Chris Buckland's politically incorrect column: Who's going to fall at the half-way hurdle?(Features)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: January 3, 1999| Author: Buckland, Chris | Copyright information

IF you think the Aintree course is cruel to all those poor horses, then 1999 will not be for the squeamish among that small band who belong to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Politicians.

Our national leaders face their own Grand National with hurdles that make Becher's Brook and Valentine's look like pimples in the grass.

Take the people's favourite, Mr Tony Blair. He is facing 12 months that will see his Government pass the half-way mar...

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