Blair turns fury on French for wrecking Iraqi compromise

The Daily Telegraph ^ | March 14, 2003 | Toby Helm

[MadIvan]

The British public were not going to vote in favour of the euro anyway.

As such this is a very clever thing to do; the tide has turned for Blair - by accurately placing the blame on the French, he has stirred something deep inside the British character. Now he will prevail.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[neutrino]

Thank you for posting news and your insights!

[Mr. Mojo]

"The strategy is to target bomb the French," said one MP

Sounds good to me. We'll supply the MOABs, if you want them.

[Sparky760]

Back a few years during the Clinton era I thought Blair was much like Cliton.........I was mistaken, he has character.

[MadIvan]

Bring along Miss Cutter. You know, Daisy. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Mr. Mojo]

the tide has turned for Blair - by accurately placing the blame on the French, he has stirred something deep inside the British character.

Yep, the Frog-bashing card is a powerful one, indeed.

[expatpat]

Boy! This may work oout really well: Not only do we get rid of the UN, but also save Britain from an awful fate in the EU, with the euro.

[Centurion2000]

by accurately placing the blame on the French, he has stirred something deep inside the British character. Now he will prevail.

Does that mean another 30 years war ?

[Happygal]

Yeah hey!!! Good old frog bashing!! :-)

If anything will bring the British public on-side, it's regular old showing up of les Francais! :-)

BTW...the Maastricht treaty was only passed by the Irish because of the convoluted Euro-ese that was presented before the public.

Ask any one Irish person about the Euro, and they'd prefer to have the punt back ANY DAY!!!

[CurlyBill]

A true friend in Tony Blair!

Although I disagree with him on many issues, this guy has really shown that he is one class act. Way to go Mr. Blair!!!

[A_perfect_lady]

"France confirms its openness to seize all opportunities."

Mm hmm. Yes, we've noticed that.

[Cosmo]

Sounds good. I for one am tired of the french getting away with their bleating.

[thinktwice]

Joan of Arc was the first and last good French warrior, and it appears now that her victory was wasted.

[demkicker]

This is great news, Ivan. Thanks.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

For some inexplicable reason, the French appear to be genetically predisposed to be a pain in the @$$. I say, now is the time to carpet bomb the frogs into bloody submission.

[Mr. Lucky]

Two questions:

1) When do you sleep?

2) Can there be a man, woman or child in the entire UK who would REALLY prefer the Euro to the Pound Sterling?

[Miss Marple]

Every French commentator, diplomat, and professor that has been interviewed on Fox has been arrogant, condescending, and generally obnoxious, along with bad haircuts. I don't know if Fox is selecting these people as a clever propaganda ploy, or if this is the general French character.

However, the more these people appear, the more infuriated I get. And Dominique de Villepin is a royal pain. WHAT a poster boy for French duplicity!

I told my husband (not a student of European history) that the French were stirring old enmities. I believe I was right.

[Will_Zurmacht]

We should pull out of the UN and join a New and Improved Commonwealth with Britain and our other True Allies. With trillions of dollars, and the world's greatest military forces combined, I expect France would surrender before the ink was dry.

I would love to see this done just to see the look on Chiracs face. Oh what fun we could have......

[Tax Government]

British risk being assimilated and losing their culture. Close the Chunnel right away.