He has also enjoyed takingcentrestage in Europe: Mr Blair, still the key Bush advocate within the European Union, has been courting Mr Berlusconi again this past weekend.
It swirled around the ground throughout and Hull certainly coped better with the conditions, with Long, who turned down a 12-month deal at Saints to move to the KC Stadium, takingcentrestage.
And America's friendship with Britain disqualifies it from pressuring the unionists or from takingcentrestage in a way that would seem to usurp Britain's role as sovereign power, or harm British national interests.
The ICC case against four Kenyans - including Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto - is takingcentrestage in the elections and was an issue that featured prominently in the first presidential debate last week between the eight leading candidates for the post.