I just gave the bbc interview with Tony Blair a watch. Lyn was watching it last night, but I was too tired to concentrate. I think better in the mornings. I still can’t decide what to make of Blair though: I can understand why so many people hate him, and I too was against attacking Iraq, yet I still respect Blair. I think his intentions were both honourable and genuine, if nave. He wants to make the world better for others, and in removing saddam he thought that he was doing just that. But I don’t think he realised that simply to go around imposing our views on others, however well-intended those views may be, is folly. After all, the British empire justified itself with similar reasoning.

Yet I still like Blair. I still remember that feeling of euphoria that morning in 97 when we woke up to find the dark days were over. I remember the feeling of things gradually getting better. People had more money and more optimism. Now those days are over, and I fear that we are now about to return to those dark days, under a prime minister who is neither honourable nor genuine. CaMoron may attempt to appear nice and open and tolerant, but he is nothing of the sort. He is no Tony Blair.