Taking the piss?

A bizarre little row has emerged on P-7, with Downing Street officials accused of mopping up some of the more colourful language used by Tony Blair at his press conference. It’s interesting at how the BBC reported this however, claiming that Blair said that he would be “reduced to ‘a little puddle of water’.” This… Continue reading Taking the piss?

Pant Watch: the Grand Coalition

Welcome to Pant Watch. Pant Watch exists to chronicle the dying days of the Blair administration. Technically, we are now at P-8, P-1 being the day that Steve Bell published this cartoon showing Blair wearing John Major’s pants of power. To be sure, Bell has portrayed Blair as a pant-wearer before, most memorably here, but… Continue reading Pant Watch: the Grand Coalition

Irony Blair

I’ll shut up about political ironies soon, I promise, but I forgot about Blair claiming that it was “better to be right and lose than to be wrong and win.” Very Old Labour. SNORT! And then we have the Great Leader accusing MPs of being “out of touch” – this being the man who took… Continue reading Irony Blair