Blair for president of Europe
Fraser Nelson 1:46pm
I’d like to put on record my strong support for Tony Blair as a future European President. What better way to ensure that Brown does not co-operate anymore with Brussels? Or to revive that anti-Blair feeling should Brown go to the country on the same day as the June '09 Euro elections? But Le Monde says there are many other names in the frame: Carl Bildt (Sweden), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Austria), Aleksander Kwasniewski (Poland) and Michel Barnier (French). Surely Blair towers above them all? “We call him President Blair over here, because he thinks he is,” Sophie, Countess of Wessex once told the Fake Sheikh. The EU may now grant to our ex-PM the title he has so long coveted.
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Mike
October 22nd, 2007 3:59pmEr, maybe I've missed something. Doesn't the new consitution, sorry reform treaty specifically excluded an EU president? Or maybe, just perhaps we've been told some porky pies (again.....)
Fluffy Ostrich
October 22nd, 2007 6:38pmSplendid idea. Having for the most part conducted a presidential-style government, Blair knows, if anyone, how to remain afloat in that most bureaucratic of institutions, the EU. Let us not forget how he solidly represented our interests there, even if our domestic policies were flaky and failing.
Lee Jakeman
October 22nd, 2007 9:51pmThe only positive thing about a Blair presidency is that Europe would become less overtly anti-Israel and anti-American.
Lloyd Karaoke
October 22nd, 2007 10:04pmIsn't there some sort of betting exchange for this kind of thing ? Or there should be - it would give quite a good clue to the respective merits [risks] of the runners and riders getting close to the levers of power.