Booze and Tony Blair

BBC News: Reports on the revelation by Tony Blair that he needed booze to keep afloat during his pressure days as PM while fighting his Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. One can argue that this revelation is a mistake on the part of Mr Blair, you can see the cartoon writers having a field day, image a cartoon of Blair after a few drinks giving the green light for Iraq, and this blog supported the Iraq War for God sake. After reading the Campbell Diaries and the Memoirs of Lord Mandelson one can see why Mr Blair would need a drink, Mr Brown makes Richard Nixon look good when dealing with people just, also Mr Nixon was known to enjoy the odd drink, even the great War PM Winston Churchill enjoyed his drink, but Churchill had World War Two, Mr Blair had a pain in the backside of Gordon Brown, it can be argued that Mr Churchill had more justification.

Ed Miliband would be a DISASTER = Tony Blair

Guardian: Reports that former Labour PM Tony Blair has stated that the election of Ed Miliband as the next Labour Leader would be a disaster for Labour. Its about time the old New Labour hands came out and set the Labour Party straight, they are not that loved anyway so they might as well steer the Party in the right direction, the elite left in the BBC, Guardian and the Independent will cry foul but so what, they prefer Labour in opposition as they are more interested in political purity than power, in other words Mr Blair its time to ACT.

The Dark Prince vs. Ed Miliband

BBC News: Reports on a not so veiled attack by Lord Mandelson on Ed Miliband, a contender for the Labour Leadership, the Dark Prince stated that in essence that Ed Miliband would be a disaster for Labour as he wants to take it back to a pre New Labour age, in other words higher taxes and Union power. It is surprising that the Dark Prince has take so long to get in to the fight, this blog of late has been on the attack when it comes to Ed Miliband, what ever you think of the Blair/Brown age they did bring Labour in to power and the winning of three elections. The election of Ed Miliband would be a disaster for Labour, it would show that New Labour was a fake, once Labour was out of power and not in the running for power it returned to its comfort zone, a extreme left wing Party, of higher taxes and giving the Unions the power to bring the Country to a stand still. If you support and want a Labour Government in the future support David Miliband, otherwise expect years in Opposition.

The Diaries of Chris Mullin - The Downfall of New Labour

Daily Mail: Excellent extracts from the Diaries of former Labour MP and Minister Chris Mullin. Read of the Day.

High Taxes = Five Years = Labour’s Debt

Guardian: Reports on remarks by Danny Alexander the Chief Secretary to the Treasury that taxes will remain high for the next five years to remove the debt faced by the Government. On one level the Conservative Party will not like the fact that there are higher taxes but it will like the fact that the news in coming from the Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander, thus anger at high taxes will be directed at the Lib Dems and not the Tory Party. It can be argued that PM David Cameron has played this well, all the public spending cuts will have Lib Dem fingerprints on them, in five years the Conservative Party can have an election manifesto that is for cutting taxes while the Lib Dems face political oblivion, politics is a great game folks, its brutal.

Keep Brown OUT - Bush 43

Telegraph: Reports that former Labour PM Tony Blair planned to stay beyond his 2007 leaving date due to concerns from the Bush White House at having Gordon Brown in power, in the end Brown and his allies forced Mr Blair to name his leaving date early. If this is true this will cause Mr Brown to go bonkers, one can postulate that that he will be thinking that Mr Blair should have rebuffed Bush 43 rather than plan to keep him out of power. The Labour Party will have a fit, they will see Mr Blair being more concerned about Bush 43 than the election prospects of Labour. In other words it is no great surprise that Tony Blair will be in the US for the launch of his book, every day he makes PM Eden look better before, during and after Suez.

Iraq IS on its OWN - Obama Administration

In his weekend remarks to the American People President Obama has stated the following on Iraq “ On Tuesday, after more than seven years, the United States of America will end its combat mission in Iraq and take an important step forward in responsibly ending the Iraq war… ” The sting comes with the following message to Iraq, “ …We have closed or turned over to Iraq hundreds of bases. In many parts of the country, Iraqis have already taken the lead for security….But the bottom line is this: the war is ending. Like any sovereign, independent nation, Iraq is free to chart its own course. And by the end of next year, all of our troops will be home. ”. In other words Iran move in, Obama has kept a Campaign promise, lets jump in the air and celebrate Obama selling out another ally, the Iraqi Armed Forces have stated that Iraq is not ready to take control, but Obama is more concerned about not being Bush 43 than he is about the security of Iraq and the supply of oil to the West. If Iran moves in to Iraq the blame will fall on President Obama, he has snatched victory and replaced it with defeat, in other words Jimmy Carter folks. Lets hope the Republicans take the Congress and start to place real political pressure on Obama to secure the Allies of the US, so far he has sold out Poland, Czech Republic, Israel , and presently it will be Iraq, lets hope in 2012 Obama is shown the door and is replaced by a leader, Obama has shown why Democrats can not be trusted on National Security.