The ultra "fringe" of Blairism is loyal to Blair (or, more correctly, their idealised and rather distorted picture of him) rather than Labour though.RobertSnozers wrote:True. It's hard to pin down any kind of principle that might allow someone to work for both a Trade Union and support the Boris 'n' Lynton show.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hodges has been (by his standards) relatively sensible during this contest - despite sporting a "Vote Corbyn" twibbon on his Twitter avatar
He gave up on Kendall some time ago (getting accused of "betrayal" by the Liz diehards for doing so) and is now sort of backing Cooper. His latest piece in the DT actually takes a pop at the ultra-Blairites, though he is careful to balance that with the usual invective against Jezza and his supporters.
Thing to remember about DFH is that he is at heart an opportunist - not an ideologue like Rentoul, Aaronovitch, Collins et al. Doesn't makes him any less ridiculous much of the time, but it is still useful to know where he is coming from
Rentoul is a weird one. I'm normally dismissive of the attitude that Blairite = Tory, but he has gone on record saying he'd prefer Cameron as PM to Miliband or Corbyn, so you can't argue with that assessment really
Another example in the media, David Aaronovitch, actually voted LibDem in May.