You might be right GJ. My myopic view of Hitler comes from a background of being German post war and having a father who was a CDU member. As for Blair, I moved to Britain in '79 and had to endure Thatcher and the fall out, so I may have been a bit wet behind the ears as to modern day Labour and was more than willing to embrace him, not for long though.
Edit: I wonder what would have happened under Smith.