Comments on: The Hangover of the Blair Years http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/ Politics, Commentary, Culture, Technology. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Politics is Becoming Personal Again: Perhaps it is Necessary | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-7563 Politics is Becoming Personal Again: Perhaps it is Necessary | The Wardman Wire Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:37:27 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-7563 [...] them like foxes, with Lurchers and a Shotgun, then. What a wonderful thought. Primarolo, Hewitt, Blair hunt, [...]

[...] them like foxes, with Lurchers and a Shotgun, then. What a wonderful thought. Primarolo, Hewitt, Blair hunt, [...]

]]> By: garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-6410 garbo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:37:19 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-6410 We still don't know who Cameron is, really. If he wants to Blair he has a lot of work to do. I think there are comparisons between the two, but right now Cameron in 2008 is a minnow compared to the Blair of 2006. When Labour said time for a change it is was offering a real hope (whether they delivered that hope or not is another matter). When the Tories say it, it just lacks the punch and depends entirely on us going for the better of two pretty uninspiring options. A risky if rather depressing strategy. There is a long way to go until an election, but right now the "energy and dynamism" is right out of politics and it may well take one of the leaders to really take the initiative to break the cycle. We still don’t know who Cameron is, really. If he wants to Blair he has a lot of work to do. I think there are comparisons between the two, but right now Cameron in 2008 is a minnow compared to the Blair of 2006.

When Labour said time for a change it is was offering a real hope (whether they delivered that hope or not is another matter). When the Tories say it, it just lacks the punch and depends entirely on us going for the better of two pretty uninspiring options. A risky if rather depressing strategy.

There is a long way to go until an election, but right now the “energy and dynamism” is right out of politics and it may well take one of the leaders to really take the initiative to break the cycle.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-6405 Letters From A Tory Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:47:58 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/05/the-hangover-of-the-blair-years/#comment-6405 At least Cameron would have more energy and dynamism than Brown. The comparisons between Blair and Cameron are not as far-fetched as soon people think. At least Cameron would have more energy and dynamism than Brown. The comparisons between Blair and Cameron are not as far-fetched as soon people think.

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