Blair highlights Brown's weaknesses
James Forsyth 8:56am
Tony Blair’s return to the GMTV sofa and Parliament yesterday showed up Gordon Brown’s communications deficiencies. Blair spoke in fluent human, defused tensions with the odd joke and was relaxed in his command of the detail. In short, it was a reminder of why Blair was such a formidable politician and helped explain why Brown is struggling so badly..
Ann Treneman sums it up nicely in The Times:
The tan, the wry asides, the puppet hand gestures, the fluent grasp of detail, the excuses about Cherie. It all seemed so familiar and looked so utterly effortless.
Poor Gordon. How he must wish that the Ghost of Blair would haunt someone else.
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Perry
June 6th, 2008 9:27am Report this commentNow let’s think about that. The ghost of Bliar . . . yes, . . . horrible thought, but possible.
I sniff a slightly pathological yearning for times that might have been. ‘Might’ in the sense that time clouds all things, and allows fantasy to take a firmer grip. Just consider the quivering lip, the pathos, - ugh.
I hope that He, who should have been the Ire to Bliar, does not intend to resurrect the nonsense about wishing to be the heir to blair. That would be too much.
As for Mz. Prudence, the Pathetic Parliamentary Primrose of Pecuniary Piffle, - well, less said the better.
David C
June 6th, 2008 10:39am Report this commentWhen the Labour Party swept Blair from power and Brown into No.10, their wishes came true.
Just be happy for them. After all, this is now the socialist paradise they envisioned in 1997.
dearieme
June 6th, 2008 10:51am Report this commentHow can anyone bear to watch the Loathsome Wee Twat?
London Calling
June 6th, 2008 11:06am Report this commentWhat Drool from the lips Tony Blair,Was he paid to sit on that red chair?
I wish he had skipped all the damage he caused,The storm that he whipped in the Iraq War
And now he promotes Peace all based on Faith,How much is he paid? What a disgrace.
Dr Kelly, our sacrificial Lamb
Remember him, that took the can?
Did we forget the real Tony we know? What we reaped, from what he sowed.
I am not fooled by Tony’s tanned skin and smiles,His book selling wife, who stuck in the knifes
And now he’s gloating whilst Gordon squirms,Two brothers in crime, who let Liberty burn.
Oh what crimes we must all now pay? And a television License to watch Tony parade.
Patrick
June 6th, 2008 11:57am Report this commentInteresting to see how the political classes drool over Tony. They are easily coddled by sentiment. The reality is he was incredibly lucky to get out when he did. I'd love to see him back to face the music for the mess he's left behind. Any more hankering over the Blarite golden age and you'll have to pass the sick bag. Why do commentators fall for the fairy dust of pols like Clinton, Blair and now Obama?
DW
June 6th, 2008 1:23pm Report this commentLuck of Blair. He'll never be remembered for the 'on the make' charlatan that he is as long as Gordon's tenure is so dire.
Celebrity struck, money struck, Blair and Cherie took what they could. So much for public service.
Actually one thing in favour of Brown - he's not in it for the money.
Jenny
June 6th, 2008 1:43pm Report this comment"Blair spoke in fluent human, defused tensions with the odd joke"
that's really strange wording and doesn't really make any sense. I assume you were still under the spell of Blair when you wrote this?
Tiberius
June 6th, 2008 3:23pm Report this commentAn "odd joke".
Would that be the one about the Terminatoresque clunking fist?
David Lindsay
June 6th, 2008 3:38pm Report this commentBlair, Blair, Blair, Blah, Blah, Blah.
Of course, you have to keep saying how wonderful he was now that the Tories are led by a Tony Blair tribute act.
I hate to break the news to you, but outside the Westminster Village, Blair was ever so slightly unpopular by the end. And he still is.
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