Issue 71, 22nd August 2006

Blair Stunned At
Lowest Ever Poll Shock

By Lolo Laroche

Commenting a new poll which shows Tony Blair’s Labour government with the lowest ratings since the Thatcher era (32%), Tony Blair said he was stunned.
But speaking exclusively to BIGfib’s Lolo Laroche from his holiday home in Texas, Blair insisted, that it is inevitable in government that one ends up upsetting certain groups of people.
“When you take the decisions… the decisions that have to be taken” Blair said, “you can’t help but upset certain groups.”
“For instance, my decision, sorry, the government’s decision to build new nucular, sorry, nuclear power stations will upset people worried about the environment. It’s bound to. Our decision to invade, sorry, liberate, Afghanistan and Iraq will upset people who are opposed to the killing of civilians. Our decision to shoot people with dark skin or chuck them off aeroplanes is going to upset people worried about racism… and it will upset people with dark skin I suppose too…
My support for Israel during its indiscriminate bombing of the Lebanon, might upset people worried about the prospect of a third world war, I mean, it’s bound to… but you just can’t govern looking over your shoulder all the time. It’s your duty… when you are Prime Minister… to listen only to the voices in your head.”

“Not worried at all”

Asked by Lolo if he is worried about losing the next election, Blair laughed dismissively. “Not worried at all! There are quite enough people – people who don’t give a damn about the environment, or arms sales, or bombs dropping on women and children – people, in short, like me - to ensure another historic victory.”