Ex-ministers round on 'doormat' Blair

[TacticalPeek]

Ex-ministers round on 'doormat' Blair
By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor

15 May 2004

Furious former ministers accused Tony Blair last night of turning Britain into an "embarrassing and humiliating doormat" for the United States after the Prime Minister declared that he would "stand shoulder to shoulder" with President George Bush.

Mr Blair faced a backlash from senior former ministers after he underlined his commitment to Mr Bush in an interview in The Independent . One cabinet minister revealed that ministers are to express their anxiety about Mr Blair's unwavering support for the Bush administration on Iraq in a coded way, by attacking the American treatment of prisoners, saying: "The US strategy in Iraq has been a disaster.

"If you want to have any credibility for a British operation with its own clear identity, you need to be very clear that some of the atrocious behaviour in the prisons is not acceptable."

The flashpoint for backbench anger could come next week with an announcement by Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, of the deployment of up to 3,000 extra British troops to Iraq.

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1. "stand shoulder to shoulder" with Bush*?

The guy must have a political death wish.

[AndyTiedye]

2. It's Got to be Blackmail

What could be bad enough to make Blair do what he has done I cannot imagine.

Blair is going down, and he'll probably take his whole party with him
leaving Britain at the mercy of the Tories for another generation.
It'll be another Bush* trifecta! Amazing how he always wins when the race is fixed.

[BillZBubb]

3. Can't Labour find it's soul and oust the Poodle?

Even the Tories dumped Thatcher when she went over the edge.

Surely Labour has someone more than capable of actually furthering the Labour cause. Blair is a total zero. Wake up Labour!!!!!

[Spazito]

4. I don't get it either...

if they want to stay in power, they have to dump Blair and have a new leader before the next election. Their blind loyalty, after all Blair has done, confounds me.

[DustMolecule]

5. It's like watching the 'roller derby' (for those who remember that)

...it seemed so 'real' at the time.

[calimary]

6. Shit! LOLOLOLOL!!!! Roller derby!

WHOA NELLY! Man, I remember that. Must be gettin' OLD, here!

Thanks, Dust - you REALLY made me laugh, HARD!!!

And yes, you're quite correct - it IS like watching "roller derby!" Wasn't it Dick Lane who announced it?

Seems they can match us train wreck for train wreck over there.