When even the Co-op wants to break ties with you for the sake of its image, you know things must really be bad

 "Blair declares that we should back Putin, be thankful we invaded Iraq, and bomb Syria."

 Mark Steel yet again ignorant about Syria. As Sam Charles Hamad pointed out a few days ago: Tony Blair now openly pro-Assad: "Syria. This is an unmitigated disaster. We are now in a position where both Assad staying and the Opposition taking over seem bad options. The former is responsible for creating this situation. But the truth is that there are so many fissures and problems around elements within the Opposition that people are rightly wary now of any solution that is an outright victory for either side. Repugnant though it may seem, the only way forward is to conclude the best agreement possible even if it means in the interim President Assad stays for a period." [http://goo.gl/gogBvI]

 I didn't bother with the rest, though Mark is probably right and funny about the Co-op, or Blair's interview with Huw Edwards yesterday, which was probably mostly about the collapse of the Middle East peace talks.