Blair will go down in history as the man who followed America into the quagmire of the Iraq war. But just as he failed to deliver in Baghdad, so he has failed to deliver at home.
There will be nothing in the Speech to end the NHS cutbacks that are devastating health services, including community hospitals here in Shropshire.
Yes, there will be a Bill on counter-terrorism, but only one to plug loopholes in the existing law.
And yes there will be measures on victim support, but nothing to meet public concern about violent crime, lenient sentences and insufficient prison places.
Blair wants to portray David Cameron as soft on crime and terrorism. But he should recall his most famous soundbite - tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. Mr Cameron and his no-nonsense Shadow Home Secretary David Davis are committed to both sides of this coin.
Yes, the Conservatives will be tough on crime - not least by building the new prisons needed to protect the public. But they will also tackle the causes of crime by strengthening family bonds, curbing drug abuse and boosting education and training for less academic teenagers.
This Government is in no position to play the law and order card. It will take the Conservatives to put criminals in their place or, through rehabilitation, fix their criminal habit.
