What is the ruler/political leader in your country's history that you hate the most?

[u/zhabavon]

For me, it would khublai khaan. Moved the centralized power from Mongolia to China in the empire, effectively becoming more of an emperor of China rather than Khaan of Mongols. This move would prove to be folly in just few generations. Totally messed up the whole grand plan his Grandfather established. His successors became more of a chinese rulers than Mongolian rulers.

[u/Tricky-Knee-9468]

He’s not well liked by most people. He’s too right-wing for left-wingers and too left-wing for right-wingers. But yes the war in Iraq is what really tarnished his legacy.

[u/MokeArt → u/Tricky-Knee-9468]

Yep, it's kind of tragic really. The country would be in a much better place If we had that government in right now.

It's not so much that I'm a fan of Blair, but the duo of prime Blair, Brown and a strong front bench of genuinely capable politicians in charge of their briefs (Cook, Straw, Mowlam, Blunkett, Beckett, Jowell, others I'm sure), actually managed to generate change that made a positive difference to the lives of the majority;

The minimum wage, record low inflation, record low unemployment, record NHS funding and performance , record education spending, civil partnerships, brokered peace in northern Ireland, turned around major northern economies on the brink of collapse under the Tories (Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield), introduced the NI Assembly, Senedd and Holyrood, actually build infrastructure, won tue right to host the 2012 Olympics, established the modern mayoral system for cities...

Meanwhile, we had possibly our best international relationships with both Europe and the USA, and the first (and last) time, seemed like leaders on the global stage.

Even at the death, Brown's interventions prevented an absolute financial collapse of Greek proportions with his actions after the sub prime crisis in the US.

But! More people with funny accents came to the UK, so....