It's just been fromally anmounced that Michael Willaims, who was the UN Secretary General's Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and his Personal Representative to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, has been appiointed the UK's Special Representative on Middle East and Special Projects.
Who said the feud would end when Blair left office huh? Is there any clearer signal of its continuation than Brown appointing his own man to a position which sits him squarely on the same playing field that Blair is on for the so-called Quartet?
It will be interesting to see what direction Brown pushes Williams in and whether it goes the down the route of economic development which just so happens to be the remit of Blair's role. It's well known that Brown sees economic development as a key part of his international strategy.
Personally I can't think of a better setting to carry on the fight with your political rival than the desert of the increasingly violent Middle East!
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In one sense it is sensible to have a British representative here, but I can't get it out of my head that this isn't the reason for having one.
Some things don't change.
Who is this Blair chap you keep banging on about?
Silly. Why wouldn't a sovereign state with historical responsibilities and present and future interests in the region wish to have a representative? Blair is representing an outernational consortium NOT the UK's peculiar interests.
If Brown had picked Levy? Now that would have been a story! Mr GuF would have wet himself.
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