Latest update; finally, after reading a week's worth of funny, earnest english press forcing the candidacy of tony blair upon europe as eu prez, we can finally breathe easier today as it would appear his hopes are fading, finally...
And no, it's not because blair didn't inspire his country to enter schengan or engage in the euro, (as if they would) and no, it's not because tony blair's viewed as a war criminal by millions, its' not even about the peculiarly awful way in which he wears his ambition and his own brand of religion, but rather he'd never have europe's best interests at heart, unfortunately, and that's an integral part of this job description.
Apparently M. Blair is sensitive to being humiliated so he can't actually 'ask' for the job, but just to provide some lopsided logic we have George Monbiot's perspective. Silvio supports him which could be perceived as bonus or not. The most scathing reading is the comments section whenever the British press pushes their boy....
Even his own advisers are against appointing Tony Blair as EU president:
How could a country that's funnier than any other give us Tony Blair? That must have been another earnest phaseand they did give us Monty Python, Chaucer and Shakespeare, but still....even his own previous advisers like Sir Stephen Wall, one of the main architects of the EU Prez post suggests in the Independent, Tony Blair may not necessarily be the right guy. There's even a European petition, which doesn't have very many Europeans, but over 18 thousand Britons, who happen to feel very European, or feel for the Europeans, who knows, who cares, I'm just tickled they signed a petition arguing against Blair.
The Tony Blair saga continues...
