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Lesser-Evilism Grips Britain

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and pretender to the throne, has, according to his biographer Richard Peston, told Blair that, "There is nothing you could say to me now that I could ever believe."
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair won his third term in the General Elections last Thursday, even though the party's majority in Parliament was significantly reduced. Today, according to CNN.com, Members of Parliament are calling for Blair to step down instead of serving his third term:

Labour MPs: Blair must go soon

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https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/08...main/index.html

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Defeated UK Conservatives Look to Thriving GOP

Personally, I am sure that if the Conservative Party would just focus on conservative issues, personal liberty, lower taxes, smaller government, more free markets, and disassociation from the EU, that they would sweep the elections.

They need to take those large issues, and show how they affect the people at the local level.

Of course they are going to lose much of London, Birmingham, and other Liberal strongholds, but they can win in the countryside.

They don't need to adopt the "image" of the US Republican Party, they need to define themselves as conservatives, both fiscally and socially.

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BRITISH PAPERS LAUNCH BIG CHIRAC ATTACK

British newspapers lashed out at French President Jacques Chirac Tuesday, after he mocked British cuisine during a conversation with two other world leaders.
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BLAIR TO FACE TERROR LAW QUESTIONS

British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces tough questions at his monthly news conference Monday over his government's anti-terror legislation and over claims his authority is beginning to slip away.
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PRESS: CAN DEFEATED BLAIR SURVIVE?


Britain's Tony Blair faces a fight to shore up his ailing political authority on Thursday after his first parliamentary defeat over new anti-terrorism powers raised doubts about his political future.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/10...reut/index.html

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Tory leader David Cameron admits things in his past he "should not have done" as he refuses to deny allegations of cannabis use at school.
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I think that most people can see this for what it really is. I am not a Tory supporter by any means,(unlike my Son) but this is something that has been dragged up repeatedly to help along a smear campaign on David Cameron, with the elections not too far off!
It's something that is supposed to have happened years ago before he became an MP, and whilst he was still at school. Whilst I don't condone drugs by any means, I do feel that this should have remained private and in his past.

Interestingly, out of random interviews with the general public, many people's response is "so what". Whilst this isn't exactly my opinion, I do feel that everybody can make a mistake, it was allegedly dealt with at the time, and I feel that he should get the opportunity to put it behind him and be able to move on.