hehe you guys!
Just to see it from another point of view for a moment, disregarding what I actually think of Labour politics, I have to say it's a piss poor job to show such a divided face to the public of this country. In truth Blair has already stated that he will not be standing for the leadership of the Labour party come the next general election. I can well understand his decision not to reveal a 'timetable' to his steping down. What leader in their right mind would go as far as to undermine his powerbase for the relatively short time he has left in office, afterall if he does that who in his own governement would take him or his policies seriously?
To my mind it is a gross negligence on behalf of his party members that they should have allowed such infighting to spill out into the public domain in the first place. But that's typical of politics in this country, where power is wielded by politicians and not statesmen.
Many might like Blair and many might not, but how many of either would relish Gordon Brown as the new PM? Regardless of the man, I just don't like the look of him. Silly, no?
By definition politicians are a self serving lot and easlily swayed by majority oppinion, else they loose that power of office. It has been a long time since we had any true statesmen in charge, entrusted to do what is right for Britain and not to allow personal vagaries to influence their behaviour or decisions. But I guess that's democratic rule for you; you never quite get what you want or need.
Like Arthur Dent, trying to get a cup of tea from the Sirrius Cybernetics Corporation Nutrimatic machine on board the starship Heart of Gold. No matter how detailed his description of what he wanted to drink he invariably got a substance that was almost but not quite entirely unlike tea, every time. And when he did sit down with the machine to wrangle a decent cuppa out of its circuits it took so much computing power that it very nearly led to the destruction of the ship and everyone on board... how typical.