It ' s a bunch of nonsense <| sep |> The Tories supported the war as well , but there were plenty of politicians who opposed it . This includes both the Lib Dems and several who resigned from the Labour cabinet as a result . He ' s also accused of manipulating evidence to win the support he did have eg . the ' dodgy dossier '. People hate Blair for many reasons , including Iraq . The reason most left wingers hate him is that he founded ' New Labour ', used authoritarian methods to removemarginalise more left wing memberspoliticians , and took the party over to the right . I remember reading Andrew Marr ' s book a year after Blair had stepped down and even he felt it necessary to have a section trying to explain why Blair didn ' t just join the Conservative Party to begin with . One of the best known legacies from this period is PFI , which continues to hit the news regularly for the huge costs and shoddy workmanship it brought a bunch of PFI schools in my city had to be closed this year because they were literally falling down . His name also became synonymous with scandal and corruption while he was in office . While most people will struggle to recall the details now , that feeling still remains . And , of course , since leaving office he has continued to hit the news for his work with dictators and his periodic interventions in UK politics usually telling Labour they ' re not right wing enough , or encouraging more war .