THE TERMINATOR MEETS THE TERMINATED

Let me be the first to try and post a headline about Blair’s final Prime Ministerial meeting. With Iraq in turmoil, the middle east on the brink of war, BAE under investigation in America for the same fraudulent activity he condoned in this country, two of his closest allies under investigation for peerage corruption and swathes of his own nation under 3 feet of flood water, Blair decides to spend his last day in office with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a man who at the best of times can barely string a sentence together. Obsessed with celebrity, what better way for Blair to end his tenure than in the company of a man better known for being a dreadful actor and whose acting performances had more wood in them than Sherwood Forest. The two are ideally matched.

It seems pointless going over old ground as to Blair’s legacy; it has been done to death since he finally announced he was on his way. Brown begins a new era of politics, and his cabinet announcements will indicate the direction of the new government. This country is desperate for change, but it is in even more need of an effective and coherent opposition. Hopefully all parties will see this as an opportunity to wipe the slate clean, and begin the challenge of providing feasible alternatives to the last ten years.