THE FRIEND WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH: The few people who still believe in Tony Blair's spine like to suggest that his role in the US-UK partnership is a positive one, providing a steadying, calm counterpoint to the White House's beligerance.
If that's the case, why was he forced to change his
Georgetown University lecture to keep the possibility of attacks on Iran live?No wonder it doesn't matter that someone as useless as Beckett has been made Foreign Minister. It's not like we're making any policies in Whitehall any more.