Fans of Thatcher’s famous no confidence debate performance shortly before her downfall, will be pleased to note that the same fey eloquence is enlivening Tony Blair’s final few performances. Oliver Letwin’s obscure musings on the way forward for Cameronism were ripe for being lampooned by Blair who was on superb form today; the walls in the chamber were almost shaking with the cheers of Labour MPs who know that the Blair show has just 6 weeks left to run.
Ever the thespian, Blair has laid on a show for us tomorrow. He’ll resign to the Cabinet in the morning, fly to his Sedgefield constituency by helicopter and make another farewell speech. In a quirk of Parliamentary timing, Brown will be answering Treasury Questions at the time. At least it’ll be a good day for Brown to bury bad news on tax credits.
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