> ..in office but barely in power To me this sums it up. The political kayfabe is in part constructed to make it appear like the government is in control of st

> ..in office but barely in power To me this sums it up. The political kayfabe is in part constructed to make it appear like the government is in control of state affairs, but Blair's legacy was to remove power from government and spread it thinly through an increasingly overweight bureaucracy that answers to itself and only sings the governments tune when it empowers itself.