Scotland was "honoured" to have Tony Blair visit yesterday. Apparently he is calling on the Scottish people to resist the urge to give him a kick on the way out the door by voting SNP on 3rd May.
What a great conceit of himself this guy must have. Doesn't he realise that this election is about something much more important than him? Our country's future is at stake here. In Scotland today we have one in four children in poverty; one in five pensioners in poverty; low economic growth; unemployment around three times the reported levels; a government about to spend £100billion on nuclear weapons the people don't want; over 50,000 people classed as homeless; and young Scottish men and women engaged in a war in Iraq that we didn't need or want. This is the backdrop to the current election.
We are debating the way forward to improve Scotland, yet Tony Blair (with willing assistance from his ego) has somehow managed to delude himself that this campaign is all about him. This is just another reason why his party are flying so low in the opinion polls just over two weeks from polling day.
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Tony Blair also came to Wales this week. we couldn't have dreamed up a better PR strategy as an opposition party if we'd tried. The most unpopular politician visiting Wales! Great!
I don't know why he thinks that by visiting Wales and Scotland that this will help his party. As you have said, we want to concerntrate on the issues that affect our country. If shipping Tony Blair in to Wales does this, then so be it!
Hey there Bethan.
Thanks for popping by my blog.
Yes, the ironic thing is that the more he intervenes in our election campaign the more he turns people off Labour. So even though I am critical in this instance I do hope he returns with a similar message soon!
Added a wee link to your blog by the way.
Best of luck on 3rd May.
Cheers,
Jamie
Good luck to you also on May the 3rd. All the reports I see here in Wales are of SNP success.
All the best
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