Blair Still Haunts us

Details emerging about the Lockerbie bombers release look to embarrass our Government further, it looks like this deal has been in place since 2004 when former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a deal with Colonel Gaddaffi of Libya, to sign a prisoner transfer scheme, paving the way to releasing the only man convicted of involvement in the bombing.

And as expected money is the key, with the promise of opening up Libya to our oil and gas company’s, also the fear that Gaddaffi may turn on Britain as he did to Switzerland,  you may recall that Gaddaffi’s youngest son was arrested in a hotel lobby for allegedly beating his servants, in response Libya cut of all oil supplies to that Country and with drew Billions in cash from their banks.

The Swiss were forced into a grovelling apology, saying that he had been arrested in error and no charges would be brought, Gaddaffi is yet to decide whether to resume supplies to them.

So with this in mind and murmurs of discontent that the British were dragging their heels in arranging the prisoner transfer, the Libyans started to apply pressure. and the end result as the world has seen is the shameful release of a mass murderer.

Blair continues to haunt us, his legacy is a once great Country almost on it’s knee’s having to bow and scrape to third world dictators, I have said it before and will continue to say it, it’s time this Government went.

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Putin Back in Charge

I suspect there was a deal made made between Ex Russian President Vladimir Putin and current President Dimitri Medvedev, its a kind of revolving door deal where Putin exits first to let Medvedev in then in 2012 they reverse the procedure so Putin can take power again, and under new changes being made to the Russian constitution Putin would be able to serve  two six year terms taking him through till 2024 as leader.

Even now with Medvedev in the top chair it is widely known that “prime minister “ Putin is the real power in Russia, But is this really a bad deal for the rest of the World, I don’t think so, ok Putin  has had and continues to have problems with former States Georgia and the Ukraine, but these are more like spats between an ex husband and wife admittedly most ex’s don’t go to war over their spats, but these largely are internal disputes that don’t involve anyone else.

I don’t think Putin has been that bad a leader in terms of World stability, the Russians have problems like we do with Terrorism so we are on side about that, Putin is also one of the few to have any sway with the Iranians and has so far stayed onside with the West regard Iran’s nuclear ambitions, after all with full Russian backing Iran would already have had dozens of bombs.

Putin has demonstrated his tough guy credentials many times,  which have also helped to keep the US in check, Bush and Putin were never really on the same page, but Obama has impressed the Russian Leader and has already improved relations, first by visiting Moscow and then taking of the table for the time being American plans for a defence shield in Europe, that would have gone almost up to the Russian borders.

There are also  plans between the two Superpowers for future talks aimed at further reducing Nuclear arsenals on both the American and Russian sides. I know that it is widely accepted that America is the only superpower left, but the big red bear has been building up and sharpening its claws for a while now, and is gradually gaining its earlier influence in World Politics.

The human rights issue is the only real  area where The Russians differ massively from us in the West, and the Russians do have a different way of dealing with problems , if  a journalist starts to write negatively about the leadership they are shot in the street, this has happened many times,  that is a form of censorship I’m sure our leaders at times wish they could employ here, on a serious note though The Alexander Litvinenko poisoning here in London in 2006 shows how far the Russians will go to preserve the status quo.

Before we in Britain start moaning about the stitch up in the transfer of power in Russia, we should ask  is the revolving door policy of swapping leaders that different with Blair stepping aside and handing over to Brown unchallenged. To me its no different.

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Blame labour

A 60 year  old grandfather  died of a heart attack because the paramedic sent to the scene waited outside his house for 16 minutes doing a risk assessment before entering the premises. Roy Adams a chauffeur called for help when he started to suffer chest pains and shortness of breath as he was alone at home he was told  by the operator to leave the front door open so paramedics could have easy access, the first man to arrive at the scene saw the open door and fearing  a burglary in progress would not enter, he then started his risk assessment, by the time this was completed and back up arrived it was to late and Mr Adams died. Now I’m not sure if there is blame to be apportioned here, or was it unavoidable because of the lawless and violent times we live in, but what a world when medics are fearful of entering houses whilst responding to 999 calls. In the last dozen or so years the general fabric of this country has been in decline, since Labour came to power things have gone from bad to worse, under Blair the criminals became a priority over the victims to such an extent that we have no real deterrents anymore. Why would anybody be scared of prison, laptops in cells, satellite TV, three square meals, medical care with no waiting lists. The worst thing Labour done amongst many bad things was to adopt the ridiculous human rights bill in its entirety, because of this bill Blair encouraged by his wife “coincidentally” a highly paid human rights lawyer sold this country down the river. I can remember seeing a photograph of Wembley in the 1950’s hosting a F A cup final a 120,000 people crammed in with fans almost up to the touch lines, being kept in check with a handful of policeman, how we yearn for those days back.

Nigerian Porridge

You really cant make this stuff up, the latest brainwave from the Government is to spend one million pounds of taxpayers money in Nigeria to bring one of their prisons up to British prison standards, so that we can start sending the hundreds of Nigerian convicts back home to serve their sentences. Apparently their own prisons are not up to much, and we don't want the poor convicts to suffer. But it does not finish there, we than have to maintain those prisons, so we will feeding cash over there for the foreseeable future. Now everybody knows that Nigeria is one of the most corrupt Country's in the world, and the money that we send will be siphoned of and never reach a prison. All this is again because of the cursed Human rights law that we are signed up to. Britain is the only Country in Europe to adopt every line of this legislation. Italy France, Germany to name just a few cherry picked the best bits and left the rest out. Thanks to Blair and his cronies we took the lot, at that time Blair was eyeing up the European Presidency and wouldn't say no to anything, so we continue to pay the price.

Artistic Licence

Boris Yeltsin got so drunk during a 1995 visit to Washington that Secret Service agents found him a few hundred feet from the White House clad only in his underwear and trying to hail a cab — because, he explained, he wanted a pizza.

That is one of the stories in Bill Clinton’s book about his time in the White House, it may make good copy and is certainly a good yarn but I don’t for a second believe it to be true.

The supposed Yeltsin incident came after one of the former Russian President’s late-night drinking sessions. On the night in question, he was staying at Blair House, the guest quarters for foreign leaders visiting Washington, which sits directly across from the White House in Pennsylvania Avenue.

He managed to give his Secret Service detail the slip. Frantically looking for him, they found him in his underwear on Pennsylvania Avenue trying to get a taxi. He explained in slurred words that he wanted a pizza.

Considering that American Presidents are the most closely guarded people in the world, and having the then second most powerful man in the world visiting I would have thought a fly could not have got out of the accommodation that night without being seen let alone a drunk Russian in Y fronts.

Also what about Yeltsins own security detail  was there no-one outside his door, that is basic security, also there would have been guards on every exit and CCTV covering every inch of Blair house.

So nice try Bill, I will allow you  a little artistic licence for being so entertaining whist in office but that wont make me buy your book, explain how you got rid of Hilary each time you wanted to cheat with Monica and that might shift a few extra copies.

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