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During the 2005 UK General Election and the 2006 local elections, we asked you to register a highly visible and damaging protest vote against Tony Blair, his style of government, his right-wing leanings, and his lies about the 'war' on terror and Iraq.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Burning Blair

This Guy Fawkes night, we would like you to join us as we burn Tony Blair in effigy.

Burn him!Instructions follow, but you are urged to follow your own path.... such an act binds you to a journey of discovery, where you are sure to draw many wonderful parallels between 5-11 and 9-11 - and learn a lot about yourself and your neighbours in the process.

As you begin to plan your Guy, do you pull up short, convinced that you would never get away with it?

Do you actually build your Guy and decide at the last minute that you can't go through with it?

If you do go through with it, will your Guy rate inclusion in the pre-bonfire line-up, or will it be quietly censored?

If you get your Blair/Guy onto the bonfire, will the crowd gasp at your impudence or instead chant "blood for Baal... blood for Baal..."?

If you actually get to burn your Blair/Guy (BURN him, I say) will you actually feel better... or worse?

Take the journey... make the Guy... blog the results.



INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING A BLAIR GUY:

The head is the trickiest bit, but often it can be simple as laying a bit of papier mache over a balloon and then sticking a picture of Blair's face on the front. If you want to get more advanced and go for something approaching sculpture, then please do remember to include the wingnut-like ears, that insincere smile and those goofed-out eyes (otherwise the local authorities won't be able to recognise it before they arrest you under the 2005 Respect For Your Betters Act).

Clothing is easy; just pop into your nearest charity store and buy a natty suit (the smaller the better - less space requires less crumpled-up newspaper), a white shirt and a red tie.

Stitching: it doesn't have to be neat... you're going to BURN it, remember?

Stuffing is even easier; what could be more fitting than a dozen or so copies of The Sun?

Pant-stuffing is a bit harder (no pun intended); we suggest you use a cucumber to represent Tony Blair's impressive manhood, but feel free to tuck it down and to the left if you wish to avoid tricky questions from the kids.

Hands and feet may seem like a challenge, but you can use cotton gloves and socks if you wish, and add shoes only for display. (Cheap dress shoes are also available from charity stores if you wish to go the whole hog.)

An overall word on resources: please try to use natural non-toxic materials... you're going to BURN it remember?

Good luck on your mission, and do let us know how you get on so we can add your report to ours.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Housekeeping here

As you can tell, we've got of tidying up to do around the site, but we've begun with the idea of a 1 million pound reward and we plan on stepping up the pressure from there.

We'd love to hear from anyone who would like to help further (look about you for contact details) but if you were really serious you would probably want to get started here.

Blair survives only because there are too many bystanders in this game.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Not over yet

Okay, so it is now nearly 6 months since Tony Blair and New Labour were returned to power. Many of you probably thought that it was all over, that reducing Blair's majority meant mission accomplished.

Well, it isn't. Not by a very long shot. Blair is still in power; British forces are still in the cluster-f*ck that is post-Saddam Iraq; and your civil liberties are under greater threat than you may imagine.

So the mantra remains: Blair. Must. Go.

And at a time of our choosing, not his.

Don't be disheartened. We're still working towards our goal and, to borrow a most excellent quote, Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.. Or something like that.

In the meantime, please enjoy a gentle reminder that our leader is a liar, a murderer and a sycophant, though probably not a posturing catamite:

Backing Blair VI - Not Over By A Long Shot




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  Video IX - Dave the Chameleon
  Video VIII - Don't Vote Labour
  Video VII - Leo Blair
  Video VI - Not over by a Long Shot
  Video V - Iraq in 30 Seconds
  Video IV - Drawing the Line
  Video III - Debate
  Video II - Unbelievable
  Video I - Vote Blair

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  - Blair Watch
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  - Chicken Yoghurt
  - Curious Hamster
  - Europhobia
  - Craig Murray
  - The Nether-World
  - Rachel North
  - Perfect.co.uk
  - Talk Politics
  - UK Dissident
  - The UK Today
  - Oscar Wildebeest




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