Blair once again strikes the wrong note
Dec. 3rd, 2006 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerYou would think the man was tone-deaf.
from The Times
That's a wonderful misleading modifier too, isn't it? Would Blair's death cause a diplomatic row? Surely not.
But the larger issue is, why does it strike the PM that the most important thing right now is sucking up to a Russian bully and dictator, rather than discovering the truth about the murder of a British citizen in the middle of London?
from The Times
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has expressed his anger at Britain’s failure to gag Alexander Litvinenko in the final hours of his life, the cabinet has been told.
Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, told ministers that the Russian government had “taken exception” to the poisoned former spy’s deathbed letter accusing the Putin regime of murdering him.
...
Beckett, who spoke to her Russian counterpart before Thursday’s cabinet meeting, said the Russians had “seemingly failed to understand” that Litvinenko was under police supervision rather than in custody.
Amid signs that his death could cause a diplomatic row, Tony Blair concluded the cabinet meeting by saying “the most important issue” was likely to be Britain’s long-term relationship with Moscow.
That's a wonderful misleading modifier too, isn't it? Would Blair's death cause a diplomatic row? Surely not.
But the larger issue is, why does it strike the PM that the most important thing right now is sucking up to a Russian bully and dictator, rather than discovering the truth about the murder of a British citizen in the middle of London?
