The anonymous media briefings and spin (e.g. in The Times) have started up again, that somehow, after the Irish referendum vote on the Lisbon Treaty, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, is somehow set to be appointed as the unelected President of the European Council when the Treaty is ratified.
How likely that Tony Blair will give up his lucrative money making speaking tours and his supposedly high profile international diplomatic role as a Middle East peace envoy ? He benefits financially and prestige wise, with his Office of Tony Blair in the 18th Century John Adams house, number 9 Grosvenor Square, London
This is paid for , to the tune of more than half a million pounds a year for the office rent alone, by the Quartet on the MIddle East i.e. the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the United Nations and the European Union, for some vague, unattainable Peace Envoy role in the Middle East. It is also a prestigious office, near the US Embassy etc. useful for his lucrative speaking tours, investment bank directorships and for his Sports Foundation and Faith Foundation.
None of these activities are compatible with a "President of Europe" role - but desperate, grasping politicians may choose to overlook this.
The European Union faces many big problems in the future, but Tony Blair is part of those problems, not an answer to them.
What can you do to Stop Tony Blair ?
1) Lobby your elected politicians
Write to your Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament, via the
http://www.writetothem.com/, expressing your opposition to the idea of a political comeback for Tony Blair as the unelected President of the European Council.
2) Display some web buttons on your blog etc..
Feel free to use these smaller logos on your own blog pages etc.
250 x 85
150 x 51
100 x 34
3) Stop Blair petition
We are not alone in opposing the very idea of Tony Blair being inflicted on UK and European citizens, in a position of power and influence, again, without any democratic mandate whatsoever.
There is a European Union wide petition website, currently with over 34,000 signatures, opposed to such an insulting nomination
Stop Blair! - http://www.stopblair.eu/
which links to the online petition at
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