Thirteen Years Too Late

On the night of 11th May 1994 I saw John Smith, the then leader of the Labour Party, on the news. He was stopped by a reporter in the street and asked a question about something. As John replied he got all "worked up". I thought to myself that he shouldn't be getting angry - I knew he had had a heart attack before. The following morning John Smith died of heart attack. He was aged 55.

Why is it that only the good die young? Why is the world robbed of honest decent people like John Smith and Robin Cook and yet self-serving liars such as Bliar, Mandelson and John Reid seem to go on forever?

One can only imagine what kind of a different (and better) world we would all be living in if John Smith hadn't died so young. But it wasn't meant to be. Instead, we got thirteen years of Tony Bliar.

Many people have prospered under Bliar's regime. But many, many more have suffered. And now Bliar has announced he will step down as leader of the Labour Party on 27th June. It's thirteen years too late. The damage has been done.

Bliar's final words of his resignation speech was to wish the British people good luck. Millions of British people were thinking good riddance.