Blair attempts to extend its mandate for Bush's doubts about Brown.
London, Aug. 29 .- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's attempt to extend his term in Downing Street after being warned that the U.S. administration of George W. Bush had "serious doubts" about the ability of his successor, Gordon Brown.
The British newspaper "The Sunday Telegraph" reported today that the warnings from the White House and other prominent U.S. figures were key to Blair, who, gaia gold, left the government in June 2007, tried to continue at least until 2008.
"The Sunday Telegraph quoted sources close to the people involved and assure that Blair unsuccessfully tried to buy time to promote David Miliband after being told that Bush and its surroundings would have" big problems "to work with Brown.
Miliband, then Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, was, ffxiv gil, considered one of the "dolphins" of Blair, Brown got accepted place him as secretary of the Foreign Office, despite having other candidates.
According to this version of what happened in the months prior to the transition in Downing Street, which had been agreed by both British politicians almost a decade before the alarm is active in, fallen earth chips, Washington after a meeting between Brown, then Minister of Economy, and the former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The sources of this newspaper noted that the meeting was very tense, because Brown was highly critical of U.S. policy on development aid and Washington's approach toward Africa.
Rice expressed his misgivings to the White House, which is the move to Blair, who at the time he decided to try to continue as prime minister at least until the elections should be held in the U.S. in November 2008 and after that there would be new president .
Blair did not succeed because the followers rebelled Brown and Chancellor of the Exchequer finally entered the door of 10 Downing Street as prime minister in June 2007, conducting a foreign policy more independent of Washington.
One source quoted by the Telegraph said: "This explains the question of why Tony Blair trying so much to follow. The Americans were anything but happy about the impending succession with Brown and left it clear."
On the attempt to promote a Miliband, the sources claim that Brown's environment was very annoying, especially when Blair in an interview described publicly as "my Wayne Rooney (rrring to the young star of Manchester United)."
Washington pressed for Blair, who unconditionally support the U.S. to invade Iraq, to continue in office, especially after then-Prime Minister said in late summer 2006 that he had no intention of resigning over the short term.
This statement, along with his refusal to condemn the Israeli attack on Lebanon in its war to try to stop Hezbollah attacks, was what precipitated the "coup" within the Labour and Blair forced to accept his departure .
Perhaps Tony Blair, who was prime minister between 1997 and 2007, will unveil its version on these facts in the memoir "A Journey" was published internationally on next Wednesday and that has sparked great excitement.