Of Course, Mr President Must Have a Motorcade
If there were any justice in the world, discredited former Prime Minister Tony Blair would now be serving a lengthy prison sentence for (alleged) crimes of waging illegal wars of aggression, and it now seems, of treasonous conspiracy too.
But such is the way of things in the Alice in Wonderland world of the European Union, that Mr Blair is much more likely to be appointed President of the European Council, the de facto unelected Chancellor of the brave new European Republic.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who recently cited a Communist terror bomber as his political hero, emphasised Labour’s support for Blair to become the first president of the EU, arguing that it was “hugely” in Britain’s national interest. Bizarrely, Miliband went on to argue that Blair should be chosen because he warranted a large motorcade.
“My own view”, warbled Miliband pompously, “is that we need somebody who can do more than simply run through the agenda. We need someone who, when he or she lands in Washington, Beijing or Moscow, the traffic does need to stop [sic] and talks do need to begin at a very, very high level.”
The imperious motorcade has been the hallmark of every totalitarian regime of the past century, and it seems that the new European Reich is to be no exception.
So we eagerly await the thrilling spectacle of the Blair motorcade sweeping through our freshly scrubbed and traffic-cleared streets, with sirens wailing and the star-spangled pennants of the European Fourth Reich proudly fluttering. A fortunate few may even catch a privileged glimpse of Herr Reichskanzler Blair himself, as he speeds by on his unknown and unknowable business.
