[bluGill]

On hindsight. However did you think of that before hearing of the problem. Even if you did, can you think of - without much time to think - how every possible metric I can propose on every possible topic.

Tony Blair was trying to solve a real problem that needed solving. That he opened a different problem is something that we should think of as normal, and not blame him for trying to solve the original problem. The question should be how to we change the metric until the unintended consequences are ones we can live with. That will probably take more than a lifetime to work out.

Note that there will be a lot of debate. There are predicted consequences that don't happen in the real world for whatever reason. There are consequences that some feel we can live with that others will not accept. Politics is messy.