February 26, 2003

Check out this BBC headline:

"Blair suffers setback over Iraq"

Tony Blair's position on Iraq suffered a setback on Wednesday as his government's motion sparked the biggest rebellion of his premiership.

Dozens of his own backbenchers lined up to vote against the government.

A total of 199 MPs from all parties backed an amendment to the motion in which they said the case for war had not been proven.

Sounds pretty grim for Tone up to this point, n'est-ce pas?
Then, the next few graphs tell a different tale:

But the government defeated the amendment thanks to the support of the Tories and the size of its own majority.

A further vote on the government's motion - effectively giving Saddam Hussein a final warning - was passed by 434 votes to 124 - another significant rebellion.

Go, Tony Blair and Jack Straw, go!
You're doing the Lord's work over there across the Big Pond and we love you for it!
As for the BBC and all other apologists in the "old"media (a/k/a Saddam's Weasel Preservation Society), you people need to get over yourselves and your pathetic agenda and get other jobs!
[Here's the Reuters take on the news, which is just as awful and hilarious:Britain's Blair Suffers Parliament Revolt Over Iraq.
You'd swear that Tony was drug out of the Parliament chambers by an angry mob and hung without a trial, to the acclaims of a cheering throng, wouldn't you, rather than having a big, popular win?]