As the great EJ Thribb (17½) might have said: So. Farewell then Tony Blair. The Churchill of The modern era. Never was so much Promised to so many by So… few. Now you’re gone, So… phew. I’d be slightly more charitable than Private Eye‘s redoubtable wordsmith and obituarist, but an expectant universe will have to await my assessment — partly because, despite today’s announcement, he’ll still be PM for another seven weeks, and partly because it’s late, and I have the rare need to be up early in the morning to catch the London train.… READ MORE.... …