Idiots, Both of Them

Blair is supposed to be stepping down. Why is he taking so long about it?
Either he is so arrogant that he believes that nobody else could do the things he still wishes to impose on a reluctant nation in the same way as he can.
Or, he wishes to get into the record books for longevity, irrespective of the harm he does in the meantime.
I suspect that is both of these.
But now we have his possible – and self-claimed “prudent” – likely successor, Gordon Brown making idiot proposals for bringing the World Cup (soccer) to England. Can’t he see the emerging and inevitable mess with the Olympic Games?
Where oh where is the evidence that these things really bring great happiness, especially to the hosts. There is much more evidence for big debts, and when it comes to big debts, we Brits are really champions….
When it comes to sport, now that the value of just taking part has virtually been erased, it is only the winning that seems to count, and we don’t do that very often. When we do manage it, we’re not very nice to live with and the really important things in life tend to be subsumed.
Roll on the next general election.