Blair
It looks as if the Clare Short wing of the Labour Party is finally going to push Tony Blair from office. They simply cannot put up with blair’s ability to see the world in terms not inconsistent with GWB.
Now, as my friend Kevin Grace - who cannot stand Blair - points out Tony Blair is the winningest PM the Labour Party has ever had. It is not in the least obvious that the anti-American left of the Party and the heir apparent - Finance Minister George Brown - are going to be that much more attractive to the English electorate.
What is obvious is that the ongoing anti-American crusade of the left in England will cost the Labour Party a brilliant leader.
Parallels are being drawn to our own Liberal Party wherein Paul Martin toppled one of the most electorially successful Prime Ministers in history only to be slaughtered in his turn. It’s close; but the the essential difference is that Chrétien was nearly 70 when he was dumped: Blair is 53.
I have a great deal of time for Blair’s steadfastness in support of the anglosphere’s reponse to 9/11 and the overall WOT. I have none at all for his domestic policies. However, whether Mr. Brown or Mr. Cameron succeeds him in Downing Street, if the Islamofascists continue to fight and if they achieve more success, I would not be at all surprised if Blair comes back in five or ten years.
Written by jay on September 8th, 2006 with
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