Greed or need?
Peter Hoskin 1:30pm
Just to flag up another article from the latest issue for CoffeeHousers. This one's by Rod Liddle, and he takes issue with the recent deluge of memoirs from Blairite figures. As he puts it:
"There is something simultaneously vile and pitiable in the procession of these famous names into their agents’ offices, determined to tell everybody that they were not remotely a party to the bad things that went on, that history should judge them much more kindly because they were on the side of the angels. And then, upon being exhorted with the lure of a few extra thousand quid, cheerfully sticking the boot into their former colleagues, some of whom, for obvious reasons, have a certain limited ability to defend themselves. And at the heart of all these outpourings, of this quick march to the lucrative confessional, is the thing which was at the very essence of Blairism — an infinite, consuming and unquenchable narcissism and vanity."
So what do CoffeeHousers think? Are all those Blairites treacherous and avaricious? Or are the memoirs a legitimate response to a decade of being undermined by Brown? Head over to Rod's article and have your say in the comments section.
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mitch
May 15th, 2008 1:59pmThe section in her memoirs on David Kelly's death is particularly odious, even for Mrs Blair; the woman who signed a copy of Lord Hutton's report for Labour party fund raising.
Compare and contrast her behaviour with his family's dignifide silence.
Desperate Dan
May 15th, 2008 3:20pmCherie Blair is almost indistinguishable from Heather Mills McCartney. They are both women who would be entirely unknown but for the accident of who they married. Both court publicity then complain about how they are portrayed by the press. Both have inflated ideas about their own worth. Both specialise in spreading malicious gossip about other people in the vain hope that they will be seen, by contrast, in a more sympathetic light. Both are deluded into thinking that anyone outside their immediate families gives a toss about what they think or do.
David Lindsay
May 15th, 2008 5:08pmHow we are all being reminded of just how ghastly the court of Tony Blair was.
As would be the court of David Cameron, with his product-placing wife.
salieri
May 15th, 2008 6:27pmCome on, Pete, you can't post comparisons between Mrs. B and the ex-Mrs McC and expect the follow-ups to get in beneath the radar. As for my censored response, I plead both qualified privilege and justification.