AS SOON AS TONY BLAIR THE
PRIME MINISTER OF UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD STEP DOWN ON 27, JUNE 2007, AS USUAL VIZAG BABS IN A PROACTIVE MANNER CONTACTED THE 10, DOWNING STREET, LONDON AND FIXED UP AN APPOINTMENT TO INTERVIEW TONY BLAIR. VIZAG BABS FLEW DOWN TO LONDON REACHED 10, DOWNING STREET AND WAS AT PRIME MINISTER’S RESIDENCE AT 10.00 AM.   THE
INTERVIEW STARTED AT 10.30 AM AND ENDED AT 12.30 PM.   EXCERPT OF
THE INTERVIEW IS:
VIZAG BABS:    GOOD MORNING MR PRIME MINISTER, WE ARE
HAPPY & THANKFUL TO YOU FOR GIVING US APPOINTMENT TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEW.
TONY BLAIR: VERY WELL
THANK YOU. SHALL WE START RIGHT AWAY?
VIZAG BABS: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
AWAY MR. PRIME MINISTER.
TONY BLAIR: GO AHEAD WITH
YOUR QUESTIONS.
VIZAG BABS:MR. BLAIR, YOUR
POPULARITY SUFFERED SINCE YOU SENT BRITISH FORCES TO JOIN THE 2003 US-LED
INVASION OF IRAQ.   WHAT IS YOUR SAY ON
THIS?
TONY BLAIR: REGARDING
SENDING THE BRITISH FORCES TO IRAQ, I BELIEVED IT WAS RIGHT AND I STAND BY WHAT I HAD
DONE.
VIZAG BABS: OKAY, MR BLAIR,
BUT EVEN IN YOUR LABOUR PARTY IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2006 THERE WAS
REBELLION AGAINST YOU AND IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE REASON OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
TO STEP DOWN WITHIN ONE YEAR.
TONY BLAIR: I DO NOT WANT TO
COMMENT ON THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT PUTTING MY HAND ON MY HEART, I REITERATE
THAT WHATEVER I DID, I DID WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.
VIZAG BABS: MR BLAIR, DON’T
YOU THINK YOU WERE WRONG.
TONY BLAIR: I MAY HAVE BEEN
WRONG, THAT’S YOUR CALL.  BUT BELIEVE ONE
THING, IF NOTHING ELSE.   I DID WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
VIZAG BABS: MR BLAIR, YOU
ARE THE SECOND PERSON IN A CENTURY TO HAVE HELD THE POST FOR 10 YEARS.   DON’T YOU THINK IT IS TOO LONG?
TONY BLAIR: I THINK THAT’S
LONG ENOUGH, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNTRY AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY
WAY YOU CONQUER THE PULL OF POWER IS TO SET IT DOWN.
VIZAG BABS: MR. BLAIR, YOUR
RESIGNATION WILL TRIGGER A CONTEST TO LEAD THE LABOUR PARTY WHICH IN ALL
PROBABILITY LOOKS LIKE MR GORDON BROWN YOUR CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER TO BE
THE FAVOURITE, AS BELIEVED IN MEDIA. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
TONY BLAIR: IT LOOKS 
MORE LIKELY BROWN MAY BE THE WINNER BUT WHO KNOWS ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN IN
POLITICS.
VIZAG BABS: ARE YOU
SPECULATING ANY OTHER SUCCESSOR OTHER THAN MR. BROWN.
TONY BLAIR: SORRY, I DON’T
SPECULATE.
VIZAG BABS: MR. BLAIR, YOU
ARE CREDITED AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HELPING BRING PEACE TO NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER A DREAD OF VIOLENCE, WINNING THREE STRAIGHT
ELECTIONS FOR LABOUR PARTY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DRAGGING THE LABOUR PARTY FROM ITS
LEFT-WING ROOTS TO THE CENTRE OF BRITISH POLITICS.  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS?
TONY BLAIR: I AM
FLATTERED.  WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE WITH
HOPES FOR BRITAIN’S FUTURE AND YOU KNOW I LEAVE IT WITH EVEN HIGHER
HOPES FOR BRITAIN’S FUTURE. 
THIS IS A CENTURY THAT CAN TODAY WE EXCITED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT
CONSTANTLY FACTFUL OF THE DANGERS.
VIZAG BABS: MR. BLAIR, THE
OPINION POLL CONDUCTED BY GUARDIAN, SHOWED THAT 60% OF VOTES BELIEVED THAT YOU
WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A FORCE FOR CHANGE. 
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?
TONY BLAIR: I WOULD NOT LIKE
TO COMMENT PLEASE.
VIZAG BABS: AND ANOTHER
OPINION POLL CONDUCTED BY ICM SAID 44% BELIEVED YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR BRITAIN.  WHAT YOU
SAY?
TONY BLAIR: OPINION POLLS
ARE OPINIONS ONLY; THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY UNIVERSAL TRUTHS.
VIZAG BABS: MR. BLAIR, YOUR
IMAGE HAS BEEN TWISTED A BIT BY A CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN WHICH YOU BECAME THE
FIRST SERVING PRIME MINISTER TO BE QUIZZED BY POLICE IN A CRIMINAL PROBE.  ARE YOU IN ANY WAY CONNECTED IN THIS SCANDAL?
TONY BLAIR:  WHENEVER THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION
OF POLITICAL FUNDING TO OUR PARTY THEN BEING THE LEADER OF MY PARTY; I HAVE TO
COOPERATEWITH THE POLICE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING.  MY COOPERATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT I AM
CONNECTED TO THE SCANDAL AS BEING SPECULATED BY MEDIA.
VIZAG BABS: BUT THE
DETECTIVES HAVE TWICE QUESTIONED YOU IN THE INVESTIGATION.  IS IT TRUE?
TONY BLAIR:  YES, BUT MIND YOU ONLY AS A WITNESS.  I FELT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO COOPERATE WITH
THE INVESTIGATION.
VIZAG BABS: YOU AND MR.
GORDON BROWN HAVE BEEN THE TWIN ARCHITECTS OF LABOUR’S RISE TO POWER IN 1997
AFTER 18 YEARS IN THE POLITICAL WILDERNESS. 
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?
TONY BLAIR  : WE ARE PROUD THAT WE ARE BEEN GIVEN THE
CREDIT FOR LABOUR PARTY RISE, HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT DUE TO THE FAITH REPOSED BY
OUR LABOUR PARTY AND THE BACKING OF OUR MEMBERS THIS DEED HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.
VIZAG BABS: MR.  BLAIR, UNDER YOU ERA THE BRITISH ECONOMY HAS
ACHIEVED THE STRONGEST GROWTH FOR 3 CENTURIES ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH EMPLOYMENT
AND LOW INTEREST RATES.  DO YOU THINK THIS
WILL SUSTAINABLE UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP AFTER YOUR STEPPING DOWN ON 27 JUNE, 2007?
TONY BLAIR: DEFINITELY, IT
WILL BE SUSTAINABLE UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP.
VIZAG BABS: MR. BLAIR, WHAT
ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER VACATING THE 10, DOWNING STREET, LONDON RESIDENCE?
TONY BLAIR:   I WOULD NOT LIKE TO DISCLOSE.  HOWEVER, WHY DON’T YOU WAIT & WATCH.
VIZAG BABS: THANK YOU, MR
BLAIR IT WAS A PLEASURE TO INTERVIEW YOU.

COME ON IBIBO, LETS CALL SPADE A SPADE. MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERY BLOGGER IN THIS CONTEST THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE ONLY QUANTITY BUT NOT QUALITY. ATLEAST THE CONTESTANTS WILL NOT HAVE ANY ILLUSION.  YOU ARE DEFINITLELY DISRESPECTING MANY QUALITY BLOGGERS BY GIVING THEM THE GRADE OF SILVER & BRONZE IE. RS 1000/- & RS. 750/- .
IS YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD REALLY EQUIPPED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUALITY AND QUANTITY, ATLEAST I AM SURE THEY ARE 100 PER CENT NOT EQUIPPED. WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT PROFESSIONALS IN YOUR EDITORIAL TO CHECK QUALITY—YOU HAVE TO PAY MONEY. HOWEVER IF YOU ARE PAYING PEANUTS THEN NO PRIZE FOR GUESSING WHO ARE ON THE EDITORIAL BOARD. 
DON’T DISRESPECT THE QUALITY BLOGGERS BY PAYING PEANUTS. BUT HATS OFF! TO IBIBO FOR ACHIEVING THE ULTERIOR OBJECTIVE OF GETTING QUANTITY CROWDS TO BLOG ON YOUR WEB SITE. BUT THIS POLICY OF YOURS WILL BE SHORTLIVED.
MY SINCERE FEEDBACK TO IBIBO IS PLEASE GIVE THE RIGHTFUL PLACE AND GRADE TO THE QUALITY BLOGGERS. BECAUSE OF YOUR QUANTITY-POLICY OF GRADING AND MARKS, MANY OF THE QUALITY BLOGGERS ARE JUMPING TO THE BAND WAGON OF QUANTITY POST. POOR FELLOWS, WHAT ELSE THEY CAN DO, WHEN IBIBO IS ENCOURAGING SUCH THINGS. 
PEANUTS ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP INTO A PEANUT  HEADED BRAIN. FROM JANUARY 2007, I AM IN A STATE OF CONFUSION AND HOPING THE IBIBO MANGEMENT AND ITS STAFF KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEANUTS AND MONEY. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR GUYS AND I HOPE THE EMPLOYER IS NOT FOOLING THE EMPLOYEES BY GIVING PE….. INSTEAD OF MO….

POOR FELLOWS, I MEAN THE IBIBO STAFF AND
MANAGEMENT. HOWEVER HARD THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE CONTEST, THEIR HARD
WORK IS GOING IN VAIN. IN THE FIRST MONTH THEY WERE CONFUSED BY THE CONTESTANTS. IN THE SECOND MONTH THEY
WERE CONFUSED BY THE SO CALLED HACKERS. IN THE THIRD MONTH THEY THEMSELVES GOT
CONFUSED BY NOT KNOWING ‘HOW MANY DAYS ARE THERE IN THE MONTH, TILL THE MONTH
EXTENDED FOR NEARLY 50 DAYS’.  THEN CAME THE FOURTH MONTH, THE IBIBO TEAM USED
THE TERM “QUALITY” AND  HENCE THE PRIZES WOULD BE GIVEN IN LEAGUES TO THE
QUALITY POSTS. HOWEVER THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION OF THE IBIBO “QUALITY” AUDITORS IS VERY ILLOGICAL. GOD SAVE THE IBIBO FROM NOT GETTING
HIJACKED BY THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEANS .