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Fitting end?

  • Peter Barron
  • 28 Jun 07, 11:18 AM

Blair's gravestoneThanks to the hundreds of you who sent in suggestions for Tony Blair's political epitaph in 15 words. Some were funny, many were bitter, most mentioned Iraq with a smattering of spin and education, education, education. For him or against him, many thought he'd tried and meant well.

I'd pick three contenders to be carved into our virtual headstone:

"Here lies" by Dave Purnell, is economical and fiendish.

"He united his party for victory and divided his country in the name of freedom" from Simon Phillips-Hughes is elegant and factual.

But it's hard to do better than Sarah, quoting Mr Blair himself: "That is that, the end".

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  • 1.
  • At 12:37 PM on 28 Jun 2007,
  • Armen Dabbaghian wrote:

Dear Jeremy Paxamn,

Considering that Tony Blair is perceived as "Bush's Poodle", Then there can only one epitaph to describe his understnding of leadership role;

"Follow me Sir, I'm right behind you"!!!!!!

  • 2.
  • At 01:26 PM on 28 Jun 2007,
  • csharp wrote:

>That is that, the end".<

but is it? Not for us who have to live with the consequences?

it might be how a book of bedtime stories end but this isn't a bedtime story is it?

perhaps the real last words are those that Cherie said?

  • 3.
  • At 01:39 PM on 28 Jun 2007,
  • Clapham left wrote:

You Cannot Lie as I Have Lied and Not End Up Like This

HE PERFECTED ARTFUL SELF-DECEPTION WRAPPED IN CRAFTY DECEPTION OF OTHERS FOR "THEIR OWN GOOD".

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