[NutCrackerBoy]

Naturally, I love Margaret Thatcher, and I hate that Blair is a socialist. In this speech, I find two things troublesome:

1. former prime minister criticizing current prime minister - we don't like it when BJ Clinton and Jimmah C do it.

2. criticizing Blair for not "carrying the nation" in the Iraq War. They didn't want to be carried. What was he supposed to do? It's like criticizing W. for not convincing the UN, France, and Germany to support the invasion. They just wouldn't do it. OTOH, I suppose it's like when a batter strikes out. Was it a great pitch or a poor swing? Could a better leader have gotten popular opinion behind the war?

[MoralSense]

It's a parliamentary system over there, old son. The leader of the opposition, who regularly excoriates the current PM in the well of the House, is often a former PM. And you win the office of PM by being the leader of the party that wins Parliament. Whole different thing.