But Hague isn't going to happen for Bliar. Hague is for brown people who speak funny. And Russians, of course. Now, if he had retired to relative obscurity, like Aznar or Bush the Lesser, I could live with that. I don't think that Bush or Aznar are going to be in a position where they can murder people again. Bliar is actively planning to assume such a position (or at least his faction of oligarchs is).
Or to put it another way, would you have been similarly shocked if I had expressed happiness with the passing of Pinochet, Castro or Milosevic? Almost by any accounting, Bliar has more blood on his hands - and a smaller prospect of ever facing determined prosecution for it - than the other three did when they were alive.
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- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
We don't know who's pulling his rather jerky strings. This could be a useful thing to find out.
Telegraph - Rat plans to leave sinking ship Lord Mandelson: I would work for Tories In an interview, the Business Secretary said he would be willing to put his experience at the disposal of the country, if Labour lost power. "As I grow older, I can imagine more ways of serving my country than simply being a party politician," he said. The best way he has ever served the ocuntry was when he was (serially) walking out of downing St having been sacked.
In an interview, the Business Secretary said he would be willing to put his experience at the disposal of the country, if Labour lost power. "As I grow older, I can imagine more ways of serving my country than simply being a party politician," he said.
The best way he has ever served the ocuntry was when he was (serially) walking out of downing St having been sacked.
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John Rentoul - Flibbertiwhat?My esteemed colleague Andrew Grice noticed Peter Mandelson's description in his speech today of David Cameron as a "shallow flibbertigibbet", and says it is a word he has not heard for some time.
My esteemed colleague Andrew Grice noticed Peter Mandelson's description in his speech today of David Cameron as a "shallow flibbertigibbet", and says it is a word he has not heard for some time.
