Posted on 05/04/2005 1:00:11 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to win a record third straight term for his Labor Party in elections tomorrow despite a campaign dogged by sharp criticism of the war in Iraq and his handling of immigration and health care issues. Most political analysts think the result will be far closer than Mr. Blair's landslide victories in 1997 and 2001, but opinion polls forecast a comfortable Labor win in the race for the 646 seats in a revamped House of Commons.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Where's Maggie Thatcher when you need her?
Ah, those were the days, my friend. The Tories have become a joke.
On Fox last night, John Gibson made an interesting point. All the usual suspects (James Carville etc.,) who supported John Kerry charging that Pres.Bush lied about Saddam's WMD, have been in th UK working to re-elect Blair claiming that Blair didn't lie about Saddam's WMD. EVEN THOUGH BOTH BUSH AND BLAIR USED THE SAME INTELLIGENCE DATA TO MAKE THEIR CASE(S) FOR TOPPLING SADDAM.
Talk about double-speak!
sp
This is a misleading headline. Labour will assuredly win. However, look for them to pitch Blair overboard at the first opportunity...which they can do according to their parliamentary system. I expect there will be a new Prime Minister within six months, and that the Brits will be out of Iraq shortly after.
Labour are certainly going to win. The question is how much of their 165 seat majority are they going to lose?
If it drops as low as say 50, which seems unlikely but just barely possible, then Blair has a big problem because that's about how many MPs he has who are likely to rebel against government policy. Usually because they're Old Labour hard-line socialists of one sort or another.
Most polls are suggesting his majority will only drop to 100 or so seats, which is unlikely to give him serious problems.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.