Resigning PM Tony Blair, under fire yet again in the house of commons retorted to a Tory backbencher's derision with a Floydian slip.  Tony, regressing possibly to a happier, less stressful youth of prog rock and casual sex directly quoted one of the many "spoken parts" from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

As Tory backbencher George Cotherstone continued to lambaste the Premier over his handling of Iraq his politeness escaped him and he vaulted over chairs and a five foot podium to physically attack the Prime Minister with a double handed 'TANGO'^® slap.  Tony looked shocked and taken a back. He removed his reading glasses and turned to his cabinet crying as the speaker of the house insistently pleaded for calm and some love.

Soon recomposed the Premier said "I am accountable for my record yes, I may have done wrong in hindsight but I will not tolerate such personal hatred, it's only a difference of right and wrong innit?  I mean good manners don't cost nothing do they?"  A paraphrasing of one of the famous samples from Pink Floyd's masterpiece 'Dark Side Of The Moon', that had been playing on the Common's ghetto blaster prior to Prime Ministers Questions.  The house erupted into a rapturous applause and John Prescott proceeded to play the Saxophone solo from Pink Floyd's Us and Them bringing the house into raptures.

Tony Blair has often discussed his love of Pink Floyd and in his younger years was an avid fan of Dark Side of the Moon and what the lyrics stood for.  Here at the Cheese Times we hope that maybe he's now listening to those lyrics again and can gain a little bit of that former Blair vision that we use to love so much as he comes to turns with the fact that after all his hype, his reign ended with a taste of disappointment and unfilled potential.

So here's to you, wish you were here Tony.

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