Tim Ireland on tabloids, media, blogs and politics
Tony ‘King Blair
Bloggerheads to back Blair
26th Nov 2004
I’ve been pondering for quite some time on the matter of the upcoming election and what my role would be. Now I know.
This is my position/task-sheet on campaign/political work (I’ve said by email many times; not sure if I’ve blogged it):
1. To the best of my ability, I will work to expand/defend the open form of political blogging that we now enjoy, and be very aware that the campaign season will bring a very dangerous breed of highly publicised one-way campaign blogs.
2. Know and accept that the above requires my offering guidance and assistance to individual MPs from almost any party bar UKIP or the BNP.
3. Know and accept that – on a party level – I can’t work for Labour while I oppose Blair, I won’t work for the Conservative Party full-stop and the Lib-Dems simply can’t afford me.
This pretty much leaves me out of the game. At best, shouting from the sidelines. I’m not happy about that.
11 Reasons Why Tony Blair Must Resign
10th Jun 2004
[NEW - ImpeachBlair.org]
Let’s see if I can get through this without mentioning the war….
1. Tony Blair has lost the trust of the people. Support from his own party is also in short supply. How can a man in this position expect to run his own party, never mind the country? He simply does not have the currency required to run the government. It’s as simple as that. But here are ten more reasons for you to chew on…
