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Why Not Tony? | 127 comments (126 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Surely you are not setting Tony out as ... (4.00 / 10)

As you say. In power, Tony only knows

crushing all opposition (something he won't be able to as merely a de-facto permament chairman),
building top-down power structures below him (something he won't be able to do either),
be a nice puppy to various masters (be them the USA, Murdoch, or financial or industrial lobbies) he deems either too powerful to confront or part of an exclusive club he would like to join (something we don't need in a top EU official).

...furthermore, a warrior uniting sovereign heads of states and governments, what a ridiculous idea.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jul 18th, 2009 at 02:34:42 PM EST
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Re: Surely you are not setting Tony out as ... (4.00 / 5)

But most of all, utterly destroying his party.

And it's a pattern. While Saint Tony has been the Extra Secret Super Special Hot Sauce Quartet Envoy to the Middle East, the Gaza situation has devolved into naked barbarism and atrocity, and Israel is - still - seriously considering an attack on Iran.

Does Europe want someone so likely to destroy the EU?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Jul 19th, 2009 at 09:10:17 PM EST
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