The Tony Doctrine Comes at a Price; Iain Macwhirter Rejects Blair's New Constitutional Principle of an Infallible Pm
Sunday Herald › August 31, 2004
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"HIGH crimes and misdemeanours" - it sounds a like a summer blockbuster, but it's really a damp squib. The Plaid Cymru MP, Adam Price's, attempt to impeach the Prime Minister over his conduct in Iraq is a clever piece of political theatre. Commissioning Cherie Booth's legal firm, Matrix Chambers to handle the legal work was inspired mischief. But mischief is all it is. Tony Blair is going on and on.
As the political classes return to their desks in Holyrood and Westminster this week, there is an unmistakable air of back to business as usual. Those commentators who were forecasting that Blair would be gone by the autumn have been proved wrong. The PM is gearing up an election campaign which is probably only eight months away. Blair plans to seize the domestic agenda with his five-year plans for public services and his new emphasis on crime and the environment.See the full content of this document
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The Tony Doctrine Comes at a Price; Iain Macwhirter Rejects Blair's New Constitutional Principle of an Infallible Pm
The party conference next month, which some commentators thought might see Blair's execution, will turn into a kind of second coronation. Labour activists may be furious about his policy on Iraq, but they want to win the next election, and Blair is their best chance of doing precisely that. The only danger for Blai...
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