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The Blair Era | 11 septembre 2008

I will admit its a bit late to be wondering what happened to Britain's once omnipresent Prime Minister. Still its always interesting to learn something new. And clearly I didnt know much about his early and unplanned retirement. Paul Mitchell´s "The Blair Decade" opened my eyes to the cowardly and sleezy way his own finance minister and number two forced Tony Blair to give up the top seat. There can be said alot about Blair and his way of ruling Britain, and the world but its wasn't really his involvement in the Iraq war, his close relationship with W Bush, his unpopular Universities reform or a loss in national elections that pushed him out. The fall was maneuvered by his own party and his closest collaborators. Brown was so eager to take his place that he got his own supporters to sign a letter informing Blair that they wanted him out, sooner than later. And at the labour convention a few weeks later he announced he was stepping down. And the gloating of Gordon Brown that same day was sickening: The Chancellor praised Mr Blair's achievements as "unique, unprecedented and enduring", not being able to wipe the smile of his face, so eager to take over. Was Blair really ready to leave downing street in 2007? In retrospect, was it the right choice?

I remember being at work that day - we knew he was stepping down, the date had been announced in advance - but boy what did we know really? Not half of the story and how he was betrayed by Brown and company. Alot can be said about Blair´s skills with PR and Spin (which seems to have become a necessary tool in today´s politics) , but Mr. Brown.. maybe you should have paid a little more attention? Or you wouldn´t be in the mess you are today

"Barely one voter in seven now believes [Brown] is fit for the job of prime minister...
However none of his likely replacements - including David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary - would save the party from an election humiliation at the hands of the Conservatives, the poll finds.
The poll's findings throw into sharp relief the dilemma facing the Labour Party as they consider whether to force Mr Brown to stand down. It shows that none of the Cabinet ministers who might seriously challenge him would improve Labour's standing with the electorate."

And Tony has only been gone for less than a year. Maybe Labour should have thought it through a little bit before launching the attack...

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