Obama in the UK
July 25th, 2008 Posted in Politics
Something struck me as very interesting when thinking about Barack Obama’s forthcoming visit to the UK as part of his current world tour. It’s the fact that he is seeing Tony Blair and David Cameron, as well as Gordon Brown.
From what I can tell, in none of the other places he’s visiting is he seeing former leaders and opposition leaders. Why? Because he understands that Gordon Brown probably won’t be Prime Minister after the next general election.
Last nights massive loss in the Glasgow by-election added confirmation of the trouble Brown is in.
I suspect his days may be numbered.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:54 am
I think that might be true, but I also think that it relates to American’s fondness of Tony Blair. He was a central figure shortly following 9/11 and many Americans saw him as our ally. In fact when I first moved to Europe I was surprised at all the criticism of Blair. We didn’t hear any of it in the American media.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Yep, I definitely agree with you about Blair. A photo op with Blair is worth way more that with either Brown or Cameron.