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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Blair's Losing His Marbles
I'm watching the most extraordinary performance at PMQs from Tony Blair. Ranting, raving, swivelling eyes, finger pointing. Quite astonishing. Is our beloved PM finally losing it?
My thoughts exactly Iain, its a bloodbath! Cameron seems to be doing a nice job of being fimr and argumentative without appearing to have gone mad like Blair.
Behind the big fake grin hes a nasty childish piece of work, repeating the same old rubbish time and time again, doing the only thing hes capable of doing, talking.
Kevin, it certainly died down after Blair and Cameron's brawl earlier on.
I'm watching David Chaytor with his 10 minute bill allowing referendums to be held on electoral systems, dependent upon petitions being presented. Pretty sensible bill in my eyes (especially for a Labour MP), though I doubt it will ever progress much further than this.
I feel slightly obliged to stand up for Ming - PMQ's is a showcase ritual designed for the two main party leaders.
Stripped of a despatch box and located another 6ft down the chamber neither of them would look as impressive as they can.
However the combination Campbell's "quiet man" impression and Cameron's "It's ok, we're much nicer now" routine really do show how mad and unhinged Blair is.
Mark Oaten, isn't he the former Mark Oaten who likes to be ******* while being ****** *** by **** *****? Not my cup of tea but I'll definitely be watching tonight just in case he has a lapsed moment. Better than watching William ***** though. gary
No one is fooled by any of the Conservatives slagging off Blair. They love him so much, they elected a Blair clone and praise doesn't come any higher than that.
Blair on the other hand, knows his days are ending and if he wants to give enough time for Broon to bed in, then it's time he stopped being a bed blocker and passed on the crown. It's what we English Parliament supporters are all waiting for, as well.
Blair has always been deeply insane. Alastair Campbell managed to divert attention from the mad gleam in his eye when he was handling him, but it has become more and more apparent. I am waiting for him to appear in full Lawrence of Arabia tog. I've been saying this for years and I just KNOW he's going to do it.
Behind the big fake grin hes a nasty childish piece of work, repeating the same old rubbish time and time again, doing the only thing hes capable of doing, talking
That's not a very nice way to speak about Mr Cameron now, is it?
Actually, I've always thought Blair more like "Sue Ellen" (remember her of the quivering lip), ready to burst into tears in a moment, which anyone with any sense would realise is 3rd rate soap.
Probably during PMQT today, one of the control cables embedded in his back, and manipulated remotely by Alastair Campbell, became somehow ravelled in his Y-Fronts, which accounted for the jerky movements.
If the wheels were coming off your 18-wheeler truck as it hurtled down the mountain side above the deep blue sea you would be feeling the strain by now.
Your wife is pleading for her mortgage before a court in Malaysia, and your son is trying to get on the Goldman Sachs gravy train before Gordo Godzilla calls his mates to say no more golden tips if they hire that drunkard
Life is not easy for a waning star as the final curtain keeps unfurling especially now Prodi is in Berlin preparing a soup to Boil Blair in
Thanks for reminding me to watch it. As one might expect, the lawyer knocked spots off the PR man again today over sentencing and such like. The 'talk tough but vote soft' jibe hits the Tory nail on the head. And Mr Cameron might reflect that the statements he read out from NHS workers' representatives might be a tiny bit biased!
I thought Blair was poor....but not as poor as the performance of his Babes.They are an insult to women...sadly, the Labour Party chose inarticulate whingers and nannies, potentially doing the advancement of women in British politics a great diservice. Happily, the LibDem and Tory woman do help keep it all in perspective, providing hope and faith.
I marvel at the different Blair personas. In washington he's a simpering virgin as a leering Bush asks: "Can I buy you dinner?" Faced with concerned citizens on a council estate, he's hesitant, modest, willing to listen, the glottal stop working overtime. Abroad, particularly in the presence of armed forces, he's action man, white shirt gleaming against a sea of khaki, the jacket and tie in the following Lexus. In the Commons - the madman. The revolvning eyes, the stabbing finger, the harsh, hectoring voice. Which is he at home when the spin doctors have been told to fuck off for the night. Enter Blair the lover. Four times a night. Lucky Cherie; for every shag, a different bloke.
When Tony Blair started going mad, telling fibs and churning out rubbish policies, I wondered if he had three sixes marked on his head. I still don't know, but he has got this:
Cherie's just been told by a Malaysian judge that she cannot sit at the barristers' table in the case she is trying to horn in on. The High Court has already ruled that she is not qualified to act in this case, but she went out to Malaysia anyway (no one is going to order Cherie around when there's a quarter of a million pounds at stake) and went into the courtroom and sat down at the barristers' table.
The judge had her ordered out and told to go and sit in the public gallery. So humiliating. One had to laugh.
Blair claimed he had "just finished reading" Foot's 1980 collection of biographical essays on writers and politicians, Debts of Honour. He said he had been given the volume by an unnamed Australian friend two years earlier. But it was only in the week before writing his letter that he had begun reading it, "what with one thing or another".
"It started me thinking in all sorts of different directions," Blair wrote. "It also provided a further diversion from the heavy tedium of the Bar! My clerk (the one like Jeeves, if you remember) caught me reading it in my room. His eyebrow only rose a fraction but it spoke volumes."
(to be more specific through Deutscher's biography of Trotsky). The trouble with Marxism is that it is fine if you make it your political servant but terrible if it becomes your political master. I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered. But ultimately it was stifling because it sought to embrace in its philosophy every facet of existence. That, of course, is its attraction to many. It gives them a total perspective on life. But that can simply become an excuse to stop searching for the truth. Political thought didn't begin nor should it end with Marx. Yet it is impossible to understand the 20-40 age group in today's Labour Party without understanding the pervasiveness of Marxist teaching. For me at university, left-wing politics was Marx and the liberal tradition was either scorned or analysed only in terms of its influence on Marx
Thought he was genuine in his approach. He held his hand up and suggested a fair cop.
He looked a little rough around the edges but is more well known today than yesterday.
He has more quality than I previously thought or knew and obviously has a major part to play in the revival of the Liberals.
I won't be making any more cheap remarks at his expense anywhere from now on. He's showing that Liberal politics deserves more than that. Well done Mark.
My thoughts exactly Iain, its a bloodbath! Cameron seems to be doing a nice job of being fimr and argumentative without appearing to have gone mad like Blair.
ReplyDelete...and here comes Ming
Behind the big fake grin hes a nasty childish piece of work, repeating the same old rubbish time and time again, doing the only thing hes capable of doing, talking.
ReplyDeleteMing was as dull as ever.
ReplyDeletePMQ's a bit dull.
ReplyDeleteStill we have Mark Oaten to look forward to this evening on Question Time.
I wonder if every politician is fated to gradually morph into their Steve Bell caricature?
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDeleteI think you could be right! God hekp us all.
Kevin, it certainly died down after Blair and Cameron's brawl earlier on.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching David Chaytor with his 10 minute bill allowing referendums to be held on electoral systems, dependent upon petitions being presented. Pretty sensible bill in my eyes (especially for a Labour MP), though I doubt it will ever progress much further than this.
I feel slightly obliged to stand up for Ming - PMQ's is a showcase ritual designed for the two main party leaders.
ReplyDeleteStripped of a despatch box and located another 6ft down the chamber neither of them would look as impressive as they can.
However the combination Campbell's "quiet man" impression and Cameron's "It's ok, we're much nicer now" routine really do show how mad and unhinged Blair is.
Mark Oaten, isn't he the former Mark Oaten who likes to be ******* while being ****** *** by **** *****?
ReplyDeleteNot my cup of tea but I'll definitely be watching tonight just in case he has a lapsed moment.
Better than watching William ***** though.
gary
No one is fooled by any of the Conservatives slagging off Blair. They love him so much, they elected a Blair clone and praise doesn't come any higher than that.
ReplyDeleteBlair on the other hand, knows his days are ending and if he wants to give enough time for Broon to bed in, then it's time he stopped being a bed blocker and passed on the crown.
It's what we English Parliament supporters are all waiting for, as well.
The SUN, as usual, with timely support for the worst Prime Minister and government in history.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost like they are working for Labour......
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006270513,00.html
Blair beats the odds
By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
Political Editor
TONY Blair won the contest despite the odds being stacked against him.
The PM turned his weakness on crime into an attack on the Tories. David Cameron held all the cards but failed to play the winning hand.
He let the Premier off the hook by failing to deliver a killer blow on soft sentences.
Mr Blair won unlikely cheers from lefty Labour MPs as he boasted that criminals are getting longer sentences.
He brushed aside accusations that dangerous criminals get freed after only half a sentence.
And he clinched victory by attacking Mr Cameron, saying: ''They talk tough but they vote soft.''
Problems at home perhaps? Of a domestic nature?
ReplyDeleteBlair has always been deeply insane. Alastair Campbell managed to divert attention from the mad gleam in his eye when he was handling him, but it has become more and more apparent. I am waiting for him to appear in full Lawrence of Arabia tog. I've been saying this for years and I just KNOW he's going to do it.
ReplyDelete- Anonymousette
Like the new header. However the black text is very hard to read on the red background.
ReplyDeleteOh puh-lease, Blair's been on top two weeks running now.
ReplyDeleteLast week the smokescreen was "didnt Ming do well" rather than one nil Blair.
This week its "doesnt Blair look mad" well he has done for years, but he was still the top man in green leather valley this lunchtime.
Come on Iain, you used to be quite even handed in your analysis, there's time yet for your new hero ...
Behind the big fake grin hes a nasty childish piece of work, repeating the same old rubbish time and time again, doing the only thing hes capable of doing, talking
ReplyDeleteThat's not a very nice way to speak about Mr Cameron now, is it?
Actually, I've always thought Blair more like "Sue Ellen" (remember her of the quivering lip), ready to burst into tears in a moment, which anyone with any sense would realise is 3rd rate soap.
ReplyDeleteProbably during PMQT today, one of the control cables embedded in his back, and manipulated remotely by Alastair Campbell, became somehow ravelled in his Y-Fronts, which accounted for the jerky movements.
If the wheels were coming off your 18-wheeler truck as it hurtled down the mountain side above the deep blue sea you would be feeling the strain by now.
ReplyDeleteYour wife is pleading for her mortgage before a court in Malaysia, and your son is trying to get on the Goldman Sachs gravy train before Gordo Godzilla calls his mates to say no more golden tips if they hire that drunkard
Life is not easy for a waning star as the final curtain keeps unfurling especially now Prodi is in Berlin preparing a soup to Boil Blair in
Larry said...
ReplyDeleteProblems at home perhaps? Of a domestic nature?
2:25 PM
errm .... well they would be, wouldn't they?
Thanks for reminding me to watch it. As one might expect, the lawyer knocked spots off the PR man again today over sentencing and such like. The 'talk tough but vote soft' jibe hits the Tory nail on the head. And Mr Cameron might reflect that the statements he read out from NHS workers' representatives might be a tiny bit biased!
ReplyDeleteI thought Blair was poor....but not as poor as the performance of his Babes.They are an insult to women...sadly, the Labour Party chose inarticulate whingers and nannies, potentially doing the advancement of women in British politics a great diservice. Happily, the LibDem and Tory woman do help keep it all in perspective, providing hope and faith.
ReplyDeleteI marvel at the different Blair personas. In washington he's a simpering virgin as a leering Bush asks: "Can I buy you dinner?"
ReplyDeleteFaced with concerned citizens on a council estate, he's hesitant, modest, willing to listen, the glottal stop working overtime.
Abroad, particularly in the presence of armed forces, he's action man, white shirt gleaming against a sea of khaki, the jacket and tie in the following Lexus.
In the Commons - the madman. The revolvning eyes, the stabbing finger, the harsh, hectoring voice.
Which is he at home when the spin doctors have been told to fuck off for the night. Enter Blair the lover. Four times a night. Lucky Cherie; for every shag, a different bloke.
When Tony Blair started going mad, telling fibs and churning out rubbish policies, I wondered if he had three sixes marked on his head. I still don't know, but he has got this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jenniferboyer.com/simianlinenews1.htm
Cherie's just been told by a Malaysian judge that she cannot sit at the barristers' table in the case she is trying to horn in on. The High Court has already ruled that she is not qualified to act in this case, but she went out to Malaysia anyway (no one is going to order Cherie around when there's a quarter of a million pounds at stake) and went into the courtroom and sat down at the barristers' table.
ReplyDeleteThe judge had her ordered out and told to go and sit in the public gallery. So humiliating. One had to laugh.
- Anonymousette
Is Ian OK? Has he lost his marbles? has something gone very wrong?
ReplyDeleteIts been exactly 9 hours since he last blogged!
http://www.newstatesman.com/200606190031
ReplyDeleteNew Statesman:
Blair claimed he had "just finished reading" Foot's 1980 collection of biographical essays on writers and politicians, Debts of Honour. He said he had been given the volume by an unnamed Australian friend two years earlier. But it was only in the week before writing his letter that he had begun reading it, "what with one thing or another".
"It started me thinking in all sorts of different directions," Blair wrote. "It also provided a further diversion from the heavy tedium of the Bar! My clerk (the one like Jeeves, if you remember) caught me reading it in my room. His eyebrow only rose a fraction but it spoke volumes."
(to be more specific through Deutscher's biography of Trotsky). The trouble with Marxism is that it is fine if you make it your political servant but terrible if it becomes your political master. I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered. But ultimately it was stifling because it sought to embrace in its philosophy every facet of existence. That, of course, is its attraction to many. It gives them a total perspective on life. But that can simply become an excuse to stop searching for the truth. Political thought didn't begin nor should it end with Marx. Yet it is impossible to understand the 20-40 age group in today's Labour Party without understanding the pervasiveness of Marxist teaching. For me at university, left-wing politics was Marx and the liberal tradition was either scorned or analysed only in terms of its influence on Marx
Saw Mark Oaten last night.
ReplyDeleteThought he was genuine in his approach. He held his hand up and suggested a fair cop.
He looked a little rough around the edges but is more well known today than yesterday.
He has more quality than I previously thought or knew and obviously has a major part to play in the revival of the Liberals.
I won't be making any more cheap remarks at his expense anywhere from now on. He's showing that Liberal politics deserves more than that.
Well done Mark.
Gary
BARF-0-RAMA. Oh, wait a minute, that would mean you'd sick up ... uh ...
ReplyDeleteGary, this man may not be well-advised to try to legislate.
- Anonymousette