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Tuesday February 2nd, 2010. Posted by Alex W:

The wheel of life and death

Tony Blair gives us a vivid example of the wheel of fortune. He had such huge support when he gave us in the UK a believable Labour (if only weakly) government. I was a big fan, and I was hardly alone.

Now he has turned into one of the most reviled figures of recent British political history: arrogant, lying and almost certainly a war criminal.

He is also proving to us how out-of-balance the British system is – the political executive is slipping out of control.

We should perhaps all take a moment to consider the value of the Arrest Blair Campaign as described in the Guardian.

So was it hubris? Did he start to believe his own publicity? Did he start to believe that God was on his side? He has fallen – but he should fall further yet.

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