The Tony And George Show *UPDATED*

I too watched the poddle & the demented dwarf's press conference.
The poodle looked decidely uncomfortable, his eyes were all over the place.
I think he was eyeballing the exits as he had suddenly realised he was in the same room as a genuine madman!

Why, was he near a mirror?

Quarsan,yes it was indeed one of Blairs worst moments i think Do you think Bush had given him the call to help him out over the Baker report,i cetainly think so,Bush just doesn,t get it does he? This middle east crusade is beginning to look like a war without end,i personally think the whole adventure was founded just as much on Bushes fundamentalist christian beliefs (with Blairs approval)as much about oil.Far from troop withdrawals over the coming months i can see more troops being needed to stop the war spreading! Bush and Blairs war is spinning out of control,Iran must be laughing its socks off!! if only it were that funny.

The White House transcript is incorrect: what Robinson actually said was "That *will* convince many people that you're still in denial about how bad things are in Iraq," not "won't".

I also think you need to quote the bit where Bush said he talks to families who die, in order to make sense of your remark afterward.

The Mirror has a good story about the Bush/Blair press conference and Bush's irritation at Nick Robinson's pertinent questions.

This sort of thing has happened before, maybe it's the drugs.

>I had a strange feeling whilst watching yesterday's press conference (Transcript). Looking through the heavy make up to Tony's steely, immobile, unblinking face, was it just me or did he look scared? Not ordinary fear, but the look of a man who realises he is trapped.

Shrewd observation. I thought both men looked trapped and desperate and cornered behind their iron masks. I don't know if iron is even the right word any more. Granite seems to be more the texture these days, with little saurian eyes darting back and forth.

I have been noticing recently that cameramen - both tv and stills - are much closer in on Blair and Bush's faces - sensing the drama and the desperation within. The news editors are dwelling far more on their faces when they aren't speaking, on reaction shots.

Perhaps David Icke did have something after all. Perhaps our ruling classes do consist of giant lizards.

Was there any mention at the press conference of Bush taking more interest in the Israel/Palestine peace road-map, or of the USA taking climate change more seriously? I thought not. The next time that Blair is summoned to Bush's side and claims that he is going to persuade Bush to do this and that, can our press corps please recognise it as a load of flannel and treat it with the contempt it deserves.

An extraordinary press conference. Blair said:

And I think there are three elements that we can take forward. The first is to make sure that we are supporting the Maliki government in making sure that that government's non-sectarian nature is reflected in the policies of that government and the way that it conducts itself.

He is still very much in denial. The reason the government's policies don't reflect its non-sectarian nature is because the idea is a fantasy. As is obvious, the government is actually composed of mutually incompatible sectarian groupings and that's a major part of the problem

For a while, I thought he was being deliberately misleading about this but I now believe he genuinely isn't capable of understanding the situation.

It's like when he says that everyone who voted in the elections voted for a non-sectarian government. This flies in the face of all the evidence. The three largest alliances after the election are all sectarian in nature and all effectively have armed wings (the UIA has several). Blair attitude is like claiming that a vote for Sinn Fein during the height of the IRA's campaign was a vote for an end that campaign. "Well, they voted so they must be against violence". Ridiculous and given that he has experience of N.I., given how many times he must have heard Unionists say that "Sinn Fein/IRA must disarm", he should understand that. But he just doesn't. It doesn't seem to occur to him that people who support a particular sectarian position and who are unwilling to disarm might also vote. In fact, partly because of the lack of security, most Iraqis who voted fit that description. The results speak for themselves.

I think he is so far in denial that he is incapable if coming to terms with all this. If he was a captain of a ship, the doctor would have removed him from that position due to his deteriorating mental health.

I watched Tony to.He did look scared.You know why??because he knows theat Bush is a psycho you know why??cause he knows him and the neocons will stop at nothing, you know why??because he knows the truth behind Sept11th and the phoney war on terror.
I´ve alwyas thought Blair was a boy doing a mans job,a second rate lawyer college boy green and naive.
Now he is fucked, sold his soul to the star strangled banner and there is no return.He has fucked up big time and it will haunt him till the end of his miserable short existence on this earth.

"There is a rumour that he's about to be taught to fetch - remember, you heard it here first."

Sorry but I misread that as "taught to felch", though it seems more appropriate.

He might "fetch" or "felch" but the rest of us are going to retch.

Dear Mr Blair,

I really don't understand how Iraqi Muslims can get quite so upset at a Christian Army occupying their country, crusader flags hanging off their tanks (flag of St George), while they raze Iraqi towns to the ground and the lovely Mr Bush refers to the holy mission as a 'crusade.' There are some people that you just can't reason with!

Kind regards

M. Beckett

"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die. "
what he means is obviously, unlike blair, he visits the families of those who have died in iraq.

'General Jackson continues to show how words can be lethal weapons.'

Actually no continuance whatsoever on Jackson's part. This speech was a first - and altogether far too late.

'Tardy' Jackson...

Mr Blair may be attached like a whale calf to the Sphincter of the Free World but do not ever misunderestimate him. Mr Blair has many, many , many faults but he is very smart - he had Labour UNCHALLENGED for nearly 13 years. If there was a leadership election on Monday he would win.

Yes - he did look as if he was filling his trousers - so was Napoleon the night before Waterloo as he calculated his losses on the morrow. Blair looked the same at the time of the Iraqi war / invasion debate - and he told Cherie that.

Much as many of us would like him vapourised - we are ALL OF US in this shit together , shuffling a few at the top of the pack won't change anything

substantially.

The truly frightening thing is they are simply going to hang in there and hang on like Mr Micawber.... waiting for something to turn up.

The things to watch for are ;

1. A massive escalatioin in the use of military power especially air power in Anbar with massive casulaties.

2. Invasion of attempted invasion of Green Zone.

3. Semi - autonomous move of the UK troops towards Kuwait whose leadership want no more of this nonsense.

4. An early Spring Offensive in Afghanistan.

5. Iran / Syria / Hezbollah / KSA sieze the moment to further their objectives.

... STOVK TIP sell any UK defence stocks especially BAE / RR / Cobham.

Pray.Hard.

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I'll lay my cards on the table first. I support Blair as the PM of this country, and as someone I think has been a great leader. Yes, that's what I said. I even have a blog to prove it! And I've never voted Labour. Maybe that tells you something about Blair's New Labour project.

I also think he would win if there was an election next week. His finger's on the pulse again with his integration speech. He is a natural political animal.

I'm pretty disgusted at how so many people in his own party have abandoned him and let the obnoxious, scheming Brown force his early resignation. You people don't realise what you are about to lose, in my humble opinion. And it won't be just Blair you'll lose. New Labour is the right idea, and I'd vote for it next time, but only if Tony Blair was still there. Without him, it's Old Labour, and you know where that got you.

At the White House, yes, I noticed the PM's expressions too. But I don't know if it's fear so much as the wish to get his own doubts regarding Bush over to the new Democrats who are now in power. I don't take seriously the thought that Bush'll do a Putin on him if he tries to break away from Bush and becomes more semi-detached. The Americans still LOVE Blair. In fact he'd be better protected over there than here at the moment.

But it was clear as day that Bush needs Blair more than the other way round. Several times Bush reminded us (and Blair) how Britain was such a strong ally. He's a man in need of a friend right now. The politics is intriguing.

Blair is by far the more astute politician, and is now making his own path, with the ISG eyes on him. We know he has always wanted Iraq's neighbours involved right from the off. We know too, according to Geoff Hoon tonight, that Bush over-ruled the British as regards retaining the Iraqi army. We also know that since the strategy was dictated by Bush, most of the fault can be laid at his door. I'm not saying that Blair has no responsibility for anything. But people in the states now wish that Bush had treated Blair with more respect, and we might not have been in this mess.

Anyway, if Blair can do something, ANYTHING to bring some beginnings to peaceful co-existence in Iraq and the wider Middle East, he'll be a happier man than he has been for quite a while. And so might the rest of us.

Good luck Prime Minister.

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Anyway, if Blair can do something, ANYTHING to bring some beginnings to peaceful co-existence in Iraq and the wider Middle East, he'll be a happier man than he has been for quite a while. And so might the rest of us.

No, he won't do anything because he can't. There was comparatively peaceful co existence before the invasion he worked so hard to bring about. 650,000 excess deaths might indicate he is totally unsuited to bring peace anywhere.

Like margaret thatcher before him he has the protection of office, and like her, when that is gone, he will look a lot less impressive, indeed will fade from significance. Not that his crimes and their consequences will, tragically.

"I'm pretty disgusted at how so many people in his own party have abandoned him"

He abandoned them (and the populace) first.

"force his early resignation"

He was thinking in terms of forever, presumably...

I wonder why Bush believes that the press ought to show deference and respect towards him. Their job should be to try to challenge him, not to worship him; it's a very novel idea that things should be otherwise.

Unfortunately most journalists believeit it's their job to exhibit deference to the great leaders of 'western democracy.' They see their role as articulating the views of the political class, not challenging them. They accept the framework, then analyse the trivialities.

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