Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson have given up hope of Gordon Brown winning the General Election and believe he may throw in the towel to avoid humiliation by David Cameron, it was revealed last night.
The damning verdict on the Prime Minister by his two most prominent Labour colleagues came as a new book disclosed that Mr Blair has branded Mr Brown a ‘quitter not a fighter’.
The Mail on Sunday has been told that Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is ‘in despair’ at Mr Brown’s failure to get a grip of events which have led to a growing conviction in Mr Blair’s inner circle that a Conservative victory is almost inevitable.
A well-placed source said: ‘Peter genuinely thought he could turn things round for Gordon but it is proving to be much harder than he imagined. Tony was deeply sceptical about Gordon taking over all along and thinks he is a disaster.’
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So Blair is angling for the EU presidential chair, eh? Go figure…
If Ireland has any reason at all for saying “No” to the EU again it would be Blair. They had the Celtic Tiger until this jerk appeared on the scene and all of a sudden it went away.
Kill the EU completely in Ireland and the “Tiger” will return. Britain is arriving at the same conclusion.
Blair was (and remains) an unmitigated political disaster because he cares only about himself. It’s time for him to disappear because times change and he’s yesterday’s news. He’s also done quite enough damage.
Agreed!!