great diary, helen!
the lesson i'm learning from el gordo is that those whose whole existence revolves about satisfying the ego's lust for power are frequently (always, inevitably?) the least competent at administering it.
blair and he have done more than any in history to tarnish whatever lackluster remnant there was of belief that a. the labour party was any less sleazy than the tories, or any more competent at government. b. that (sigh...) they cared about the peoples' welfare.
blair had the smarts to get out while the going was still (seemingly) good, before the shit really hit the fan.
brown... well, i hope that bunker is comfortable, he may need to move there permanently. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Blair's final triumph has been to destroy hope - not just in NuLab, but in democracy itself.
Meanwhile Labour are being blamed for being too socialist while pursuing Tory policies.
It's all been very slick and nihilistic.
I don't share Helen's optimism in a Labour recovery because there's no one to lead it.
My guess is we're in for a decade or so of Tory 'market'-minded banditry and state-sanctioned violence, which will be more overt and even less interested in social welfare than NuLab have been.
