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Blair Calls May Election as His Party Slips in Polls
NY Times ^ | April 6, 2005 | ALAN COWELL

Posted on 04/06/2005 5:58:59 PM PDT by neverdem

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Pool photo by Stefan Rousseau
Prime Minister Tony Blair taking a photograph of himself on a mobile phone on a visit to a sailing academy in Dorset, in southwest England, yesterday. The visit was his first campaign appearance in elections set for May.

1 posted on 04/06/2005 5:59:02 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

PhotoShop®?


2 posted on 04/06/2005 6:01:40 PM PDT by Certified Horticulturist
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To: neverdem

I don't understand the Tories at all. If they just ran on two big issues--crime and independence from Europe--they'd win in a landslide.

But no one in Britain wants to appear "American" so instead they just sound like a mild version of Labour. The Tories' Iraq policy is so opaque it's disgraceful, but that's another story.


3 posted on 04/06/2005 6:03:34 PM PDT by denydenydeny
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To: Certified Horticulturist

What do you mean?


4 posted on 04/06/2005 6:08:21 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: denydenydeny

Tories need another Thatcher


5 posted on 04/06/2005 6:13:12 PM PDT by DM1
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To: neverdem

Blair will win, I guarantee it. I'll eat the proverbial hat factory if he doesn't.

Incidentally, he's in my home town of Weymouth, in that photograph. Key marginal seat.


6 posted on 04/06/2005 6:17:52 PM PDT by everydayislikesunday
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To: everydayislikesunday
Blair will win, I guarantee it. I'll eat the proverbial hat factory if he doesn't.

There seems to be a fair amount of disenchantment with Tony. I won't be surprised if the Liberal Democrats pull the rug out from under him.

7 posted on 04/06/2005 6:25:51 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem
Blair Calls May Election as His Party Slips in Polls

This is the most poorly written headline ever.

8 posted on 04/06/2005 6:43:22 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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To: neverdem
There seems to be a fair amount of disenchantment with Tony. I won't be surprised if the Liberal Democrats pull the rug out from under him.

Speaking of which, who/what are the Liberal Democrats? Are they even further to the left than Labour?
9 posted on 04/06/2005 7:51:20 PM PDT by hispanichoosier
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To: neverdem

""a big and positive vision for the future of our country.""

If i knew how to post images I would be posting a copy a cover of orwell's 1984 AND the london tube posters 'Secure beneath the Watchful Eyes"


10 posted on 04/06/2005 8:02:36 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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actually those posters were for london buses, not the tube....does anyone know where I can get one or get the full-size image file they are printed from?


11 posted on 04/06/2005 8:06:14 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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Speaking of which, who/what are the Liberal Democrats? Are they even further to the left than Labour?

Yes, that's my impression. You can read about about them here.

13 posted on 04/06/2005 8:40:29 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: hellbilly
Beholden to the Trade Unions Party.

Not any more, they aren't. Union influence on the Party is now vestigial following the big purges and constitutional changes of the early 90s, which made Labour electable in 1997. And what's this guff about 'compulsory tithes to the church'??

14 posted on 04/07/2005 12:08:54 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: neverdem

I offer you 25/1 odds if you want to bet against Blair winning. My friend Will has £15k of his savings riding on a Labour victory - he's a tory as well.


15 posted on 04/07/2005 6:48:32 AM PDT by everydayislikesunday
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To: everydayislikesunday
Dude, I'll bet a $10 donation to FR in your name against Blair winning at 25/1. That means you'll donate $250 in my name to FR if Labour doesn't win an outright majority in Parliament.
16 posted on 04/07/2005 7:19:27 AM PDT by hispanichoosier
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To: hispanichoosier

You're on. Everyone's a winner baby. (well, except you on this one).



17 posted on 04/07/2005 9:42:46 AM PDT by everydayislikesunday
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To: neverdem

Not a chance.


18 posted on 04/07/2005 2:14:11 PM PDT by propertius
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To: propertius
Not a chance.

Not a chance of what, Blair losing or the Liberal Democrats winning? I'll agree that the latter is unlikely, but Blair angered a good deal of Labor voters with his support for the war in Iraq. They could stay home or vote for the Liberal Democrats.

19 posted on 04/07/2005 3:32:08 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

The used car salesman smile so Clinton like but then so are the policies.


20 posted on 04/08/2005 7:09:19 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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