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2003-03-17 Britain

Welsh secretary spells out price for backing Blair

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-17 11:11 am|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 After the war, Mr. Hain will be invited to inspect mine fields.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-17 00:32:18|| 2003-03-17 00:32:18|| Front Page Top

#2 With a mallet.

Posted by Steve White 2003-03-17 00:35:48|| 2003-03-17 00:35:48|| Front Page Top

#3 If this is true, the best thing that can happen is a massive rebellion of those Stalinists from the Labour party (but not massive enough to make the Tory votes in support of Blair insufficient). A coalition government of New Labour (the Blairites) with the Tories is the only way to avert the kind of idiotic policies Mr. Hain advocates.

Posted by Peter 2003-03-17 03:07:20|| 2003-03-17 03:07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 God Save Tony Blair!

Posted by JDB 2003-03-17 03:30:48|| 2003-03-17 03:30:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Amen to that, JDB! This is the typical problem with coalitions: The nutcases have more power than they deserve.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-17 04:12:01|| 2003-03-17 04:12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 After the war, the UK will have some do-or-die choices on how they will want to live their lives. If Mr. Hain has his way, everyone will be on the dole and capital that is needed to make the UK a healthy economy will flee. The parasites will consume the host if left unfettered.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-17 08:20:54|| 2003-03-17 08:20:54|| Front Page Top

#7 actually i like this guy, in a funny sort of way. First, he is honest enough to make clear that most of the rebellion against Blair within Labour is not really about Iraq, its about the direction of Labour.
And that its time for his fellow lefties to be just as honest. And, while I dont think this is his intent
, it could lead to the notion of " a land fit for heroes" - i linking of leftist domestic agenda with a strong foreign agende. Now I realize perfectly well that Tony is already pre-social justice (more so than Bush) and that his domestic opponents in Old Labor support unrealistic old policies, but this is still a far cry better than what weve been hearing from the UK Left.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-03-17 08:49:23|| 2003-03-17 08:49:23|| Front Page Top

#8 There are the sort of people Tony maginalized to win Labor control of the government. Perhaps the Trotskyites get control back, perhaps not. Victory is always a great antidote to such problems.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-03-17 12:19:16|| 2003-03-17 12:19:16|| Front Page Top

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