Tony Blair to Step Down

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bla...390471099.html

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"GREAT expectations, not fulfilled in every part, for sure." But "hand on heart, I did what I thought was right for my country."

Speaking not in the velvety corridors of Downing Street but in the plain hall of the Trimdon Labour Club in his seat of Sedgefield, an emotional Tony Blair yesterday announced the date of his departure as prime minister.

Mr Blair, who will tender his resignation to the Queen on June 27, will step down after a six-week Labour leadership contest that is a mere formality to elect the Chancellor, Gordon Brown.

Mr Blair is expected to endorse Mr Brown as his successor today, despite holding longstanding reservations about the fitness of his old friend and foe for the prime ministership.

Well that's one down. Maybe now Britain can field some real leadership and stop this whole EU nonsese, eh?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well the problem that differentiates a federation under the EU and a federation under the US is that the US was formed as a collective of states into a single-nation, while the EU is attempting to combine nation-states.

Now if the EU simply involved free trade and free labor then the weakest member states would be able to bridge the gap by virtue of their comparative advantage (cheap labor). As it stands, though, those who have an interest in the EU are attempting to turn it into something resembling our own Federal government, which is a terrible idea.

There is also the loss of sovereignty which presents another significant problem when trying to collectivise nation-states.

There's nowhere I can't reach.