Tony Blair losing it rapidly May 17, 2006
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Politics , trackbackFirst, he signs a pro-vivisection petition. A PM signing a petition of any sort seems a bit bizarre, but this one seems guaranteed to alienate many of his middle-class constituents. Given a choice between using a life saving medicine that’s been tested on animals, and not, I doubt I’d take the noble route either, and the animal extremists probably do their cause more harm than good. Vivisection may be a necessary evil, but it is surely an evil. It seems very odd to sign up to it. As a small aside, I just had a look at the website, and can’t find a copy of the petition itself, without pressing the ’sign me up’ button. You can apparently sign up anonymously. Definitely democracy in action.
Next, he’s all for overriding the judiciary on the Human Rights Act. It’s called the rule of law, Tony and while you may get to participate in making them, you are not above them. A few Afghanis who hijacked a plane out of desperation and brought it here cause me a lot less fear than the notion that, having gone through the courts to get a ruling on a human rights matter, Tony and his mates could just turn around and veto that ruling.
Then, he comes out guns blazing for nuclear power pre-empting the energy review. That will be a good legacy, and ensure that Tony’s remembered for aeons to come.
And now, because a department managed by one of his cronies has proved utterly incompetent in applying the law we already have, he’s going to change the law.
These look like the last days of a tired, stressed and finished man. He’ll be gone by 17 June, for sure.
Here endeth the rant.
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