Bush on Blair: 'He Was No Poodle'

President Bush has paid tribute to the "very talented" Tony Blair and rejected claims the outgoing Prime Minister was his poodle as "silly ridicule"


We agree G Dubya, phoney Tony can be far more accurately described as a "Remora".

Remora grow up to 30-90 cm long (1-3 feet), and their distinctive first dorsal fin takes the form of a modified oval sucker (how appropriate!) organ with slat-like structures that open and close to create suction and take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals

The remora benefits by using the host as transport and protection and also feeds on materials dropped by the host

A bit like the UK dragged along by the USA then we get merely the crumbs off their table when they divide up the valuable construction and oil contracts amongst themselves