fingers in his ears, singing LaLaLa

I voted for Blair in the last general elections. Perhaps I was being naive when I thought that he wasn't like the usual lying, cheating politicians. It turned out that I was a silly little girl who was wrong. Blair let me down (and the millions of others who voted him in) over Iraq. I don't make the same mistake twice.

In the face of strong public opposition, Blair has continued his unapologetic stance on Iraq on the basis that we, the electorate, have no real alternative. If you look closely, it's funny how much New Labour resemble old Tories. What a profound effect America has had on us (practically speaking, we all know there are hardly any differences between Republicans and Democrats).

June 10th saw the European Parliament elections here in Scotland, and additionally the local elections in England and Wales. Although the EU election results won't be known till Sunday, in local elections Labour have suffered an unprecedented defeat. It is the first time a party in government has finished third (behind Tories then Liberal Democrats) in terms of national share of the vote in local elections.

Are you listening yet, Mr Blair?