Goodbye Blair

I'm not a fan of Blair, I never have been.

Just seen his speech in Parliament this afternoon.

Over the years I've said my bit on each of his plans, policies & actions.

He's made some poor decisions which have cost us all dearly. He's lied to us (intentionally or not) and he's took us into a number of wars. Some valid, some not.

That said, I do admire the way he bowed out today. It was odd to see him going after all this time. I was pleased to see the applause from all sides of the house.

I have a bottle of Glen Morangie here and I think a drop is in order. Not as a celebration more to toast the end of an era.

The question is of course, what happens now? What is Brown going to do now he has his prize?

I'm not a fan for various reasons but will judge him (as I suspect most will) on what he does. Lets hope its for the better.

Blair, still spinning!

I was quite surprised to read this story on Iain Dale's Diary.

A quick Google search found proof of the allegation.

I saw a lot of the coverage of Blair's resignation speech with a lot of knowledgeable commentators, nobody else highlighted this at the time - why not? Most of the reporters and pundits simply referred to them as constituents.

Interesting to see Blair is still spinning in the dying days of his Premiership.

I guess I shouldn't really be surprised but you'd have thought he'd have learnt the lesson by now.

Blairs Speech - Offensive before it starts

I'm watching the Sky News coverage from Trimdon Labour Club.

They've been playing two songs -

Things can only get better by D:Ream

Lifted by the Lighthouse Family

Ok, so now he's going hopefully things will get better, but as this song is associated with the start of his reign, I don't really appreciate them playing this given his legacy is a huge number of innocent people being killed.

Mr Blair, you at no point during your time as PM have 'Lifted' me or anyone I can think of.

Enough of the spin, just bow out and fuck off!

Blair to announce his next move

BBC:

Tony Blair will "make an announcement" on his future as Labour leader on Thursday, Downing Street has confirmed.

Mr Blair will tell Cabinet colleagues of his intentions on Thursday morning, before making his plans public in a speech in his Sedgefield constituency.

Party sources have told me that he will walk on water, feed the 5,000 and turn water in to wine.

At some point he will also tell us that he's finally going.

Ok Blair, begone. Don't let the door hit you on the arse as you leave.

Ruth Kelly: You should still resign

Some time ago, it was revealed that Ruth Kelly, former Education Minister was sending her child to a private school.

Despite the rank hypocrisy in this, she went on to complain that the Mirror had breached her sons privacy.

It was bollocks at the time and is still bollocks now. We all know nobody has the slightest interest in her children. They do have an interest in a minister essentially admitting that the service they enforce on the rest of us wasn't up to spec.

Its heartening to read today that the Press Complaints Commission have rejected her spurious, arrogant complaint.

Kelly, you are in imbecile of the highest order. A true Blairite. You think you can have your cake and eat it. You can't.

Once again, if you had any sense of decency, you would have resigned then. Now its even more appropriate.

Of course, we all know that as a Labour minister you are immune from resignation so you should be sacked. Trouble with that is, Blair needs all the cronies he can get at the moment.

You're a joke, not worthy of serving in McDonalds or Burger King let alone in Parliament or the Cabinet.

So please, do us all a favour, go fuck yourself!