My legacy will last, says Blair

[truebastard]

Is this guy for real -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6557439.stm

[beetzart]

It is quite disturbing what he says when you read between the lines. He is saying you are going to be trapped forever in treadmill system that New Labour have created in the last ten years: War, Tax, Work. He sounds and looks like a dictator. From a fresh faced upstart 15 yrs ago to a hagged scary looking Eastern block soviet leader. He could be Lenin and Brown Stalin. All the pieces have been layed down for total control; all it need is one 'awful' event to trigger the implmentation.

[zircon]

I feel deeply disturbed by this and his cocky attitude. For him to say in reply to serious and important questions that "that's for me to know and for you to find out" betrays his falsehood. Someone who ingratiated himself to the voters by pretence at being a "Christian" and who claims a moral righteousness in spite of the clear subterfuges and manipulation of facts around him, who, like a later-day pharaoh, caesar or medieval overlord, barely conceals his contempt for the questions, how long will his dark shadow remain, and will any of us be able to say at last that we are free of that in our lifetimes? By telling us that his legacy will last he is directly signalling that there is more to come from his ilk.

[zircon]

Have you heard that M.Bliar has now said he is dropping his promise that the UK will have a referendum on the European constitution - read it in the Financial Times today - along the lines, the European project is too important to be jeopardised, safe in Mr Brown's hands, as the signing of the treaty is not a constitutional issue, blah blah, (more prattle designed to enable him to do what he wants) ?
In an interview with several European newspapers he was asked whether he would hold a referendum on the new treaty: “No. If it’s not a constitutional treaty, so that it alters the basic relationship between Europe and the member states, then there isn’t the same case for a referendum.”

http://www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/bulletin.aspx?bulletinid=54

(From Open Europe website:) In his interview Blair said that “We must listen to the people.” However, he immediately went on to say that the negotiations should take place in secret: “We want a modified treaty which improves the working rules of Europe. As for the details, I am not going to negotiate them in public.” (Le Monde , 20 April) If Gordon Brown agrees to Tony Blair’s plan to force through the new treaty without the promised referendum then he will spend the beginning of his premiership dealing with this question. In the UK, 83% of citizens want a vote on any new treaty which gives more powers to the EU. Will Brown really want to go out and campaign against a referendum (on Blair’s treaty) during his first, defining weeks in office?

This turn-around seems to have been missed from tv reports (nothing on the BBC website about it though it was announced on 20 April) Am I surprised?