>> Did you get the feeling he was showboating a bit? Has always been more interested in himself than politics.
Surely not! TBH, if I lived in Bethnal Green and Bow I'd be wondering what he was doing there the day parliament opened. ('Spose there's not really that much to be doing on the first day, mind) Expecially when the BBC had the headline:
'Respect' key to Blair third term