The final nail in the coffin for the "it's a mutually beneficial partnership" or "Blair softens Bush and wins concessions in private" crowd. Nonsense. Bush gets what Bush wants and Blair leaves with nothing. It's time for the rest of the world to stand up to the bully because he refuses to negotiate with anyone about anything. Bush is a lame duck and has painfully low support both with the American public and it is even worse when you leave the country. Blair had the opportunity to show everyone what they used to like about him but instead, he chose to stay the course and remind everyone again of why they lost respect for him.
The Independent: NO to CO2 emissions targets. NO to a successor to Kyoto. NO to a carbon trading market. As Blair leaves Washington, US hardens stance on climate change
