Here's a link to the BBC report on Jimmy Carter's comment on Tony Blair:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5346976.stm

I always thought of Carter as a wise and intelligent gentleman. Well said Sir.

I always admired Jimmy Carter.He was a simple Peanut Farmer who wasn't afraid to walk down the street the day he was sworn in and be just one of the people.
Bravo,Mr.Carter.
PF

Carter wasn't much of a President---but he might have been one of the best men that ever served in that capacity.

Gsts, I'm with you on voting for him--his biggest downfall was his humanity, he was just too nice(and maybe a little too simple--in a good way, not a simpleton like is there now). I think he has done more good since he left the office than the four years he spent in it.

I completely disagree with his opening remark as quoted about Tony Blair being a 'good man'! Tony Blair is a proven liar and con-man, and anyone who trusts him will suffer as a result of so doing!
To justify his support for war on Iraq, he told the British people that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and the capability to fire them at UK bases within 45 minutes. Most of this claim was based, we now know, on an old thesis by a University student, and was utter rubbish, just as his continuing to link Iraq with support for terrorists and the attack on the World Trade Centre is rubbish.

Way to go aramis, all I can be glad of is that I cannot vote in the UK elections so in no way have influenced him being in power. He even mislead people about when he was going to step down as PM, I would never trust him.

What I don't understand is if the majority of the British people are unhappy with him, why is he still PM.

Because there isn't any effective opposition, and with two major opposition parties splitting their share of the vote, Blair's party comes out the clear winner. He keeps an iron grip on his ministers, and it would require a vote of no confidence by the whole of the UK parliament to oust him, a most unlikely scenario.
Though voters may not like or trust Tony Blair, he does have some good politicians in senior roles, particularly the Chancellor, and hopefully next Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Gordon Brown is generally considered to have made a good job of running the economy, and above all is trusted by the British populace.
The opposition parties I'm afraid are still divided and likely to remain divided, so the chance of either of them getting elected is pretty low.

Hi Gats, yes of course I realise that. Jimmy Carter, whatever else people may say or think of him, is a 'wise old man' and always diplomatic!