Adding to Mr.Blair's now long list of 'when you have friends like these who needs..etc etc' Mrs Hodge was, last week, guest speaker at a meeting of the Fabian Society, the left wing think-tank, in London.
At the meeting, Mrs Hodge is reported to have said that the Iraq War had been the Prime Minister's biggest mistake in foreign affairs. It would seem, in the eyes of Mrs Hodge, to be one of many. She went on to add that she had had serious doubts about his approach to foreign affairs since 1998. She said that Mr. Blair was guilty of 'moral imperialism' in trying to export British attitudes and methods of government to other countries. She went on to say that she had gone along with the Iraq War because 'Tony was our leader and at the time I trusted his judgment'.
Not content with dissing the Prime Minister's competence in foreign affairs she then proceeded to display a remarkable naivety for a Minister of the Crown by saying at the end of her address:
"This won't be reported will it?"
Silly Girl!!!
2 comments:
It is true Margaret Hodge is either completely naive or she is feigning it. However the Iraq War is probably the biggest disaster of the Blair years and will be his legacy.
Simon
Hi Simon and welcome to the blog!
Yes I did wonder if this was a deliberate leak and a realignment on the part of Margaret Hodge. That would be pretty Machiavellian though! Surely not in the Labour Party!! (grin)
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