"Tony Blair believes that he has been in greater danger of assassination on the streets of Britain than in Iraq."

I challange Mr Blair to walk the streets of baghdad even with his body guards (no army protection) for 1 hour. His prize £5 Million.

Rich Businessman, Fulham, UK

At least it will make house prices affordable in that part of London!

Its what everybodies being asking for in the Property section! :)

J, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Assassination is too good for Blair. He should be made to suffer as should the rest of our mainstream excuses for politicians. Shame on them all. I just hope that one day they will be made accountable for their treason.

stevgillamos, Romford,

Does this mean he will be going to live elsewhere?

Judy , Liverpool, england

While I am not a fan of Mr Blair, I would not wish him ill but I am sorry to say he may well have a point.

May I hasten to add I am neither an advocate of suicide bombing nor of assassination but Mr Blair has alienated not only Muslims but also white anglo-Saxons and Celts with his smug arrogance and stunning refusal to admit that he could be wrong about anything, not least of all Iraq.

Could this air of infallibilty be anything to do with Mr Blair's rumoured translation to Rome? Could he be considering the Pontificate - the ultimate post of infallibility - as his next role?

edwardingle, chesham,

Spend any time on the "progressive", "liberal" web sites and you can have no doubt that the new generation of western "liberals" fantasise constantly about assassination.

Ellen, Leeds,

You are being slightly misleading by saying that he will be near the heart of London’s Arab community. This is the area where many of the Iraqi exiles who were against Saddam Hussain lived, It is full of rich, successful people from across the middle east, as well as rather a lot of other cultures. I used to live near this area and we had both Arabs and Jews living in our apartments and they were far from lobbing missiles at each other!

It is quite useful having a security risk nearby. I worked next to the Chinese and Polish Embassies during the upheavals in Poland in the early 80s. Coming out of the studios late at night it was very comforting to be greeted by armed police. Put it this way, we didn't get a lot of muggers around!

Nobody

Nobody, Stony, Bucks

Mr Blair made three mistakes:
Firstly, upon taking office, he permitted a level of informality that was unnecessary. He was Prime Minister and therefore Mr Blair, and ought never to have permitted himself being called Tony; the office if not the holder demands a level of formaility and respect.
Secondly, he was absolutely right about removing Saddam but will forever be tainted by the failure of Mr Bush to plan for the subsequent consequences of that objective.
Thirdly, he is resigning; this is quite wrong as his sucessor might sit in his chair but Mr Brown will never lead this country with the dignity and respect that Mr Blair has shown and advocated.
Mr Blair ought to remain as Prime Minister until the next election; it is not Wednesday yet; still a few days to change his mind.

Michael Mc Farland, Belfast NI, NI

Should the Catholic Church accept Blair as a member?Yes,but only if he makes a public statement that he accepts Catholic values and teaching.That means accepting that abortion is evil,same sex relationships are wrong,euthenasia can not be justified and so on.That would mean Blair rejecting all he has stood for over the past ten years or more.Will he be prepaired to do this is the question?Being a Catholic myself,if Blair is accepted into the Church without making such a declaration,then I shall most certainly not remain a Catholic in protest at this evil,anti Catholic,hypocritical man being allowed to take communion as a Catholic.

Patrick, Nottingham, England

At least Mr Blair recognises how dangerous young people are today in this Country. Further more he makes me laugh right up until he leaves office - he plans on working as part of the Middle East peace process oh please he cannot be serious.

stuart, london, england

You mean he has finally realised he isn't popular in the UK and has outstayed his welcome.. ...or is he still thinking of the terrorists his expensive ID card won't stop?
We have enough homegrown Moslems who hate him, followed by thousands of disenfranchised Labour voters, and pensioners whose increase was less than the rise in Council Tax.
Tony Blair - be afraid - be very afraid.

Beryl Russell, WINDSOR, England

Perhaps he could deal with the Middle East peace process and environmental issues more productively when he was still the P.M of the UK. However it seems that all he did then were to follow the hegemon's steps without really taking any initiative for improving the situation.Is that why he's so afraid of being attacked?mmmm...i think so..

yasmine, plymouth, devon

“It’s far more likely I’ll shake hands with a group of kids today and somebody does something crazy..."

Not sure it would be THAT crazy. He's not exactly loved (or indeed liked) in this country now is he?

Geo, Glasgow,

He's right, I'd love to get my hands round his neck

James, Reading,

Probably the first true words he has spoken it ten years!

Dave, Flitwick, Beds, UK

Blair invites the bulls to hit him,the policies he adapted are the most dangerous for the security of the nation,UK was the most safe country on the earth but this man has change it to the battle ground against Muslims and also other Europeons to some extent, apart from Muslims japan,german,Italian thinking of revange of ww11.I wish that brits never have chosen this person to the high post as the nation will suffer for some time.The greatest damage he has done to british nation is entring in the war with USA.

pakhton, hirat, Afghanistan

I would be sad to see someone with the cerebral capacity of your Tony pusuing any religion. Better surely that he stays firmly on the fence and just works on reason as the basis for his decisions and advice. If he 'goes Catholic' surely he taints his perceived independence. I shudder at the thought that he might be 'Neo-Conned' by association. Not much use to Palestine if that were the case.

Bruce McLean, Melbourne, Australia Victoria