He manages his huge parliamentary majority like he is hanging on by his fingernails. Terrified of losing power, he appeases the powerful. Blair is riding in a hamster's wheel. He has to run and run just to stay in the same place. He curries favour with the powerful corporate constituency but it always wants more.
Capital is never satisfied.
People refused to believe for a long time that PFI was a form of privatisation. But it's a very dangerous form - it leaves the state with the responsibilities and the corporations with the power. You end up with the worst of both worlds. Corporate control at the domestic level is enhanced by its growth internationally. Blair believes that however much we complain about PFI, it is going to happen.