Blair Ally in Poll Threat to Bush*

[kskiska]

George Bush will be served notice today that the deep hostility towards him in Britain has reached the Blair inner circle, when the former minister Stephen Byers launches a bid to destabilise the president's re-election campaign next year.

On the eve of Mr Bush's state visit to Britain, Mr Byers, an arch-Blairite, will set out proposals to help Democrats in key swing states if the White House refuses to abandon punitive trade sanctions against the UK.

Acting with the tacit approval of Blair supporters, who were enraged when Mr Bush imposed tariffs on imports of British steel to shore up his vote, the former trade and industry secretary will call for sanctions to be imposed on four key marginal states which the president will need to win.

The states - and the exports to be targeted - are:

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[Catt03]

1. Good Grief!

I was going to post this also but you beat me to it!

This is funny and sad. Can you ever imagine that we would have Britain threaten us?

Pretty clever too.

[kskiska]

3. It's probably unprecedented

that the entire world wants to see an American president ousted, and will actually help implement the operation.

[E_Zapata]

2. And Blair is thinking:

"And to think I even gave that bastard bush a dop kit for x-mas! And this is the thanks I get! Man! With friends like Bush, who needs enemies?"

I will be very interested to see how this trip goes.....god, I pray he goes........and doesn't cancel.