With Blair beset by scandal, and the other fruits of nine years of misgovernment, the Daily Telegraph takes the opportunity to remind us of where it stands on the hero of 10 Downing Street:

“Labour’s obsession with a multi-cultural society, and its determination to undermine what used to pass for a national identity, are at the root of this scandal over foreign prisoners. Mr Blair has also led the policy of politicising the Civil Service, with its consequent demoralisation. Once, incompetent ministers could rely on brilliant officials to get them out of trouble. As Mr Clarke has seen, that does not apply now. Mr Blair has sown a wind of prejudice, misgovernment and wanton stupidity in the past nine years, and now he reaps the whirlwind….The country deserves far better than this. Mr Blair must face up to his responsibility as the Queen’s First Minister to ensure we are properly governed. Labour’s betrayal of our people is epitomised by this careless release of dangerous criminals into our society. This sorry episode, taken with the inglorious ones that have recently preceded it, may be bad for Mr Clarke, but it is far worse for the Prime Minister. Earlier this week, in the best stab he could make at a health policy, he suggested that people improve their lives by getting off the bus one stop early. Mr Blair could do worse than take his own advice. “

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