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.I wonder what Mr Blair would have done had he been in charge last autumn, when the global financial crisis erupted? ...Would Mr Blair have really stood up against the eruption of nationalism or would he have accentuated the divisions...

Begging a discussion of Münchau's "eruption of nationalism," and regardless of Bliar's inability to mediate with leaders who don't trust him...

wouldn't he have been most interested in serving his masters?  Finance has already too much influence in the political sphere, do we need the Council's head to be a lackey as well?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 11:16:20 AM EST
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It does beg a discussion of Münchau's notion of the "eruption", but the point that Blair has never been a unifier but rather a divider of Europe is a good one.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 11:19:11 AM EST
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fully agree.


"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Mon Jul 20th, 2009 at 11:43:37 AM EST
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