Tony Blair - "I have regrets"

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"Now Listen!"

"Do I regret railroading my Attorney General into accepting that an illegal war was, in fact, legal?"

"Do I regret taking Britain into a war that has resulted in the death of tens of thousands of Iraqui men women and children?"

"Do I regret sending our bravest boys and girls into action inadequately equipped because of my government's penny pinching?"

"Do I regret the 179 British military personnel who were killed in Iraq?"

"Of course I regret all of these facts."

"But then, I look at the £60 million I've earned since leaving office, mainly as pay-offs from American companies and I think about my 9 houses - and then I find all of these regrets go away very quickly. God bless you all."

Postman Prat's trouser snake gives way to Son of Brown

It seems that the highly likeable Shadow Chancellor, Alan Johnson, has been suffering with the oldest problem that affects politicians - keeping the old trouser snake where it belongs. The Sunday Times was about to publish the story - hence the sudden resignation of this old wannabe rock and roll star.

So now Ed Balls has got one of the jobs he has always coveted.

Whereas Alan Johnson knew bugger all about economics (and was prepared to admit it) Ed Balls believes he knows everything there is to know about economics.

The problem is that he is from the old Gordon Brown school of tax and spend. Everything he says is - in reality - what Gordon would say. By giving Ed Balls the job, Ed Milliband is de facto giving the job to Gordon Brown.

And wasn't he the guy who got us to where we are today?

"King Kenny" takes over at Liverpool FC

As fairytales go, that has to be one of the shortest ones....



(.....and I support Liverpool)

It's a start

But how many more will follow?

2010 began as a good year for bloggers, as we eagerly anticipated the General Election we knew we would see by the summer. Sadly, things didn't work out as we had hoped and we've all ended up with a colour of government that nobody voted for.

No doubt this has been a contributing factor to the subsequent demise of several blogs which have appeared on my blog reading list and several others only managing to post every couple of months.

Fleet of Worlds hasn't been seen since February 2010 and G.O.T. has decided to call it a day. Hoepfully they'll be back again in the future.

Iain Dale appears to be "officially" giving up blogging, but can't resist the odd post here and there.

This means that there will be a few empty spaces on my blogroll but we have to respect the wishes of those who have decided to retire from this medium. It's not easy to keep finding subjects you feel strongly about - especially with the current government. Blogging is also under threat from other social media like Facebook and Twitter - and there's only so much time you can spend in front of a computer each day.

For those who have entertained and amused us in the past, I say "thank you".

And I would welcome any suggestions from either of my readers as to other blogs I should be adding to my blog reading list in 2011.

Happy New Year!

Updated - now it looks like Blue Eyes has decided to call it quits. Another good blogger lost!

Updated again - Blue Eyes is back!