Tony Blair, as Sergio Leone could say, is the good, the bad and the ugly in British politics. He was a fresh breeze in the 10th of Downing Street when he became the new Prime Minister in 1997. He was the one that made possible a change in Great Britain. transports, health and global economy has grew up into get a good level within a deep comparative with the other G 7 members. This is the good Tony. The one that made possible talk about politics on street and returned to their real owners the sovereign Parliament of Scotland and the Assembly of Wales trough the so called Devolution. Also the europeist. The pro Euro one.
But there are other Blair faces. Not only the public ones. Because we must recognize that it has been good for Britain having this Prime Minister. But there is also the bad and the ugly Tony. And there comes to US the Iraki crime. It is his own and big trouble. Like Durao Barroso. His only “trouble” to be the President of European Union is that the famous photo with Anzar, Bush & Blair the weekend previous to the invasion was in …. Azores islands, in Portugal, with the presence of the Prime Minister of Portugal and now nominee to follow Mr. Prodi.
I swore you all that in the case of United Kingdom every Prime Minister that would have been settled in power those days would have had to do the same. Even it where a Communist or Muslim Prime Minister. Because of the deep (and many times unknown) deep links with United States. And the dependence that the United Kingdom drags since it began in the first world war, went on with the second, and one of the latest “incident” is the Falklands (Malvinas) war (and more recent episodes). The “intringulis” is breaking that powerful link. Step by step. Like with the European common defense, where United Kingdom has decided to follow France and Germany.Labour Party is the British Socialist Party. It was created through the Trade Unions. And it was settled to defend the workers rights. Since the early XX century, when Labour Party reached and relegated liberals into a residual political situation, there has been a bipolarity in United Kingdom between Conservatives and Laborists. But today is the day where Liberal Democratic Party is more than another british party. He can compete within the other two big parties for the first prize.
Because of the big and great successes of Tony Blair and his government, and looking back into the Thatcher and Major years I must assume that it is better for them and for US this one. Labour government. But I also can say that if it were possible, the next 2005 election career were between the Labour and the Liberal Democratic Parties. Then I would enjoy a good time, because whoever the winner could be, I would think it is a great decision for the british citizens and for all of US, the rest of the european citizens.
Welfare State, sobering decisions within their four nations (England, Wales, Scotland and North of Eire) and, after all, their deeper european membership must go on ruling United Kingdom.
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