Should I stay or should I go?
Every day when we wake up to switch off the alarm clock, especially on monday mornings, the famous old question of should I stay or should I go comes to mind. For most it is an easy decision. The thought of mortgage or rent payments, car payments, the recent hike in gas and electricity prices and the fact that there are nine months left in the year to take sick days spurs us to spring out of bed and get going. For a select few however the question has an entirely different meaning.
First up is our dear old teflon Tony. Another scandal "Cash for peerages" yet again threatens his already lame duck post as prime minister. The economist in its friday print issue is already calling these is the last days of Blair as he looses support in Britain. Even Tony himself must be wondering how long his teflon is going to last.
Second up is Tony's old mate Silvio Berlusconi. Italy's richest man and prime minister is facing re-election. Already trailing in the polls and facing corruption charges he is now facing mutiny within his own camp. He must be thinking to himself "Should I stay or should I go".
Running a close third is Met chief Sir Ian Blair. Still dogged by the shooting of the innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes and then the secret recorded messages of conversations with the Attorney General, its now alledged his office misled an inquiry over claims he had known much earlier than he professed that the shooting was mistake. "Should I stay or should I go"
In fourth place is Iraq's Shi'a Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Facing pressure from the West to curb the increasing violence in Iraq and from a government, non of which has been or seem like is going to be achieved in the near future he said he was willing to withdraw his nomination for a second term. No doubt then that he has pondered the question.
Finally is a suspected international terrorist identified only as "A". A was jailed without trail for three and a half years and recently freed on bail conditions such as staying at home for 22 hours a day. A's other option was to head home to Algeria where he would face persecution and Algeria is known for its poor human rights record. So A, like me, woke up this morning and pondered on the same question. Only he didnt have anything to spur him out of bed.
First up is our dear old teflon Tony. Another scandal "Cash for peerages" yet again threatens his already lame duck post as prime minister. The economist in its friday print issue is already calling these is the last days of Blair as he looses support in Britain. Even Tony himself must be wondering how long his teflon is going to last.
Second up is Tony's old mate Silvio Berlusconi. Italy's richest man and prime minister is facing re-election. Already trailing in the polls and facing corruption charges he is now facing mutiny within his own camp. He must be thinking to himself "Should I stay or should I go".
Running a close third is Met chief Sir Ian Blair. Still dogged by the shooting of the innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes and then the secret recorded messages of conversations with the Attorney General, its now alledged his office misled an inquiry over claims he had known much earlier than he professed that the shooting was mistake. "Should I stay or should I go"
In fourth place is Iraq's Shi'a Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Facing pressure from the West to curb the increasing violence in Iraq and from a government, non of which has been or seem like is going to be achieved in the near future he said he was willing to withdraw his nomination for a second term. No doubt then that he has pondered the question.
Finally is a suspected international terrorist identified only as "A". A was jailed without trail for three and a half years and recently freed on bail conditions such as staying at home for 22 hours a day. A's other option was to head home to Algeria where he would face persecution and Algeria is known for its poor human rights record. So A, like me, woke up this morning and pondered on the same question. Only he didnt have anything to spur him out of bed.
posted by Vocal_assassin @ 20.3.06
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