Folks, time to get the bus fuelled up!
From The Times
October 2, 2009
'President' Blair waits on voters of Ireland
I'm not sure if this is an underhand way for the Thunderer to try and affect the vote in the ROI, but I cannot imagine one person in the ROI, or on here (ok, maybe a few) who would welcome Teflon Tone at the helm....
From The Times
October 2, 2009
'President' Blair waits on voters of Ireland
Tony Blair is in line to be proclaimed Europeâs first president within weeks if the Irish vote âyesâ in todayâs referendum.
Senior British sources have told The Times that President Sarkozy has decided that Mr Blair is the best candidate and that Angela Merkel has softened her opposition.
The former Prime Minister could be ushered into the European Unionâs top post at a summit on October 29.
Ms Merkel, the German Chancellor, was opposed to Mr Blair because she believed that the post should go to a country that had adopted the euro but British sources said that she may now be âbiddableâ if Germany and France get plum posts in the new European Commission.
I'm not sure if this is an underhand way for the Thunderer to try and affect the vote in the ROI, but I cannot imagine one person in the ROI, or on here (ok, maybe a few) who would welcome Teflon Tone at the helm....