Cthulho-conservative Andrew Ian Dodge predicts Tony Blair as the next leader of a Tories! Well, a coalition government comprised mostly of Tories, after Blair splits with most of his own party over war in Iraq.
Let me counter this right-wing fantasy with a left-wing one – in which Blair’s ‘new tories’ replaced by a radical centre-left coalition lead by Charles Kennedy.
Not that either scenario is likely. If the war against Iraq either goes well, or doesn’t happen at all, Iraq will no longer be a political faultline. If the war goes badly (heavy casualties, and major terrorist attacks in London), Blair is toast whatever party he leads.
