Ten years in ten words
Updated on 10 May 2007
Channel 4 News online asked 10 leading columnists to each give their verdict on 10 years of Blair rule in just 10 words.
Boris Johnson
"Dome. Ecclestone. Mandelson. Hinduja. Levy. Campbell. Kelly. Iraq, Iraq, Iraq."
Boris Johnson writes for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Melanie Phillips
"His incoherent triangulation created a void,
into which he fell."
Melanie Phillips writes for the Daily Mail newspaper.
Matthew Parris
"Songs of praise.
Blue Peter.
I'm celebrity.
Call my bluff."
Matthew Parris writes for the Times newspaper.
Jonathan Freedland
"He won three elections -
and fought a tragically needless war."
Jonathan Freedland writes for the Guardian newspaper.
Libby Purves
"A largely wasted interlude of prosperity, and a bad war."
Libby Purves writes for the Times newspaper.
Tony Parsons
"Somebody else's villa in Barbados. Somebody else's son in Iraq."
Tony Parsons writes for the Mirror newspaper.
Johann Hari
"Mild redistribution, better hospitals, gay marriage, but 650,000 dead Iraqis."
Johann Hari writes for the Independent newspaper.
Ann Widdecombe
"Constitutional vandalism, collapsing NHS, corruption, guns galore, huge state, ugh."
Ann Widdecombe writes for the Express newspaper.
Jane Moore
"Promised everything, delivered little - a triumph of style
over substance."
Jane Moore writes for the Sun newspaper.
Peter Riddell
"Labour now a credible governing party; reform overshadowed by Iraq."
Peter Riddell writes for the Times newspaper.
Now it's your turn. Send your Blair verdicts in 10 words exactly to news@channel4.com
You can read a selections of your verdicts here
