Tony Blair wants a good kicking

We very rarely pinch a headline from a linked article, but this one is rather good. According to Andrew Rawnsley, Tony Blair, whether as a novel political strategy, or because he's seen the Passion a few times too many, apparently relishes being abused by suburban mothers about their poor local services.

We think this might just be spin on a couple of nasty confrontations, but it may be that he's starting to enjoy it. Either that, or the political wizards have decided that it plays well among men, who may feel that they have received an undeserved toungue-lashing now and then.