tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post8666601614020155065..comments2023-08-13T16:11:21.566+01:00Comments on OCKHAM'S RAZOR: Robert Harris on BlairStravagantisimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-44432772132348027202010-09-13T09:29:39.396+01:002010-09-13T09:29:39.396+01:00I can only repeat that the simplest explanation fo...I can only repeat that the simplest explanation for almost everything Blair did was to ensure himself a more interesting and much better-paid job after leaving 10 Downing Street. I suspect the influence of his wife has been seriously underestimated: it was she who converted him to Catholicism, and her shameless avarice must have been equally influential.Stravagantisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-64907574977072644662010-09-13T07:44:55.486+01:002010-09-13T07:44:55.486+01:00Blair's amazing over-confidence is nowhere mor...Blair's amazing over-confidence is nowhere more apparent than in his trust in his good friend, G.W.Bush. G.W. mocked, belittled, and laughed at Blair to his face and Tony took it all in good part, convinced that this 'good ol' boy' type of ragging showed that he was a trusted member of the team. Hoo Ha, wakey, wakey? Not yet apparently. The enchanted sleep of political privilege is so enticing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com