I admit I am not British, but have never heard him criticized for anything unrelated to Iraq. - Edit 1
Before modification by Joel at 22/10/2012 11:45:32 PM
My guess is US policy, specifically the Iraq war, hurt our British standing. Using 911 as a pretext to invade a country that had nothing to do with 911 hurt our standing everywhere, but we had more ground to lose in the UK. Romney did not help when he showed up for the Olympics telling them they were running it all wrong and Al Qaeda would murder them all. Yet the Iraq war singlehandedly brought down the previously very popular Blair government, and that is very revealing.
It's not as if Blair was doing everything else right.
My impression is Blair made integrity and even peity key pillars of is first and subsequent election campaigns, and that widespread feeling he deliberately deceived the public about the Iraq war consequently dealt his administration a mortal blow. Once that opening existed, once his honesty was called into question on one critical issue, the dam burst and his trustworthiness on ALL issues began diminishing. That is not to say there was not widepread criticism of Blair over other matters, but this is the first I am hearing of them.