Dull But Decent

The interregnum which preceded Tony Blair in Downing Street has indicated its very considerable discombobulation at the Vicar's recent confession that he didn't particularly care whether the weapons of mass nonexistence existed or not. The interregnum reminded its audience that it had been prime minister at some point and stated that "I knew when I said something I was utterly certain that it was correct". The interregnum's knowledge of its own certainty indicates a comforting degree of self-awareness, not to mention a certain echo of Tony's own perfervid belief in whatever Tony may find it expedient to believe at a given moment. As one would expect from something whose administration is even more famous for sleaze than for killing Iraqis, the interregnum claimed that doubts about the motivation for the war had done more damage to public trust in the political system than the expenses scandal. Most remarkably of all, perhaps, the interregnum said that it "supported reluctantly the second Iraq war", thus outing itself as one of the very few members of the Conservative party ever to be hesitant about slaughtering foreigners.