what he did. i have no doubt that despite our disagreements he and other people in the government at the time thought they were doing the right thing for the right reasons. i think you've got to look all the other record of the last labour government, which delivered enormous transformation for our country in terms of public services, delivered an unprecedented period of economic growth for our country that's saw wages rise, and i say this for all of ourformer prime ministers, actually, one of our labour or conservative, it is the hardestjob in politics. it carries with it enormous weight of responsibility. i think it is right to recognise public service. the debate about tony blair and his premiership and iraq will be one that will continue for decades, if not centuries, through the history books. i think overall we can look at the record of that last labour government and be enormously proud and thank tony blairfor the enormously proud and thank tony blair for the contribution he enormously proud and thank tony blairfor the contribution he made us the premise of our country. thank ou for us the premise of our country. thank you for your — us the premise of our country. thank you for your time. _ us the premise of our country. thank you for your time. thank _ us the premise of our country. thank you for your time. thank you. - as the pandemic continues into the new year, there will be more tough decisions