The Daily Mail: Reports on remarks by Lord Peter Mandelson on his book and the Labour Party, Lord Mandelson has stated that his book is flattering about ex PM’s Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. NO, NO NO, Lord Mandelson, it’s the truth about New Labour but its not flattering, it shows a bunch of egomaniacs that you would not allow to take your dog for a walk, with the Mandelson memoir and the Campbell Diaries you have Gordon Brown brooding and plotting over the succession of Tony Blair between 1994 - 2007, Tony Blair never really standing up to Gordon Brown, guilty about taking the PRIZE from him, then you have Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown at daggers drawn, the Deputy Leader John Prescott not being kept informed, then you have internal Scottish Wars between Gordon Brown and the late Robin Cook. But this is the important point folks the Memoir of Lord Mandelson is a page turner as in the Alastair Campbell Diaries, lets hope Tony Blair has taken this in account for his book, you have to want to turn the page, lets recall this blog is quite Conservative.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Obama, the Political World and Real World!
Politico: Reports on the following perception on the Obama Presidency, “ Obama is still widely perceived as flirting with a failed presidency. ” As the article notes Obama has been very successful in getting the US Congress to pass his agenda, in Democratic terms he is more LBJ than Carter. But the Agenda does not get jobs for the American people, US Government statistics place the level of unemployment at 9.5%, Obama in his argument for his economic package stated that if it was passed the level would not go beyond 8%. Thus the Obama’s economic policy has failed, when it came to health care reform the White House argued that once it was passed the US voter would come around and support the policy, the latest polls show that the US voter still opposes ObamaCare. The Democrats always compare Obama to Ronald Reagan and his first term, Reagan’s economic package took time to work and he was down in the polls but the economic package did work by the time of the re- election campaign of 1984, Reagan won 49 states out of 50 and 59% of the vote. The Obama domestic agenda has higher taxes to fund his health care reform, the Bush 43 tax cuts will cease, business faces tax increase on various levels. Thus Obama might be LBJ when it comes to the Congress but LBJ got his backside kicked out of office in 1968. After LBJ the US had Republican Presidents from Nixon to Bush 43, and in between moderate to conservative Democrats in the White House. Thus still my prediction that Obama will lose Congress in 2010 and will either not run in 2012 or will lose by 49 states and the US will see a generation of Republican Presidents.
Afghanistan Front News
MOD: Has announced the name of the fourth soldier to be killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was “ Marine Matthew Harrison from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin ”. Our thoughts are with the family of Marine Harrison.
Blair and Iraq
Guardian: Reports on more revelations from the memoirs of Lord Mandelson, in this case it deals with Iraq, it seems that Tony Blair thought that post war planning for Iraq was down to the US. If your ally in a war you have JOINT responsibility for the aftermath, if the Iraq Inquiry finds fault with the Blair Government when it comes to post war planning then Labour Party might have to cut bait when it comes to Tony Blair, there are so many negative revelations of late when it comes to New Labour that the post Gordon Brown Labour Party will move to bury New Labour and disown its parents.
Rendition and Tony Blair
Telegraph: Reports on previous secret documents that seem to revel that the then UK PM Tony Blair supported the US policy of rendition of suspect terrorists even those with UK links. One word folks, GOOD, Bush 43 and Obama have the same policy when it comes to rendition, in this matter Mr Blair did the right thing as in the alliance with the US and in the national security interest of the UK. Lets be clear, there have been and will be mistakes in this policy, but if it saves lives then so let it be, we can protest because we have that right, but you have to be breathing to protest, the Bush/Blair Era polices allowed the UK and US to get its hands dirty as keep the public hands clean, good job Mr Blair.
Afghanistan Front News
MOD: Has announced the names of the three British Soldiers of the “ 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South) ” that were killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan, they were “ Major James Joshua Bowman, Lieutenant Neal Turkington and Corporal Arjun Purja Pun ”. Our thoughts are with the families of Major Bowman, Lieutenant Turkington and Corporal Pun.
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