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The composition of the permament council is archaic and the subject of yet another review, the two might even dovetail with Blairs appointment being used as the reason to finally restructure the thing on a reform agenda?. Like Brian says, there's nothing in the constitution to prevent Blair becoming the antichrist, so no reason for them to invoke it as a definitive barrier.

If he hasn't encouraged journos to talk him up, he's done little to scotch the suggestion, beyond usual protocols. I've always suspected his anodyne overtures on world poverty owed something to trying to secure African support (sub Saharan) though I'm not sure that Zimbabwe will be voting for him, or Namibia for that matter, although Sam Nujoma isn't president any more. His promotion of a UN resolution over Iraq won't necessarily have done him any terminal harm, given that John Negroponte (or Bush to be more accurate I suppose) was more than happy to simply sideline the idea. Admittedly it came to zilch :lol:

He should be able to carry some European votes, and the US will doubtless bend votes his way through the OAS or whatever mechanism they use these days. At face value he'd stand a chance, but this decision is rarely transparant and its not normally well received to openly lobby for the position.

We'll see, but my instinct and questionable judgement says it won't come to pass.

<blockquote data-quote="Warbler" data-source="post: 2087564" data-attributes="member: 65228">The composition of the permament council is archaic and the subject of yet another review, the two might even dovetail with Blairs appointment being used as the reason to finally restructure the thing on a reform agenda?.&nbsp; Like Brian says, there&#039;s nothing in the constitution to prevent Blair becoming the antichrist, so no reason for them to invoke it as a definitive barrier.If he hasn&#039;t encouraged journos to talk him up, he&#039;s done little to scotch the suggestion, beyond usual protocols. I&#039;ve always suspected his anodyne overtures on world poverty owed something to trying to secure African support (sub Saharan) though I&#039;m not sure that Zimbabwe will be voting for him, or Namibia for that matter, although Sam Nujoma isn&#039;t president any more. His promotion of a UN resolution over Iraq won&#039;t necessarily have done him any terminal harm, given that John Negroponte (or Bush to be more accurate I suppose) was more than happy to simply sideline the idea. Admittedly it came to zilch :lol: He should be able to carry some European votes, and the US will doubtless bend votes his way through the OAS or whatever mechanism they use these days. At face value&nbsp; he&#039;d stand a chance, but this decision is rarely transparant and its not normally well received to openly lobby for the position.We&#039;ll see, but my instinct and questionable judgement says it won&#039;t come to pass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warbler, post: 2087564, member: 65228"] The composition of the permament council is archaic and the subject of yet another review, the two might even dovetail with Blairs appointment being used as the reason to finally restructure the thing on a reform agenda?. Like Brian says, there's nothing in the constitution to prevent Blair becoming the antichrist, so no reason for them to invoke it as a definitive barrier. If he hasn't encouraged journos to talk him up, he's done little to scotch the suggestion, beyond usual protocols. I've always suspected his anodyne overtures on world poverty owed something to trying to secure African support (sub Saharan) though I'm not sure that Zimbabwe will be voting for him, or Namibia for that matter, although Sam Nujoma isn't president any more. His promotion of a UN resolution over Iraq won't necessarily have done him any terminal harm, given that John Negroponte (or Bush to be more accurate I suppose) was more than happy to simply sideline the idea. Admittedly it came to zilch :lol: He should be able to carry some European votes, and the US will doubtless bend votes his way through the OAS or whatever mechanism they use these days. At face value he'd stand a chance, but this decision is rarely transparant and its not normally well received to openly lobby for the position. We'll see, but my instinct and questionable judgement says it won't come to pass. [/QUOTE]

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