Quote: Him "Far from me to defend Tony Blair, but don't you think that Middle East Peace Envoy might just be one of the most difficult jobs on the planet?'"
I don't judge a man on how hard his job is, just on how well he does it. Bliar has basically done fsck all of any significance that I am aware of, unless you count being complicit in buying time for Israel to cement illegal settlements in the West Bank. It is not just me. Wherever I look for opinions, the general consensus is that in seven years he has achieved almost nothing. I was certain his appointment was a mistake but he has had the chance to prove the doubters wrong. If it was too difficult for him he could step down at any time. To be in a critically important job for seven years and achieve basically nothing is what seems pointless to me.
To be fair to him, he is not paid for this role, and doesn't need the stick and vitriol he seems to manage to get from nearly all sides, he could make even more than the millions he does if he sacked his pro bono work, but to me his continuation in the role is as ridiculous as the idea that he was the best candidate in the first place.