Tony Blair has made a career out of keeping as many people as possible happy on one hand while favouring divisive policy on the other.

The British Prime Minister was playing word games again recently when he spoke about his views on the super casino fiasco and the policy of gambling in general.

Speaking in the House of Commons Blair told Mps that it is a "pity" that Manchester was chosen as the location for the country's first super casino. He told the House of Commons that although the decision by the casino advisory panel to select Manchester was entirely justified, he said that it was disappointing that Blackpool, which had built its regeneration plans around the casino, had been rejected.
 
Mps from both cities lapped up the Prime Ministers words before Blair went on the back up his Culture secretary and the issue of casinos in the UK as a whole.

The Labour Leader went on to defend the wider casino policy and insisted that that one super casino and 16 smaller casinos would bring much-needed investment and regeneration. The prime minister also criticised those who opposed the casino measures on issues of morality, saying that there are plenty of other ways to gamble in the UK.

He said "What we have to do is look very carefully at this issue and recognise that in a world where there is online betting that casinos are not something that are against the proper norms of society."
 
If Gordon brown succeeds in his bid to become the next resident at Number 10 its likely he too will back casino legislation in a bid to bring a large injection to the country’s coffers.

Mr. Blair also revealed that a new casino plan would be proposed after the local elections in May. Last month, MPs backed the government's gambling order by 274 to 250, while peers rejected the measure 123 votes to 120.