I must watch The Queen. I keep meaning to. After I posted this earlier, I remembered that the departure of Blair was probably a far more appropriate topic for a post entitled "ten years ago." I'd forgotten just how new Blair was in post when all this happened. 1997 was an interesting year for this country, to be sure. I also clearly remember what I was doing when I heard that Blair had won, and remember watching his victory parade on TV, and sensing the air of hope and optimism that was buzzing around the country. That was another big TV-fuelled public emotion thing.