Not a day to be ungracious . But nevertheless a day to take stock. Blair's performance today at PMQs was typical in its panache. What a performer the man has been.
But its "highlights " also served as a reminder why this most seductive of politicians has also been one of the most dangerous in modern times. A bit like Kaa, the hypnotic snake in the Jungle Book.
At one point, Blair expressed "solidarity" with the workers at Longbridge who had lost their jobs. Almost fell off my chair. The point was, of course, that it was an opportunity to get a cheap laugh from his fellow MPs out of waving his P45. Hilarious......
As we know, unlike most of the car workers who lost their jobs, TB is going to an extremely lucrative job as Middle East peace envoy complete with high life, security guards, limos and other trappings of high office .I wish him well and hope he can achieve as much there as he has done in Northern Ireland. For his family, today's resignation will probably come as a blessed relief from the horrors of being in the public eye. But let's not forget that For the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, the nightmare continues due to Blair's wretched foreign policy mistakes. And, as he also said today, he won't "and never will" apologise for that.
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