Tony Blair in trouble again

Greetings from Paris! Thanks John, for including an expat perspective here. It has been a tough few years being an American overseas but if nothing else, the Bush administration has brought new life to expats talking about politics. It's almost impossible to go out, whether in France or the UK or anywhere outside of the US and not have the topic of American politics come up. Don't let that deter anyone from international travel though because most people are more curious than anything about how Bush gained so much power, so they enjoy talking to Americans about the lastest status of US politics.

Bush's favorite pet poodle continues to be in trouble and calls for his resignation are circling again in the UK news, this one from an article in The Guardian. Bush certainly has a way with helping his friends, doesn't he? Let’s not forget that more than anyone else outside of the US, it is Blair that provided Bush with the free pass to do as he likes in Iraq.

"...some of the Blairite jitters are attributed to the prime minister's unwill-ingness to accept that he appears to be in worse political trouble than at any time since 1997, chiefly over Iraq.

Loyal allies want him to admit as much and some ministers are privately urging him to put distance between London and Washington over the conduct of the war. Mr Blair tells them he will quit if he decides he is a liability to Labour."