Blair to dump Labour?
Tony Blair is today considering the actions of Ariel Sharon. Sharon has sensationally left the Likud party that he helped create and which, as a result of his departure and politically controversial disengagement plan, he may have helped to destroy.
As in war, the pursuit of peace often encounters collateral damage. In this case, the Likud party appears to find itself in the line of fire. Sharon's brave decision, first to push forward with the disengagement plan in the face of fierce criticism from his political opponents and his own party and then to ditch the party he has devoted his political life to in order to maintain the path to peace, will have attracted the attention of Tony Blair for one particular side effect: it looks like (following the forthcoming elections) Sharon will have had his grip on power enhanced by dumping his own party.
Q: What is Tony Blair's biggest problem at the moment?
A: The Labour Party
Will Tony ditch the New Labour he helped to create? The speculation started here first.
As in war, the pursuit of peace often encounters collateral damage. In this case, the Likud party appears to find itself in the line of fire. Sharon's brave decision, first to push forward with the disengagement plan in the face of fierce criticism from his political opponents and his own party and then to ditch the party he has devoted his political life to in order to maintain the path to peace, will have attracted the attention of Tony Blair for one particular side effect: it looks like (following the forthcoming elections) Sharon will have had his grip on power enhanced by dumping his own party.
Q: What is Tony Blair's biggest problem at the moment?
A: The Labour Party
Will Tony ditch the New Labour he helped to create? The speculation started here first.
