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November 24, 2004
Blair copies Bush
One party accuses another of using terror's threats to gain electoral advantage.
No, this is not the G.O.P., and we are not back in the U.S. presidential campaign. The accusation is the Tories answer to the Queen's speach in which she just laid out Tony Blair's program from the coming months. Most of it is focused on security (with a promise to improve public services.)
It is not the U.S. but it is getting very close to being a campaign. Most observers expect elections to be held in the Spring of 2005.
Most important for us, this is one more example of the impact Bush's victory is having on other countries. It can be quite paradoxical. Blair is Bush's best ally, but, notes the Guardian's Newsblog, "each time he appears with the US president, his popularity ratings fall."
El País (Spain) - Blair apuesta por la seguridad ciudadana como bandera electoral
Posted by Francis Pisani at November 24, 2004 6:54 AM