Tony,
Please stand down.
We've had enough.
It's come to something when I find myself reading the Daily Telegraph front page and agreeing with almost every word.
That was on Friday, when their leader said, "Blair losing his grip on his party and reality." He lost his grip on the Labour party months, if not years ago; reality has followed closely behind.
The Torygraph was at it again on Saturday, with a story entitled "Blair Revolt Gathers Pace." I even agreed with part of a Simon Heffer article on Blair, for perhaps the first time ever (and you really do have to start worrying if you agree with Simon Heffer on anything at all. Seriously, visit your GP. Now Eric Heffer (RIP), maybe...)
To tell you the truth, the cash-for-honours thing bores me stiff. Blair may well have broken the law, or he might have stayed inside the law - we don't know yet. But it's pretty small fry compared to Iraq. Tony Blair is like someone who's got away with armed robbery a few years back, but is currently being questioned by police over a minor traffic offence. A few months ago I was going round saying that the only place Blair should be going after he leaves office is into custody to face trial for war crimes. That was half in jest - although More4 actually filmed it as the Trial of Tony Blair, which I haven't seen yet, but I have it recorded and I will get round to it.
Number 10 right now probably feels very like the White House in the summer of 1974, just before Nixon's resignation. On an historical comparison, Nixon probably comes off better. He went down for Watergate and rightly so, but at least he managed to extricate the US from a foreign policy disaster that was started under his predecessors, Kennedy and Johnson. Whereas Blair is the sole architect of Iraq (on this side of the Atlantic) and must take the blame - NOW. I still harbour many doubts about Gordon Brown, but he does benefit simply from not being Tony Blair. To be honest, Michael Winner would make a better Prime Minister than this twat.
Right to the end, the arrogance and sanctimoniousness of Blair shines through - witness his ridiculous appearance on Today on Friday, where he basically said "I've got to stay on for the sake of democracy." What, after Labour secured 35% of the vote on a 60% turnout, and in a democratic system where the voters don't even directly choose the leader? Come on.
And then just when they were about to nail the bugger... bird flu comes along and kills us all off (potentially.) This guy is one lucky bastard.
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I'm rallying behind Michael Winner's I Mean, Come On! party as we speak. Mildly self-aware pomposity and a selection of silly Britflicks could certainly garner some favour at the polls against the appalling competition. Unless I get active and stand as a Green, in which case I would dust down the Freak Power ticket in a vain attempt not to finish 5th against my local MP, Hazza Harrperson, El Gordo's deputy-elect and the current pride of Camberwell & Peckham.
Perhaps Ashley Slater and Fatboy Slim would consider reforming for a benefit do, Brown Wedge, to help fund the selective deposit. Or I could always disinter Screaming Lord Sutch for some real grisly rock schlock at the Bull & Gate (£4 with flyer).
Eat me penis milhous nixon bailey.
Mick Ronson... are you there?
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