Our Tony is on his farewell jaunt around the world and burning up the air miles to do his bit against carbon ofsetting and has begun to lay out his personal vision of the kind of causes he’ll get behind once freed from the narrow shackles of political office.
One of the great injustices in the world is badly made tea and our Tony is keen to fight the tea destroying evil doers on our behalf.
He was prompted to comment when being interviewed in Washington on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition program when a producer commented that you just couldn’t get a good cup of tea in London any more:
“This is a serious allegation,” said Blair, who often sipped tea from a white mug at news conferences at his Downing Street residence. “I fear you may be right. This is a British tradition that must not be lost. If I were running for office again I’d make it a major part of any platform.”
Blair then set out his recipe for an ideal cup of tea. “It’s got to be properly strong, it’s got to have the right color,” he said. “The trouble is, not many people do it like that. That’s why I drink coffee when I’m in mainland Europe, because they just can’t make a cup of tea.”
Let the battle commence.
Brewing tea the Chamberlain way with a quick dip into diplomatic delusion, being civil to the enemies of humanity is quite charming. Appeasement is quite comforting for a few years until what would have been avoidable death occurs in the homeland. As Churchill was hated to begin with, so too Tony Blair. Hitler came close to conquering the world. With more vigorous, media driven propaganda, the next Hitler will succeed. Who shall we nominate as dictator of the world… perhaps the King of Persia will not cut off your head if you will convert… and as you say, it’s only fair that he have nuclear weapons because he’s the underdog. Tea should be brewed in boiled water for 5 minutes. Obvious.
All general statements are false… I have drunk very bad but also very good tea when out and about in London and elsewhere in the UK.
One of the best recently was in a little tea shop on Margate. Tigger likes her tea weak and always whips out the tea bags as soon as the mugs or teapots arrive on the table. On this occasion she sat with the spoon poised, not know quite what to do: the pot contained actual tea leaves, not bags!
I had chosen Assam and it was so delicious that I bought a packet to drink at home.
One should always remember that tea is a drink, not a religion: people are free to make it and drink it how they wish.