Tony Blair remains the exception, mainly because of his willingness to ignore public opinion.

The administration has ignored elected officials, its own citizens and worldwide opinion.

We can't just sit in our ivory tower and ignore public opinion, can we?

I realise Labour got used to ignoring public opinion and even the views of their own voters in the recent past.

I note that Labour is more than happy to ignore public opinion when its suits it.

Until now, the party and Government have largely ignored popular opinion in setting out national policy.

I'm not so foolish as to ignore local opinion in arriving at my policies.

Finally, the European leadership has ignored public opinion and the citizens of Europe too often.

As a so-called civilised country, it totally ignores international opinion on this issue.

North Korea is largely self-sufficient and its family dictatorship can ignore public opinion.