MAYBE THAT'S ENOUGH DISTANCE FROM TONY BLAIR?:

Conservatives Make Big Gains in British Local Elections (Der Spiegel, 5/02/08)

Voters in England and Wales have punished British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, giving the Labour Party their worst local election showing in 40 years.

After two-thirds of the local council results had been counted, BBC forecasts on Friday predicted 44 percent for the Conservatives with Labour clocking up a mere 24 percent. The BBC is predicting the centrist Liberal Democrats will get 25 percent, putting Labour into a rare third place.

The surest way to make Labour the number three party was to make it the least Third Way choice. He managed it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2008 7:24 AM