It's not funny

1. Blair delayed his holiday flight to Barbados in order, he claimed, to be available for anything arising regarding the possible UN ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanon - even tho the UN had specifically instructed him to keep out of it.

 

2. The UK informed the USA about this latest terrorist threat on Sunday.   The airports were shutdown in the early hours of today.

 

3. Blair belatedly flew out yesterday.

 

So:

Given that we told the Yanks on Sunday what chance Blair didn't know before he left the country yesterday that the airport shutdown was coming this morning, even before his plane had landed in Barbados? 

 

If he knew, what made him think that it was ok for him to go sunbathe rather than stay in the country he purports to lead?

 

What sort of Leader disappears off to make sandcastles before he knows that the biggest anti-terrorist action ever to have taken place in the UK has been successful?

 

Now consider:

Blair's parliamentary party and much of his Cabinet are opposed to his stance regarding Israel's actions in the Lebanon.  150 MPs yesterday signed a statement calling for Parliament to be recalled.  Many ordinary people also believe Israel's actions are totally disproportionate and think Blair is very wrong in not having joined the rest of the world (except Bush) in calling for an immediate middle east ceasefire.

 

So, finally, does anyone recall how Blair sent tanks to Heathrow precisely at the time he was getting a lot of criticism for invading Iraq?