Comments on: Video: Blair says he’ll quit within the year

By: Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin » Week in Review

Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin » Week in Review — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:57:31 +0000

[...] 1) Worst news I’ve read all week. I hope these guys don’t come to rue the day, but I believe America will. H/T and video: Allah. Naturally. [...]

By: Cutty S.

Cutty S. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:34:44 +0000

I think the country was leaning towards going down the drain for a bit, but it’s tilting even further closer to a dive. If his successor is some Anti-War person who can’t grasp who the true enemy is, then that country’s diving. How fast will depend if the person is just one whom misunderstands the world view but has some sense, or, worse-but-possible, closer to a “9/11 Truther” (which I hope not).

In any case though, it’s bad news, because at least Tony Blair had gotten the War on Terror right, recognizing the enemy as Islamofascism/terrorists/what-have-you and assisting us in qwashing the enemy and setting up a stable democracy in Iraq.

By: rightside

rightside — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:03:04 +0000

Will they remove all British troops from Iraq once he’s gone?

By: honora

honora — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:53:57 +0000

Now here is a commenter with a profound understanding of the workings of the government of our closest ally.

Oh please, you make me blush.

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:38:29 +0000

Tony Blair, not that I care, because hey, he isn’t american,

The party of globalism.

By: THeDRiFTeR

THeDRiFTeR — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:24:14 +0000

...we can't treat the country as irrelevant bystanders..

Who is that fellow who has supposedly been holding Blair’s water (???) while he was PM with the expectation that his turn was coming?

Now here is a commenter with a profound understanding of the workings of the government of our closest ally. His name is Gordon Brown, he is the chancellor of the exchequer.

The position is considered one of the four great offices of state and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the Prime Ministership.

The only good thing I have to say about Tony Blair, not that I care, because hey, he isn't american, is that he continued the fiscal policy of the conservatives that preceded him. Labour shmabour.

By: honora

honora — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:45:34 +0000

I met his wife once, lovely woman. Who is that fellow who has supposedly been holding Blair’s water while he was PM with the expectation that his turn was coming? Don’t seem to hear about him anymore.

By: The Political Pit Bull

The Political Pit Bull — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:05:59 +0000

Tony Blair To Step Down Within A Year…

Via the BBC: Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months. Mr Blair said the Labour conference in two weeks’ time would be his last. He did not set a precise……

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:50:33 +0000

That is the worst news I’ve heard this week.

By: Mary Katharine Ham

Mary Katharine Ham — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:46:55 +0000

Tony Blair To Step Down Within a Year…

ABC has it in the breaking news bar. No story yet.
Here’s the Beeb:

Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months.
Speaking on a visit to a London school, Mr Blair said the Labour conference in……

By: BirdEye

BirdEye — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:45:32 +0000

We’ll miss you Tony.