Saving the world

Mike

I am so tied of hearing this "man-made" climate change nonsense packaged by politicians either a tax grab (Brown/Darling) or power grab (Blair). There is no such thing as man-made climate change, try changing the word man-made to solar-influenced

The Laughing Cavalier

It would seem, if he has time to do this, that the Great Peacemaker has brought tranquility to Palestine question while no one was looking.

Rush-is-Right

A non-job strutting around the world first class at other's expense, proselytising for an a la mode fashionable theory that will in ten years time be seen for the bunkem that it undoubtedly is... yes that's the job that the Great Trivialiser is perfectly cut out for.

Aldbrough St Blaizy

Apart from the people who are shovelling money into Blair's pockets in return for favours he did them while in office, why should anyone listen to what this liar has to say about anything.

Chuck Unsworth

What does Blair mean by 'everyone has agreed'?. This is 'make it up as you go along' stuff from Blair who continues to bluff his way through life.

Tom

Presumably he'll be doing all this through video conferencing technology so as not to make the problem worse? Or perhaps he will be flying first class/private jet telling poor countries what to do. What a legend!

Perry

Again, as with religioso, YUK!!

mike

We dumped Blair, time the media did the same. If we ignore him he'll just fade away.

neil turner

Bliar clearly hasnt seen the Manhatten Declaration.

James

Blair means “everyone has agreed” so he can dismiss questions from those who have not agreed, treating them as beyond the pale. Common European political trick, define parameters of what you are willing to discuss and dismiss all that falls outside your self defined universe. Also useful in avoiding having to defend policies when you do not know details.

EyeSee

Blair is the man for the job. Bearing in mind the fantasy world he created in his mind whilst PM, he should be ideal for this one, particularly as he believes himself a deity. See, the other planets in the solar system seem to be heating up too, so I'm not sure how much extra we should cut back on emissions to cover that. It somehow seems appropriate that Blair should be paid to support a scam. Honest criminals will be spinning in their cells.

Jane

Why do you condemn and treat with disdain a fellow citizen and a former PM who won three elections in such a manner? He is not involved in the Middle East peace process - look at his brief for the job. Perhaps you want another person from a different country? One of our citizens is wanted by many organisations and institutions and you do not welcome this? Shame on you.

Verity

With the exception of Jane, to whom there is absolutely no point in responding, this is the best thread of comments yet on Coffee House! Blagueing Blair - The Saga Continues ... So now he's got his book deal, although frankly, he'll never write the book because he has the attention span of a May fly and in any case, it would mean he would have to sit in a room away from the TV cameras. And he doesn't have the attention span to write even one chapter. He's also the Middle East peacemaker, although that went off the boil when Condoleezza Rice pulled him up and said publically that he does not negotiate for the United States. I wonder what happened to all that self-aggrandising office space he took in - Ryadh, was it? Acres and acres in an office tower. Then there was that new job with the US merchant bank... Given that merchant bankers are not stupid, they would have had the measure of Blair and just want his name on their letterhead. Now he's the international supremo of yet another non-event: "man-made climate change"! As mentioned above, flying around the world first class, at the expense of taxpayhers everywhere, being simply suave and charming (according to his own lights; or, according to my lights, being an universal emetic). "In an interview with today's Guardian, Tony Blair reveals that he'll lead an international team which will press countries to cut their carbon emissions." So, no one has actually hired him for this onerous task. He's appointed himself, doubtless following the Al Gore template. Not bad for, essentially, a moron who is good at blagueing and has 100% faith (100% mistaken)in his own ability to charm.

Max Kaye

Jane - I blame people like you: you obviously voted for this charlatan.

salieri

The ideal post for that nice Mr. Blair is staring us all in the face: England Football Manager. No command of the English language required, no connection with reality, only messianic delusions, an aptitude for glad-handing and back-stabbing and pleasure in the company of other morons - above all a nice fat salary for bugger all and the prospect of more for his ghosted memoirs.

Nicholas

No, the Labour trolls are out in force. Give them an inch, as Coffee House has done with recent features, and they'll take a mile. After the budget and Brown's newly formed Lies-Team they are on a roll and we are going to get lots of Labour troll chutzpah.

Liz Brown

Global Warming? yeah right - just another excuse to bully and tax us and for Bliar to grandstand. The Manhattan Declaration fund no evidence of GW - au contraire, the signs are that the planet is cooling. Read Christopher Booker in the Sunday Telegraph. Incidentally, over 6000 scientists also disagree with the GW concept

The Laughing Cavalier

Would some kind soul do us all a favour. Creep up on his coffin during the hours of daylight and put a stake through his heart.

Simon Maynard

Unfortunately many of these posts are demonstrative of the central problem regarding climate change - the lack of a sensible dialogue. Of course, radical cuts in CO2 cuts are not the answer, however a moderate carbon tax would be beneficial. In addition, we need to consider practical solutions to some of the changes that will accompany rising temperatures and pump far more money into R&D. It is these aims that should form the focus of international talks.

salieri

Is the central problem really the lack of 'sensible dialogue'? When the underlying premise is a "serious problem" which "everyone has agreed", all that is permitted is discussion of what to do about the problem and how many zillions to throw at it. What is not permitted is rational discussion of whether the problem is either real or tractable. On the BBC anyone who is even allowed to raise that question is slapped down by the inane incantation "the science". Let's discuss that mantra for a change.

MartinW

It is no surprise that one person who will be on Blair's climate change panel is 'Sir' Nicholas Stern, whose notorious Report is now so widely discredited. You can bet that the other members of the team will slavishly follow the AGW agenda.

K Achro

Blair can make a good contribution by reducing his hot air emissions. The guy is becoming embarrasing in his continiuing search for projects to keep his ego satisfied.