Make them stop, Alastair! Photograph: PA
Is it just us, or is Tony sounding a bit desperate over opposition to the Terror Bill. Earlier this week it looked as though Downing Street was steering the Dear Leader away from public association with the shambolic spectacle of his government trying to crowbar a bad law onto the statute books before an election. Leave this one to the Home Office, seemed to be the line.
But last night Blair blew cover and gave an interview to the BBC. The gist seems to be: 'If you defeat this bill don't then come running to me when you get blown up.' And in this little excerpt he sounds as if he is about to cry.
Brilliant. Asking the opposition to please just stop now. Leave me alone! It's not fair! Stamps foot.
Why has no prime minister thought of such a strategy before?
