Blair Is History

Hesiod has the scoop:

MAGGIE MAY DAY: Simply splendid. Noted pinko, anti-American, soft-on terrorist, Al-Qaeda sympathizer, Margaret Thatcher, has come out against the war in Iraq. Or, at least, Britain's participation in same.

Do the Tories want to make political hay out of this? Absolutely. But they backed the war initially.

So, who are the Lib Dems putting forth for prime minister? ;^)

Note: Here's what Baroness Thatcher had to say (from the article linked above):

"Britain should never have been involved and it will be very difficult to get our troops out in anything like the near future," she told Tory peers at a private meeting last week.

She also believes a judicial inquiry should be set up into the Iraq conflict rather than the "tightly defined" Hutton inquiry.

Aside: apparently, my favorite counterspinner got this from the equally excellent Alterman:

You know you've got a stupid war if you can't even get Maggie Thatcher to get behind it. I know what Bush's problem is, but what in the world could have possessed Tony Blair?

IMO, the only real question remaining is this: how badly will Blair's now-inevitable fall damage Bush?

(/) Roland X
Don't hold back, Your Excellency, tell us how you really feel.