Blair rises to the occasion. Who says he’s there for the taking now?

Fergus Finlay

It was intended as a bit of fun, (he added hurriedly), lest anyone might be tempted to fish it out and go through the predictions one by one!

But this is what I predicted for May 2005: "The Labour party wins the general election in the UK, and Tony Blair commences his third term as prime minister, an all-time record for a Labour leader. The British media announce that this is surely the beginning of the end for Blair, and the tabloids run headlines announcing that Britain's love affair with Blair is over at last."