Neo-Labour Meltdown

reuters: Prime Minister Tony Blair faced the challenge on Thursday of restoring his government's authority after it was engulfed in scandal and crisis a week ahead of crucial local elections.

The man once dubbed "Teflon** Tony" for his ability to shrug off political dirt, woke up to a slew of headlines which screamed of a "triple whammy" for "a government in meltdown".

Newspapers cleared their pages to detail the three crises which blew up a week before elections seen as a test of Blair's leadership, where a bad showing could hasten calls for him to hand over to Chancellor Gordon Brown. Read more

db: The 'triple whammy' excludes the 'loans-for-peerages' fandango. Teflon** is great up to the point when it begins to peel away and you have to throw the pan in the trash. Much better to season a non-Teflon pan correctly upon purchase.