of 750,000 people and the BBC estimated that around a million attended.
It is relatively uncontentious that the march was the largest ever political demonstration in the UK

A sole person demonstrated in opposition to the march outside the Iraqi section of the Jordanian Embassy on the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_February_2003_anti-war_protests#London​

The only thing these demonstrations proved, was that those in power don't give a **** what the people think.