[daviddennis]

I'm not surprised Blair consulted Clinton; after all, Blaiir is a centre-left leader, so he would have wanted some centre-left advice, especially considering that he's trying to appease centre-left people.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, the centre-left advice didn't work, because the centre-left position is basically appeasement for as long as you can get away with it.

But it's not surprising Blair would have wanted it.

I'm sure he knew perfectly well what advice Maggie Thatcher would give him, so no need to ask for it :-).

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[mabelkitty]

And is there a reason he wouldn't have done something much more politically smart like ask somebody from his own party?

[PhiKapMom]

The picture of Blair asking Margaret Thatcher for advice made me laugh! You are so right! Bet she would be the absolute last person to ask advice from!