What a difference a change makes
Even the New Statesman has admitted it. Brown has emerged unscathed from the floods in a way that Blair would never have.
As they say in this week's editorial, " One can imagine the approbrium that would have been heaped upon Tony Blair had the floods occurred on his watch".
Just goes to show how different the acceptability of a Labour Prime Minister can be if he's simply given a fair crack of the whip. But I suppose fairness does not come into it when the knives are out for him.
Absolutely, Stan. Blair would have been blamed for the floods - of COURSE!
And although one of the commenters at my site likes to call Tony Blair "WOW" (Walks on Water) the polluted waters would have been over his head in no time.
I heard David Aaronovitch's programme on Radio 4 last Sunday - second instalment next Sunday - where he put forward the thought that it is the public who need psychoanalysing over their expectations of politicians. Their polled opinions are often contradictory - want strong leadership/want them to listen etc.
It does seem to show that the press has a lot to answer for, as they are the font of all our knowledge!
And THEY are the polluters of clarity of thought, imho.
Another thing which strikes me as amazingly unfair:
Tonight the troops are now out of Northern Ireland. There have been several articles and reports on this in today's online media, and yet, I have hardly seen Blair's name anywhere. Only fleetingly if at all, and as though he had nothing to do with the end of the troubles! After 38 years!
He would have had the same great wall of silence and little thanks if he had pulled out all the troops from Iraq before he'd left, I'm sure.
Now if Honest-to-Gord pulls out - HE'LL get a round of applause that you'll hear all the way to Baghdad!
Even though if Brown does withdraw, it'll still be the case that Brown is wrong and Blair was right.
The lesson? If you want fairness - don't go into politics.
http://keeptonyblairforpm.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/brown-to-call-election-octnov-withdraw-all-troops-from-iraq/
Posted by: BlairSupporter | August 01, 2007 at 01:59 AM
Of course, it also helps that Gordon Brown doesn't have to work with Gordon Brown briefing against him all the time...
Posted by: Seasider | August 05, 2007 at 09:57 AM