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Groundhog Day and David Cameron

Argus title : Blair’s heir won’t pull punches

We human beings seem doomed to repetition. In nightmares we flee the thing we dread only to find ourselves facing it yet again.

It’s a theme developed in the film “Groundhog Day” in which a television anchorman relives – and refashions – the same day over and over again.

I’ve been eagerly anticipating the end of Tony Blair’s leadership of the Labour Party – along with what I suspect is a majority of my fellow citizens. However, just as Blair is about to depart, the Conservatives have appointed his apparent mirror image as their leader. Continue reading