Remember U2’s Hit “I Will Follow”? Tony Blair Says Bono Would Make A Great Prime Minister Because “I knew he would work with George [W Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk” [HT: Ramon]

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Remember U2’s Hit “I Will Follow”? Tony Blair Says Bono Would Make A Great Prime Minister Because “I knew he would work with George [W Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk” [HT: Ramon]

www.guardian.co.uk -- In a memoir filled with profound navel-gazing, political bombshells and a few purple-prose love scenes, Tony Blair has also found time to salute U2's activist frontman, claiming he "could be ... prime minister".Blair's new book, A Journey, is the hottest thing in bookshops this week. It captures the government equivalent of band in-fighting – Brown and Blair like the Gallagher brothers – and even Blair's struggle with alcohol. But it's also got a tiny bit of real rock stardom, particularly in a passage on Bono.On page 555 (via Spinner), Blair praises Bono as pop's answer to Barack Obama – someone who could cross party lines and get things done. "I knew he would work with George [W Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk," Blair writes. "[Bono] could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head. He had an absolutely natural gift for politicking, was great with people, very smart and an inspirational speaker ... [He was] motivated by an abundant desire to keep on improving, never really content or relaxed.