Tony Blair must feel as if he is in free fall. Nothing to do with sky diving although his stomach is probably going through a similar sinking feeling that “ab initio” sky divers experience when they leap out of a plane for the first time. Sky divers rely on a parachute to descend gently to the earth whereas Blair has only one thing to rely on: his lies. Like a dishonest traveller selling lavatory brushes or whatever, he has repeated his lies so many times that he obviously believes them himself. Such self deception makes the Emperor’s new clothes fantasy, pure child’s play!

Having said so many times that he was right to endorse Bush’s wisdom about the Middle East , weapons of mass destruction , Axis of Evil, etc etc, he should feel morally and intellectually eviscerated as he continues to claim that he was right to go into Iraq in order to create a stable democracy and make Iraq society into one that everyone will embrace, But Blair believes that the few thousand civilian “collateral deaths” don’t diminish his world shattering achievement . Understandably, those who have been appointed by the allies might be happy about how things are because, under the government of Sadam Hussein , they weren’t allowed into the political equation or even to live in Iraq. However it is the innocent thousands, who have lost their lives since the initial euphoria of Bush, dressed in full fighter pilots gear, announced “ Gentlemen we have won the war ? ” who wouldn’t agree, that is if they could return from the dead.

Fifty years ago such delusion would have qualified one for acceptance for a Victorian asylum in a padded cell with specialised ECT treatment to bring you back to normality. But then times change. During the last three months, an unhealthy average of three thousand people a month have been killed by the Bush/ Blair war of democracy which is an appalling statistic to back claims of political achievement but then once Blair has created a new fantasy, his mind transposes it into realism .
One thing that frightens me about the new emerging structure of Labour’s Britain is the amount of legislation that is being ratified without being passed by parliament. It is the job of parliament and MPs, as law makers, to pass necessary legislation that improves the society in which we live. No bill can become a statutory document and Act of Parliament without first receiving the Monarch’s symbolic consent. So why all the secondary legislation without proper parliamentary ratification ? Consolidating and codification that is automatically passed without the public’s representatives having a chance to monitor what is being covertly introduced and passed virtually overnight.

Legislative power is invested in parliament which has the power to make laws for the state. Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords have the right to propose and draft new legislation and it is this “Palace of Westminster prerogative” that should give us the evolving legislation which benefits society in general. Well it should but if it is not passed by Parliament, which is the executive power of the state, what moral right has Tony Blair to pass and create binding laws on a statute “by pass” system (via civil servants) that is basically at the whim of the Prime minister and the chosen ones who belong to his coterie of nepotistic ministers ? The concept of the separation of powers protects us from any subtle form of dictatorship within British democracy but if a government ignores this safety factor, as Labour is guilty of , there is nothing to prevent it from insinuating legislation which only Tony Blair’s esoteric friends are privy to. Dangerous and very similar as to how Hitler changed and evolved German society until it was too late to stop its iniquitous progress.

And what is Blair doing now as he approaches the twilight months of his tenure in office? Well, he is certainly using up a fair amount of his carbon dioxide quota by his jet setting perambulations all over the world and I imagine he sees himself as a great leader speaking to the troops and other presidents, travelling from place to place, desperately trying to establish himself as a world leader. Blair clearly sees himself as an International diplomat of peace , a wrongs into right for the Middle East, as he and his close cabinet friends frantically try to maintain his image as a modern crusader against the evils of terrorism . Different from the real crusaders but they themselves were somewhat misguided in their concept of what had to be done with what was then their “axis of evil” in the form of infidels.

This week it amused me to see that Blair returned from his holiday in America one day early because of trouble in Northern Ireland. He actually is so stupid that he believes that nothing can be achieved if he isn’t present; a clear sign of pure mediocrity . About ten days ago we saw photos of Blair donning the Jewish cap as he lit candles in Israel. Gimmicky indeed, although I wonder how many people saw this as a gesture of empathy and understanding of other races or the great dissimulator putting on the political style for pretentious effect.
What a pity he used his intrinsic ignorance when, against the wishes of the nation, he took England into a war that will have detrimental repercussions for at least two decades and has caused the death of dozens of young American and British soldiers not to mention the many thousands of civilians who have lost their lives in the new democracy and will continue to do so for many years yet. The mess the Allies have created will be as messy as Northern Ireland and could also last years.
Perhaps Mr Blair should enter the next “ big brother” or “get me out of here I am a celebrity” It doesn’t take much to realise that what Blair really wants is “Statesman Celebrity” status. One could say that he already has it by living in Downing Street but just because he lives in No 10, it doesn’t mean that he has earned the No 10 accolade. There have been many nerds , pratts and mediocrities living at no 10 and residence within does not give automatic celebrity status.

It is pertinent to recall that after the French revolutionaries killed off anyone with smooth hands and were simply related to the old order, the mob took over the reins of government. This is analogous with Blair and relevant because when people take over the reins of power it doesn’t mean that they become leaders of ability. Many of today’s politicians are perfect examples. Blair is a hubristic giant among such people and travelling all over the world as he is doing now doesn’t alter the fact that he is really a big wanker.

The Tony die hard “groupies” are desperately trying to maintain Blair’s image with what can only be described as economy with the truth otherwise known as political lies or an economy with the truth . And the spin continues although not as much as it used to. Recently I heard Tony Blair being described as being a brilliant barrister ! How was he a brilliant barrister when he did very little work as a Barrister before entering politics, I find difficult to understand. In my opinion, Tony Blair is an ordinary person who was manipulated by faceless people who put him in as leader of the Labour party for his chameleon qualities. Whatever the colour, philosophy creed or ethnicity of Blair’s audience, Blair will adjust his own ideas ( whatever they are if indeed he actually has original ones ) so that he appears to be on the same wave length and fit in with whatever group of people he is talking to. This is to obtain maximum votes. Blair’s babes in 1997 was another vote catching labour adjustment to get women’s votes but not because he is modern and magnanimous. In the next election the leaders of both Conservative and Labour ( the word new goes with Tony ) will be wooing the old age pensioners who will be the largest group of untapped votes available .
And then there is the Bush / Blair pact. What exactly has Blair got going with Mr Bush ? They seem very chummy and close buddies and I have even heard the preposterous rumour that they are two gays enjoying each others company ! If that’s the case good luck to them although I reject such an idea . Mr Bush is very much a heterosexual macho man with a genuine family background.

Then we have various conspiracy theories abounding both men including a Princess Diana’s special which is even more fantastic and goes like this : A nod and a wink was all that was required in many a Chicago killing in the 1930s and the analogous conspiracy theory is quite simple. If Princess Diana really was assassinated because of her serious involvement with a Muslim and she was pregnant with his child and was planning to marry him, thus creating an embarrassing political situation which resulted in some kind of deal with the American CIA and the British establishment, with perhaps a favour given is a favour owed. “We helped prevent the British establishment from losing face and now it can help us by backing us in the Iraq war ? Somewhat far fetched but non fictional life can often have more fantasy than fiction and something must have persuaded Blair to back the war with Iraq when the whole country was against Britain joining in. And if that wasn’t enough, Mr Blair knew the truth of Weapons of Mass Destruction . Surely a prime minister couldn’t be that stupid?

And now we have Blair the “green man” competing against Cameron as he is on so many other fronts. Cameron, who is after every brownie point he can get and saying so many things for so many different groups because he wants to get the better of Brown before the jamboree of the next general election starts in earnest. But are they real or is he simply following in Blair’s footsteps, the ultimate in dissimulation and spurious activities. Brown thinks he is going to be the prime minister and Ken Livingston hopes to be returned as Mayor and is planning to fleece the Londoners even more than he is doing at the moment. In all we have a pretty desperate group of politicians righting all the wrongs in our lives not unlike the way Bush & Blair have turned Iraq into a democratic haven and improved the lives of so many people.

And then just for our own good we are told not to fly and to help us they add tax to airline tickets because planes pollute. Drive less and tax motorists more because cars also pollute , tax drink because alcohol is dangerous for us and we only tax cigarettes so heavily because we don’t want you to smoke for the sake of your health . Noble sentiments indeed and all very good and beneficial for us. But what would happen if we complied with these mandates and followed their subtle acts of spurious altruism. Well, for one the country would go bankrupt. Without the increasing burden of imposing even heavier taxes, England would be finished. In the medieval times war was the most expensive commodity that emptied the Royal coffers on numerous occasions. In our history lessons we were told how bad the Barons were when they taxed the peasants to fund their personal wars and acts of aggression . So what is different ? Yugoslavia , Afghanistan , Iraq and other minor bellicose activities not to mention the past atrocities committed in the name of the Royal Commonwealth Empire of Queen Victoria.

Then there is the replacement of the Nuclear submarines . Only fifteen billion pounds and that will probably be doubled by the time they get round to finishing them. The channel tunnel was many billions of pounds over the agreed budget and now we are already aware that the London Olympic games will cost billions more than the original quotation. So why bother to give estimates that everyone knows are false and deliberately low to win the contract and where on earth will the money come from? Several main sources. Indirect taxation ,booze tax, petrol tax and cigarette tax and VAT for starters. There will be other new taxes created by each new Chancellor and as for the Olympic games, they are scheduled to be partly paid by a little extra added onto the Londoner’s council tax. Why not everyone’s council tax ? After all we were told that the England was ecstatic when the Olympic committee gave the job to London . The entrepreneurs will certainly gain from the games but most Londoners wont enjoy any advantage whatsoever and certainly wont be able to afford the expensive tickets.

A few days ago it was announce that the government had agreed to purchase for many billions of pounds, a new American attack fighter bomber . What the hell is that all about ? After spending billions of pounds producing the Euro Fighter , why is the government making a deal with the Americans which has nothing to do with British Industry . Another secret Bush Blair deal ? Its all very strange and immoral and personally I think we are on the road towards political perdition. Our society is being taxed to the hilt to make money to pay for this government’s inability to manage the economy and to pay for illegal wars.

The Blair hubristic megalomania is getting more and more farcical. There is nothing more dangerous than a mediocrity trying to make his presence recognised by history when all he has is the after effects of spin creating fantasy from mediocrity without which, such people would be forgotten . One thing is sure, Blair will go down in History alongside Bush for their dishonesty and lies regarding Iraq. Now that Saddam Hussein has been hanged I suppose that’s it, or is it ? Another three thousand dead civilians for December 2006 and about eighty dead within hours of hanging Saddam Hussein and it looks as though there will be no abating of the daily death list. No wonder Blair and Bush cannot admit their lies and the very obvious fact that the war was not the way forward, more a Neville Chamberlain “peace in our time” situation. Bush’s recent speech in which he has ordered another 20, 000 troops is frightening .Already thousands of American soldiers have died in the name of futility and when I heard his latest announcement I recalled the illogical reasoning of General Haig’s words in the 1914 – 1918 war as depicted in Joan Littlewood’s “Oh what a lovely war” viz :- “ Our population is greater than theirs and their losses are greater than ours …and in the end they will have 5000 men left and we will have 10. 000 and we shall have won. And, while Bush is giving tongue to the idiot phrases , Tony Blair could also have been Haig when in a short conversation he had with God he said, “ Well god the prospect for a successful attack is up to you” As a committed Christian rumoured to be converting to Roman Catholicism Blair will obviously be improving his communication skills with him above and that would go with his Christian conviction that British and American troops go with Gods blessing and approval.

And finally, I think the recent investigation into the oiling of wheels by British Aerospace for Saudi Arabia’s multi billion pound arms contract says everything for our society and Britain’s political ethics , its morality and its claim for honest democratic justice. The investigation upset the Saudi Arabian Royals who threatened to take their custom for this enormous arms deal elsewhere unless it was stopped. So what did Blair do? He called a halt to the investigating enquiry . “Against the interests of the state” is the classic statement trotted out when governments have something to hide . Enormous sums of money involved and Britain stood to lose too much. The moral of the story is simple . Ethics, morality and judiciary punishment if its small money but if its big enough like a multi billion pound arms deal then the government sells its soul. Political prostitution is the name of the game and as long as the sale of arms has such significance for England’s balance of payments, Britain’s foreign policies will continue to spread devastation across the face of earth. Two hundred years ago it was the slave trade that was so important that it couldn’t be stopped. Now its arms deals which are as lucrative to the government as Drugs are to the Drug barons of the world and it is no coincidence that there is a common factor with these two evils. Both destroy youth . Weapons kill and Drugs do irreparable damage. And they talk about the danger of carbon quotas ! So much bull shit , so much establishment crap!!

Copyright January 2007 Dorian van Braam