They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Neo-Labour support on the slide - now 32%

politics: Labour's support among the public has slumped to its lowest level since the 1987 general election, according to a new poll.

An ICM survey for The Guardian finds the party has fallen to just 32 per cent - five points less than a month ago and two points less than the Conservative party. Read more

db: It's likely that Neo-Labour's approval rating will continue to drop as the cash-for-peerages fandango warms up and the NHS's problems remain seemingly unfathomable. The latest Charles Clarke blunder won't help either.

The longer Blair holds on to his job the worse it will get - he is no asset - Gordon Brown may have a chance of turning their fortunes around, but Blair's vanity stands in his way.