In general, leaders' warnings about European decline are not often matched by political courage or even much ambition (think of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton, the obscure and unthreatening pair of politicians chosen to fill the two top jobs created by the Lisbon treaty). They are still really unhappy that (presumably "threatening") Blair didn't get the job, aren't they?
In general, leaders' warnings about European decline are not often matched by political courage or even much ambition (think of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton, the obscure and unthreatening pair of politicians chosen to fill the two top jobs created by the Lisbon treaty).
They are still really unhappy that (presumably "threatening") Blair didn't get the job, aren't they?
Speaking of that supposed strong candidate:
Intoxicated by power, Blair tricked us into war -Times Online
But Washington turned his head and he couldn't resist the stage or the glamour that it gave him. In this sense he was weak and, as we can see, he remains so.
Sez not some lone web warrior but
Ken Macdonald QC practises at Matrix Chambers and is a visiting professor of law at the London School of Economics. He was Director of Public Prosecutions, 2003-2008
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