How, precisely, was Major a waste of skin? He was and is a decent and honest guy, treated badly by his own party (the start of the chaos they're still in) . .

But it's precisely BECAUSE the Tories are such a mess that it's deplorable that "New Labour" are so little better . . I don't know about Bush having balls (I'd say that like an enraged bull he's simply to dumb to know better) - but certainly NONE of new Labour do - AND they continue to let the Tories set the agenda - on Taxation, Public/Private partnership, denationalisation, treatment of refugees . .

We still have the Tories in power - just calling themselves by a new name. Yes, they are marginally better than the other option - but it's a depressingly narrow margin, IMO. I'm still waiting for Blair to show a vestage of leadership (as distinct to his control-freak approach to his own party . . )

G.