"On that, there was no evidence to suspect anything other than Blair's megalomania."

That is not the whole story: as soon as Blair's chances appeared to wobble, the campaign was just as strong to have A Brit in one of the two positions. Milliband was trotted out. And then Ashton.

There was a massive UK campaign to get one of the two top positions. It was not only a Blair megalomania.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi