How much longer for Blair?

[minionofmidas]

Just because you've got a chance to regain perspective doesn't mean you have to take it. Margaret Thatcher certainly doesn't strike me as someone who has... nor does Helmut Kohl. (And nor has Wolfgang Schäuble's brother Thomas - who was (is?) a member of the Baden-Württemberg state cabinet - as far as Helmut Kohl is concerned. He did actually publicly state that he "detests" Kohl, some years ago.)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Just because you've got a chance to regain perspective doesn't mean you have to take it. Margaret Thatcher certainly doesn't strike me as someone who has...

And neither was George *hic* Brown

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[Democratic Hawk]

Hopefully in a short time he'll be gone.

You surprise me there Jeff, given just how big an ally he's been to the United States and he's taken a lot of heat from some in the Labour Party - not to mention the UK at large - for being so. I seem to recall even the Wicked Old Witch remarking that the Iraq War is wrong, wrong, wrong

Dave

[Rural Radical]

He will want to stay until December 2008. In order to beat Thatchers record. The irony is he would likely win the next election by a decent margin.

[Platypus]

...also what Kohl tried to do to/ did to Schäuble, what Teufel tried to do to Oettinger, what Adenauer tried to do to Erhard... it seems like that's something that does not tend to work, but that's always very tempting to those in government. Probably just because it provides them with a good excuse for staying in office.

Howard and Costello...although I think that is, in part, because howard wants Abbott instead.

Coincidentally, Howard won in an 'earthquake' too, in 1996; and he's never been more powerful. Scary.