British politics

[robinturner]

I've been out of the country so long, I don't really understand the politics any more. Can any of my British readers please tell me the difference between Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair (other than age, gender and sartorial preferences)?

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[ex-fauxpas266.livejournal.com]

Unlike Maggie, Tony is way funny.

I used to watch the British House of Commons merely for the comedic value. British politicians are way funnier than their American counterparts.

Or maybe it's just easier for me to find genuine humor in them since they're not my government.

[wouldprefernot2.livejournal.com]

Blair is more of a Yankee's poodle than Thatcher. At least Mrs. T complained when we invaded Grenada without consulting her about it.

[kristian.livejournal.com]

I was going to answer this question, but having no idea what sartorial is I thought it may be a waste of time?

Well, I know it seems paradoxical, but ...

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

Margaret Thatcher has big hairy balls (that she uses instead of her brain), and Tony Blair carries a handbag and has his nose permanently up Dubya's botty-hole.

[solri.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if Tony Blair really is a Yankee poodle or has his nose permanenetly inserted in Bush Jnr's rectum. From what I see of Tony*, he has such a high opinion of himself that he wouldn't suck up to anyone lower than God, and that only in return for a guaranteed place in the Holy Trinity.

My guess is that he supports every American military action because either (a) he has genuine principles which he is prepared to put into practice, no matter the cost (Solri suppresses a snort), or (b) he likes war. Of course, that's not always a bad thing (though it usually is). It was largely Blair who dragged the U.S. kicking and screaming into Kosovo, and if Blair had been Prime Minister instead of Major, the Serbs would never have got into Srebreniza (did I spell that right?). Major's only contribution to a "robust response" (as Blair would put it) was to give the SAS a nod and a wink to have fun in the forests outside Sarajevo (and he might not have even known about that, given the way the SAS operate).

BTW, I've just been reading John Locke's proposal to solve the problem of beggars. Looks like Tony might have read it too.

* Personally, I think affectionate diminutives should be earned. For me, the only Tony in politics is Benn.