Off-Topic

OK totally off-topic but too amusing to pass up. Sliding out the door of No. 10, ex-president Blair has claimed that "We want good relations with Russia. But that can only be done on the basis that there are certain shared principles and shared values."

This throws an interesting new light on the last few years of his premiership: those shared values would appear to be the embracement of corruption by his government, undermining of human rights, strong early moves to pave the way for a police state (with some healthy spin on the reasons), political control and gagging of the media and news management to justify meddling in sovereign states... so perhaps we should look East to see what the future holds.

(Obviously this post is taking the piss a bit, and Blair comes a very poor second to Putin in the race to become a dictator - the latter probably blessed with an unassailable head start - but I think Blair's legacy does go to remind us why three terms is just too long for any party to remain in power).

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