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In a carefully orchestrated move, the International Development Secretary contacted the BBC's Westminster Hour programme early yesterday afternoon to tell them she wanted to go on air. The delighted producers lined her up, but even Andrew Rawnsley, the show's host, could not believe the ferocity of her remarks as she warned darkly of the threat to Mr Blair's "future, position and place in history".
BBC: Short escalates war crisis, Ind: Resignation and threats spark talk of Labour splits.

originally posted by xowie

Posted by Adam on March 10, 2003 11:08 AM |

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During the question-and-answer session, in which the women frequently argued with and interrupted Blair, one warned that aerial bombardment could kill thousands of Iraqi civilians.

"How many innocent victims are you going to kill?" she asked.

Blair looked slightly shaken, but responded calmly.

"Whenever you take military action, it is true that innocent people die as well as the guilty ones," he said.

I almost feel sorry for the guy. Blair takes the heat as women attack war.

How likely is a challenge to the prime minister?

That might seem wild talk and in a way it is, but there's no doubt that this is turning into a nightmare of conjoining events.

It's almost the political equivalent of a perfect storm for Tony Blair.

He's still got everything to fight for, but this is a very, very bleak moment for him.

Q&A: Tony Blair under pressure

Posted by: xowie | March 10, 2003 11:34 PM

It's interesting, innit? That now the U.S. is sponsoring another push back from the brink? I think of Tony Blair as a much better (and much more eloquent) politician than Bush.

Hey, who voted for that guy anyway? Just wondering.

Posted by: douglas | March 11, 2003 7:51 PM

who voted for blair? the people who always voted labour plus the people who voted for thatcher.

Posted by: gwen | March 12, 2003 4:56 AM

btw, it's lager and lime over here. and lime cordial, not a real lime. a party in your mouth.

Posted by: gwen | March 12, 2003 4:59 AM

who voted for bush? not a whole lot of people in all honesty.

In 2000, the voting age population was 209,128,094. The number of registered voters was 159,725,715. Bush got 50,459,624 votes. That works out to be 31.6 percent of registered voters and 24.1 percent of the voting age population. What support!

Posted by: zagg | March 12, 2003 12:02 PM

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