In that autobiography you may possibly have noticed former British PM Tony Blair is currently touting, the one called ‘A Journey’ (a title that masterfully captures the sublimely faux modesty of its subject), Blair compares himself to Princess Di. ‘“We were both, in our own way, manipulators” — good at… Read More »Why We Still Love The People’s Premiere
Tony Blair’s Jesus Christ Sings Edith Piaf performance yesterday at The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, giving testimony at the Chilcot enquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War, disappointed a lot of people who hoped he would get nailed – or at least express a few regrets. I’m not one… Read More »Oh Do Stop Nailing Blair to the Cross – He Enjoys It
One of the more revealing ‘revelations’ to emerge from the hype surrounding Alastair Campbell’s kiss-and-tell £1M memoir of his time as No.10’s press secretary is that on the eve of Parliament’s vote authorising military action against Iraq, George Bush promised Tony Blair “If you win the vote in Parliament, I’ll… Read More »History, Kiss My Ass
Mark Simpson on why size matters in the privacy of the voting booth Dame Democracy is a bit of a size queen. Actually, she’s a lot of a size queen. The vital statistics she’s really interested in are not the size of the money supply or the rate of inflation,… Read More »Dame Democracy is a Size Queen
Gordon Brown, Labour’s leader-in-waiting, can’t win the next election. This week’s address to the Labour Party Conference might as well have been his speech conceding victory to David Cameron. Why is Gordie such a liability? Not because of the disdainful verdict of dodgy Newsnight focus groups, or his recent impatient… Read More »Gordon Isn’t a Moron – But He’s a Terrible Liar