So it looks like the European Council didn’t listen to me and decided to choose Mr Herman van Rompuy as ‘El Presidente’. Shame. The Belgian Prime Minister is quite clearly a consummate politician who has managed to stabilise to a certain extent, the long and punctuated divisions which exist in Belgium. Unfortunately though, he seems to have been chosen by the French and German governments because he will play the President-cum-Chair role. However van Rompuy may yet stop traffic in Washington and Beijing. Only time will tell.
So that leaves Tony Blair, the assumed favourite for the job at a loose end. That is not to say that he isn’t engaged in other projects. But having expressed an interest in this role, it is obvious he would like to return to front line politics in the near future. So what next then? How about this for an outside bet? Phil Wilson steps down from his Sedgefield constituency paving the way for a return to British politics for Blair. Together with Gordon Brown, they lead Labour into a fourth term of government. Prime Minister Brown and Chancellor of the Exchequer Blair lead Britain out of recession and into a prolonged period of sustainable growth…
No? I don’t think so either.
