Reply to: B’Liar to go…

[DaveB]

At the moment the great unwashed belive that their dissatisfaction with the govt is down to Blair. When he goes the sense of relief will carry labour for another term untill the populous realise it was actually the Govt they were pissed off with and votes them out.

[BoredBloke]

"brown is the worst... but he would'nt last long once he is in the public eye."

People said the same about Major, but even he got another term. Lets hope cameron isn't as bad as Kinnock was.

[wendigo100]

He can't go yet. His cronies had planned that lap of honour, to create "a sense of euphoria" about his premiership.

Who remembers a few months ago, when Labour did badly in the local elections? Tony's cronies told him: "It's because the people love you so much Tony, and they are scared that you might leave them."

Cameron described it as "the view from the bunker"

[mcquiggd]

Oh, this is becoming better every day... I just hope the media pays 'tribute' to blair by recounting all the sleaze and illegal acts his empire has perpetrated after it has fallen...

It might have to be a mini-series - far too much to fit into a single one hour program....

The most destructive government we have suffered is imploding.... El Gordo is delaying his final kick to the goolies as he is always scared stiff of doing anything the public can actually see (and hold him accountable for).


Trouble is... just look at the candidates (of all parties) that might replace him...

brown is the worst... but he would'nt last long once he is in the public eye.


Doomed!

[oraclesmith]

Why is he so intent on staying? He's going to earn ten times what he does now once he's gone what with book deals, lecture circuits and non-Exec Director posts.

Easy - he's an egotist. He genuinely believes that he needs to stay on because no-one else is capable of running the country as well as he can ! Really.

At least lard-arse Prescott won't be in the running !

[teabag]

Hes gone in six months tops !!

Won't want to be around when it all goes tits up in 2007..

[Alf W]

Why is he so intent on staying? He's going to earn ten times what he does now once he's gone what with book deals, lecture circuits and non-Exec Director posts.

If I were him I'd sack and humiliate the detractors then stick two fingers up to the party and do one.

[Nipple Clamp]

No no no! He mustn't go yet!

I want him to hang on, gradually losing his authority, perpetuating his misery, and dragging his incompetent party lower and lower in the polls.

Spot on - As some guy said in the Telegraph today, Blair is starting to resemble Adolph in his bunker in the dying days of WW2, scheming counteroffensives with imaginary divisions, while the Russian guns on the outskirts of the city grow ever louder ..

Actually, I can see him resigning and wanting to announce a snap general election, to stuff GB and the Labour party if he could, although I'm not sure whether the Queen would be obliged to accede to that. I'd imagine there's a kind of sliding scale of acceptability between 0 and 1 over a full term, and we're only just over a year into the current term. Also, if there's an "obvious" successor in the ruling party presumably that makes an election even less likely.

[stackpole]

Surely you guys want him in as long as possible (baring another term)?

Yessir! It's just that some of the others don't realise it yet!

The one thing that did him was saying he wouldn't carry on for a fourth term. What an arse.

[Bagpuss]

Surely you guys want him in as long as possible (baring another term)?

[stackpole]

He won't last two more years. His authority is sinking fast!

Pity really, he deserves better after saving everyone else from marrying that monster.

[Pondlife]

He will stay, until one day after he breaks Mrs T's record for being the longest serving PM. Blair's ego will not allow him to play second fiddle to anybody let alone Mrs T!

Sadly I agree

[zathras]

… but when?

Now that the media are on his case, how long before he has to jack it in? Unless he can engineer some mega news story to take the attention away from him (cue-9/11 conspiracy theorists) they are not going to give up on this story. Every other minister has had to do the deed in the end, even if the PM gave his full support.

Just think, it could be as soon as the weekend!


However, I’ll put my money on some (engineered) news story. For example, publicly round up a few more terrorists.

Blimy, in the time it took to write this another junior member of the government has resigned!

He will stay, until one day after he breaks Mrs T's record for being the longest serving PM. Blair's ego will not allow him to play second fiddle to anybody let alone Mrs T!

[CaribbeanPirate]

More junior government oiks have jumped ship.

Sitting here looking out the window I see a lovely blue sky. Door is open and it feels like summer has returned. It's a nice day.

I think that this is a message from the Great Maker that things can only get better.

[wendigo100]

Lots of resigning going on in the Labour ranks. Any bets on Tony going before the end of the month?