Blair’s Last Hurrah

In two party system (no counting the Liberal Democrats) governments generally die under their own inertia. It keeps going back and forth. In Britain’s case, it generally follows the political landscape of the US. We elect Reagan, you elect Thatcher, we bring Clinton, you bring Tony. We have Bush you couldn’t find an equal dumbass so you keep Tony. You will make up for it in the next election.

Good writeup.

An excellent and timely article...

I think Labour will survive under Brown... it is said about Gordon Brown that from 1983-1992 he spent his time building up Blair... and from 1992-till now he spent his time regretting it... All said and done... Gordon Brown- a history major, a first rate scholar, instinctively socialist but from the Labour ideology that is now paradoxically known as ``Thatcherite...-... if elected... promises to be one of those great Prime Ministers .... like Disraeli or Gladstone or Macdonald or Lloyd George... or even Churchill.... As an avid follower of British politics... I look forward to Brown`s accession to the Labour Crown... it has been long overdue...

As for Blair... I was struck by his forthrightness at that school... and even more amazing was his speech to the TUC yesterday.... this is how politics ought to be...