by heath7 » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:29 pm
<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=362725&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5" target="top">Blair 'relished sending British forces to war'</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Ex-No 10 spin doctor Lance Price has enraged Mr Blair by publishing the first-ever first-hand account of the inner workings of New Labour...</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>...Blair appeared privately to "relish" sending British troops to war in Iraq as his "first blooding", while publicly claiming he did it "with a heavy heart".</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>First blooding?! Doesn't that sound incredibly medieval? <br><br>(Conincidentally, today it is being reported that Britain is scrapping plans for troop reductions in Iraq)<br><br><br>From the same article:<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Three items deleted from the book at the last minute - and obtained by The Mail on Sunday - were clearly not taken out to protect national security. It is unclear whether they were removed because the Government disputed their accuracy - or simply to spare Mr Blair embarrassment. <br><br>The first relates to the first time Mr Blair sent British forces into Iraq when the UK and US launched air strikes at Christmas 1998. <br><br>Price's diary entry written at the time said: "I couldn't help feeling TB was rather relishing his first blooding as PM, sending the boys into action. Despite all the necessary stuff about taking action 'with a heavy heart', I think he feels it is part of his coming of age as a leader." <br><br>But the censored account reads: "I couldn't help feeling TB had mixed emotions about sending the boys into action. He said he did it with a 'heavy heart', but at the same time he must have known it would happen sometime and maybe it's part of his coming of age as a leader." <br><br>The diary is also littered with examples of the close links between Rupert Murdoch, owner of News International, which publishes The Times and Sun newspapers, and Mr Blair. <br><br>But Price was pressured into changing the entry relating to the Government's stance on whether the UK will join the euro. His original diary said No 10 was "very edgy" after pro-euro comments by Peter Mandelson "because apparently we've promised News International we won't make any changes to our Europe policy without talking to them". <br><br>The Downing Street censors demanded that Price change the entry to: "... apparently, News International are under the impression we won't make any changes without asking them." <br><br>Any hint that the virulently anti-euro Mr Murdoch has a veto over any changes in policy will outrage Labour's pro-European supporters. <br><br>Countless stories that escaped the censor are just as controversial and shocking.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <br><br>Blair's first blooding was inevitable?! This all sounds like stories from the dark side, like Alistair Crowley will pop out at any moment, and Blair will shape-shift into the lizard form we all sense <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>could</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> be true.<br><br>I want that memoir<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><br> <br><br> <p></p><i></i>
