Blair: years. Entertainment: weak.

Published: July 6, 2007, 7:46 am

Tags: tony blair, consumerism, spice girls, harry potter, tv, environment, christianity, politics, news

We have been waiting so long. Ten years, in fact. At times it seemed it would never end, the waiting, hoping, praying. But now it seems it is over. The sun has broken through the clouds and all of Britain can sigh with relief as all our hopes, dreams and desires over the last dark decade are beautifully met with one simple announcement that came last week: The Spice Girls are reforming. I don't mean they are going to stop all the drinking, drugging and seal-clubbing (honestly I have no idea if any of that is true) and become good Calvinists. I mean as a music' group they are going to get back together to make melody and money. Naturally the media showed a typically warped set of priorities by almost letting that news be eclipsed by Tony Blair stepping down as Prime Minister. Almost. There were the obvious criticisms as people looked back over ten years of influence. Certainly many lives in Britain had been improved, but could we really forget and forgive the devastating cost?

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