TONY BLAIR: AS BAD AS BUSH?

[Dole]

He has lost a huge amount of credibility with those who supported him initially, not least because of the war/hutton inquiry etc, but also because of a lot of domestic crap and his reliance on spin.

"Is he really saying that critisizing what the security services do, no matter what that is and no matter if it's true is deeply irresponsible? I mean, isn't that sort of like saying candidly that the UK has a secret police and they should be able to do anything without protest? Or is he saying that the very notion of the security community EVER doing anything wrong under any circumstances is absolutely inconcievable and impossible?"

-I think its more a case of him not having a leg to stand on, that the allegations of the UK bugging Kofi Annan are more than likely true, and his easiest get out clause is to say that he can never comment on 'security issues'. They used similar phrasing a lot during the war and its aftermath.