Twitter reacts to Tony Blair's terrifying Christmas card

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Twitter reacts to Tony Blair's terrifying Christmas card
Patrick Begley


Tony and Cherie Blair's 2014 Christmas card. Photo: Twitter: @ehdannyboy

MELBOURNE: -- The internet is demanding answers from Tony Blair that have nothing to do with the Iraq War.

Social media wants to know precisely why the former British prime minister sanctioned such a downright terrifying photograph of himself and his wife Cherie for their "Season's Greetings" Christmas card.

Cherie appears heavily sedated, leaning against Tony for support. Despite her serious efforts at colour co-ordination - red dress, red lips, red jewels - she has a strangely lopsided quality.

But Tony looks electrified. He is all teeth. The famous, goofy smile, synonymous with the short-lived optimism of New Labour, has been replaced by a snarl.

Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/world/twitter-reacts-to-tony-blairs-terrifying-christmas-card-20141202-11y8nn.html


-- The Age 2014-12-02

[MJP]

Completely off his face now.

[Mosha]

Sedated as in drunk?

[MJP]

Sedated as in drunk?

On power.

[CockneyGit]

This is news..??

[webfact]

This is news..??

Yes

/Admin

[Ulysses G.]

The writer seems to be reading a lot into that photo that - IMO - is not there. It is not very flattering though.

[mrtoad]

I am just eating my lunch. I feel ill

[dexterm]

I am still chuckling over the tweet "The strange thing about Tony Blair's Christmas card is how the teeth seem to follow you round the room. "

I agree a terrible choice of photo.... the cards are bound to become collectors' items.

[Mosha]

There was a ventriloquists dummy tweet, and now I'm thinking "Gottle of Geer".

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Happy to see that clearly there is nothing actually happening in the world at the moment.

[Somtamnication]

Just before the photo shoot, he only got 400,000 pounds instead of the promised 500,000 pounds for that middle eastern lobbying job.

[mrtoad]

I wonder if he has sent one to Rupert Murdoch?

[goldmonky]

This is news..??

more like a cyber mobbing attack I would say.

[PBob]

"You looking at my bird? You want a piece of me?"

[ChoakMyDee]

Why Season's Greetings? Why not Merry Christmas? I thought he was God's right hand man.

[freebyrd]

As clever as she is, even as a young woman she had the perfect face for radio. And him, remember those boyish looks of his? 10 years as the PM and pandering to GWB certainly took its toll.

I think they should have gone for a picturesque shot of one of their country properties as an alternative to this rather awful photo.

[Lupatria]

Seasons greetings from a has been- great news!

[shirtless]

Who cares the guy was a dud.

[Foxman888]

Why Season's Greetings? Why not Merry Christmas? I thought he was God's right hand man.

Middle Eastern Peace Envoy, can't be upsetting them with talk of infidels.

[Vagabond1]

Seasons greetings from a has been- great news!

Still different from "has-never-been".

[SOTIRIOS]

....prey and predator.....???

[wooloomooloo]

It could have been worse, it might have been his daughter.

[godden]

Loved by every one, love to see him hung.

[klauskunkel]

...at least their eyes are open

[nithisa78]

Seasons greetings from a has been- great news!

comments from a never was.

[sanuk711]

I wonder if he has sent one to Rupert Murdoch?

I wonder if he has sent one to Rupert Murdock's wife...................?

[neverdie]

This is news..??

Yes

/Admin

Made my day.

I am pissed that I didn't get a Xmas card from this very ugly couple.

You better not forget me Mr Webfact.

[anon022]

Season's greetings from a war-criminal. Charming. No wonder the only way Cherie can stand the heavy burden of living with the 21st century equivalent of Vlad The Impaler, is by consuming adequate quantities of sedatives! Looks like she just had a stroke if you ask me.

[sunshine51]

Cherie looks really stoned...Tony looks like he just snorted a cup full of methamphetamine sulfate.