tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post1206474751109640441..comments2023-06-25T04:43:54.742-07:00Comments on Test5 testing: Tony Blair RIP?Paul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-33530311780039351692006-07-21T08:57:00.000-07:002006-07-21T08:57:00.000-07:00Whatever else he is, Blair isn't a fool. My gu...Whatever else he is, Blair isn't a fool. My guess(and I'm just a casual observer of these things rather<br>than an anorak, so I'm almost certainly wrong) is that he thinks Brown would be a disaster as as PM and wants to hang around long enough to take Brown down with him and put in place a credible succession. Let's not forget that for all his many faults, TB is, unfortunately, the most effective politcian in the country.<br><br>A credible succession would, IMHAUO (in my humble and uniformed opinion)<br>would be Alan Johnson PM, Douglas Alexander in the Treasury and Milliband (or maybe the incumbent) in the FO.<br><br>But you're right about him being impressed by money. It's all part of the big swininging dick thing that<br>got us into Iraq and led to No. 10 taking control of Labour finances in the first place. Unfortunately, one<br>of the wealthiest of Tony's mates is also the Leader Of The Free World. <br><br>I had to read the beginning of the<br>'Yo Blair' thing a couple of times before I realisedthat it wasn't a piss take or a new Spitting Image<br>script.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-37158473548108855682006-07-17T02:49:00.000-07:002006-07-17T02:49:00.000-07:00Blair is at the very least from the wealthy upper ...Blair is at the very least from the wealthy upper middle class.<br>Then again, that's where socialism originated, it took a while to sell it to the working classes (even then many were never convinced).<br>It is understandable that the worst excesses of social democracy should be practiced under such a person.Tristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870143465614132758.post-8048482423288057682006-07-16T13:53:00.000-07:002006-07-16T13:53:00.000-07:00I'm not sure if he is a toff, but he certainly...I'm not sure if he is a toff, but he certainly seems to be unduly impressed by money. As someone once said, when he is with the likes of Ecclestone, he behaves like a head boy allowed to stay up late with the teachers...Chris Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380208481112766609noreply@blogger.com