Blair Says Liberty Will Remain
Another little hint that all is not well at the top of New Labour appeared today, as Tony Blair reiterated the comments made by his wife Cherie that the recent terrorist attacks must not be used as an excuse to erode civil liberties.
Following last week's useless attempt by Al-Qaeda's 2nd XV to repeat the events of the weeks before, Home Secretary Charles Clarke issued a gleeful warning that he may have to suspend civil liberties in the wake of the events.
Home Sec: Judge, Jury and Executioner
The fact that Blair has waited until Clarke is safely out of the way on holiday to rebut the former communist's authoritarian urges does not indicate that there is a strong relationship between the two.
Further, the fact that the traditional Downing Street 'feeler' (leaking a controversial policy in advance to gauge media reaction) had to be conducted through Cherie would seem to show that the PM is running out of dogs bodies to do his dirty work.
Are the players manoeuvring themselves for a check mate? Has Gordon at last realised that Blair will never stand down? Is there someone else in the frame? We'll keep you posted…
Following last week's useless attempt by Al-Qaeda's 2nd XV to repeat the events of the weeks before, Home Secretary Charles Clarke issued a gleeful warning that he may have to suspend civil liberties in the wake of the events.
Home Sec: Judge, Jury and Executioner
The fact that Blair has waited until Clarke is safely out of the way on holiday to rebut the former communist's authoritarian urges does not indicate that there is a strong relationship between the two.
Further, the fact that the traditional Downing Street 'feeler' (leaking a controversial policy in advance to gauge media reaction) had to be conducted through Cherie would seem to show that the PM is running out of dogs bodies to do his dirty work.
Are the players manoeuvring themselves for a check mate? Has Gordon at last realised that Blair will never stand down? Is there someone else in the frame? We'll keep you posted…
