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Britain
Blair praises UK-US plot cooperation
2006-08-10
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair, on holidays in Barbados, praised the enormous of amount of cooperation between Britain and the United States in thwarting an alleged airline bomb plot.

Mr Blair's office issued his remarks, after the Prime Minister received his latest briefing on how London's Metropolitan Police foiled the alleged plot to blow up US-bound flights from Britain. “I would like to pay tribute to the immense effort made by the police and security services who for a long period of time have tracked this situation and been involved in an extraordinary amount of hard work,” Mr Blair said.

“I thank them for the great job they are doing in protecting our country,” Blair said, according to the statement. “There has been an enormous amount of cooperation with the US authorities which has been of great value and underlines the threat we face and our determination to counter it,” he said.

A spokeswoman said Mr Blair had been in “constant contact” with the Government over the plot. Asked whether there were any plans for him to return to Britain, she said: “We're not going to say anything more.”
Posted by:Oztralian

#6  Nimble Spemble, I wanted to say "the British people is weak", not "the English people". My mistake.

Concerning the Scots, I am aware that the Scottish Labor is far-leftist, and that there is a lot of anti-Israel hatred in Scotland. But even Tony Blair recently acknowledged, in his recent Speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council that a lot of British people were turning anti-Israel (and, so, anti-Ameridan too, as it is usually the case).
Posted by: leroidavid   2006-08-10 19:17  

#5  Is there any Tory who's not an empty suit?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-10 18:57  

#4  Hmmm some rambling thoughts,
1) Blair is a Socialist
2) Blair has tried to sow a 'middle way' between Old Labour (nationalisation, tax and spend) and conservatives (free market lite) by creating NULabour (now called Labour), but the leftists in the Labour party have been spoiling his progress all the way through his premiership.
3) Prescott (the Deputy Premier) is a national joke. He is supposed to be in charge of the country while Blair is away, but noone trusts him!
4) Blair has a pact with Gordon Brown (chancellor) that he will give up leadership of the Labour party in favour of Brown 'sometime before the next election' (2009)
6) The leftists in the Labour party are constantly haranguing Blair to go in favour of Brown
7) That will make Brown Prime Minister
8) Brown is old school Labour, a thief of a chancellor, well known for 'stealth taxes' and doesn't really like business
9) There is a real Scots-grouping in the Labour party, and it is really starting to piss off a lot of people in England (where all the money is created)

I don't think Brown will be as pro-US as Blair has been. He's certainly not as charismatic. I would not be surprised to hear of a timetable for an Iraq pullout reasonably soon after he takes power.

The Conservatives are trying to be more centrist than the master-centrist, Blair. Don't rely on them to be in power for a while yet (they need to reconnect with the British people - specifically, they should focus on the English, but they aren't called the 'Conservative and Unionist Party' for nothing - oh well).
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2006-08-10 18:50  

#3  Wrong leroidavid, just plain wrong. The Scots are the weak link and always have been. Get the Scots (Labor) out of power and England will be a much stronger ally. The Act of Union should be repealed.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-10 18:34  

#2  Tony Blair deserves respect. Problem is, a big part of the English people is weak, and doesn't understand the dangers of islamofascism.
Posted by: leroidavid   2006-08-10 18:10  

#1  Tony Blair is in the toughest historical position since Churchill. I have learned to respect him.
Posted by: SamAdamsky   2006-08-10 13:24  

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