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poliphiloBlair lost a very important vote in the House of Commons yesterday- and lost it huge. Afterwards he gave petulant interviews. He's not used to having his sucker snatched away.
The ill-judged legislation that parliament rejected would have allowed the police to hold terror suspects for 90 days without charging them. It ammounted to the suspension of Habaeus Corpus- which has been the foundation stone of English liberty since the days of Bad King John.
It's the end. But Blair doesn't see it. He's holed in several places and leaking vital fluids and nobody loves him anymore. He's a goner. But will he step aside of his own free will? Of course not. They never do. Like every other dear leader from Churchill to John Major he will stay in office, flailing about impotently, in the hope of magical rescue, until someone is forced to step up, more in pity than in anger, and fire a silver bullet into his bonce.
The ill-judged legislation that parliament rejected would have allowed the police to hold terror suspects for 90 days without charging them. It ammounted to the suspension of Habaeus Corpus- which has been the foundation stone of English liberty since the days of Bad King John.
It's the end. But Blair doesn't see it. He's holed in several places and leaking vital fluids and nobody loves him anymore. He's a goner. But will he step aside of his own free will? Of course not. They never do. Like every other dear leader from Churchill to John Major he will stay in office, flailing about impotently, in the hope of magical rescue, until someone is forced to step up, more in pity than in anger, and fire a silver bullet into his bonce.
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Date: 2005-11-10 03:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-10 03:55 am (UTC)And in Blair's universe, what the police ask for the police get.
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Date: 2005-11-10 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-10 08:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-11 04:14 am (UTC)I think your system, which limits Presidents to two terms, is very wise.
The Madness of King Tony
Date: 2005-11-10 02:08 pm (UTC)Careful now, next thing you know you'll be up for 'glorifying' terrorism...
I found Blair so pathetic over the past few weeks. Blunkett apparently left office with his integrity "intact" - yet to me, not knowing the ministerial code of conduct is no defence for a cabinet minister who breaks it. And today our MPs are just "wrong" and "out of touch". He simply never put the case convincingly for his proposals on detention. We're just supposed to accept it, if he says it's right. Come to think of it, isn't that the way he handled the war...
Re: The Madness of King Tony
Date: 2005-11-11 04:21 am (UTC)