I was reminded of this funny.

THE TONY BLAIR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, LONDON, ENGLAND:

We have the distinguished honour of being members of the Committee to raise Twenty Five Million Pounds to place a statue of Tony Blair in front of the Houses of Parliament.

The Committee was in quite a quandary about selecting the proper location for the statue. It was thought unwise to place it beside the statue of George Washington who never told a lie, nor beside Lloyd George who never told the truth, since Tony Blair could never tell the difference.

After careful consideration we thought it would be a good idea to place it beside the statue of Christopher Columbus, the greatest socialist of them all, in that he started out not knowing where he was going and, upon arrival, did not know where he was and, on returning, did not know where he had been and did it all on borrowed money.

Five thousand years ago Moses said to the children of Israel - "Pick up your shovels, mount your asses and camels and I will lead you to the promised land."   

Five thousand years later the unions said "Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, light a Camel - this is the promised land."

And now Tony Blair is selling your shovels, kicking your asses, raising the price of Camels and taking over the promised land.

If you are one of the citizens who has any money at all left after paying all of Tony's taxes, we expect a generous contribution from you for this worthwhile project.

It's a rework of an old joke about Rosevelt, and has been used in connection with Reagan Clinton, and Harold Wilson, among others.