Ok, but this is an entirely different and opposing point to Jerome's - who was worried he might succeed in enhancing the Council's effectiveness relative to the Commission or Parliament.

I think appointing Blair would:

1. Do nothing for the Council's effectiveness in decision-making.
   
2. Shift more power to the Council, by way of media portraying it as more important when led by famous president Blair.
   
3. Shift the Overton window by rewarding a war-criminal and placing him in a central position of power.