iBlair

you know when you hear too much noise
round the little speakers in your ears
so you turn up the volume

well that’s what Blair does
turns up the screams ‘n thuds of war
no need to stop the fun

“Being lifted above the throng by war was an exhilarating experience for Blair. He responded physically, sleeping even less than before and plunging with gusto into hours of military planning meetings and conversations with other leaders. His Cabinet thought him leaner, hungrier, tougher….He was more like the obsessed power-manipulator, convinced of his mission and impatient with the fainthearts….Blair was certainly in the grip of a powerful belief and although prey to the worries that come with war was enjoying himself hugely”.
James Naughtie, Rivals Blair and Brown: The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage [Fourth Estate, 2001]