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Poll: Half of Britons Want Blair to Quit
And almost as accurate as Howard Deanâs 2003 polls. Just over half of Britons think Prime Minister Tony Blair should resign and 54 percent believe he lied to the nation about the threat from Iraq, a new poll showed Saturday. The survey highlights the political damage the Iraq war and its aftermath have done to Blair, President Bushâs staunchest ally overseas. Fifty-one percent of those questioned by polling firm NOP for the anti-war Independent newspaper said they agreed that "it is now time for Tony Blair to resign." Thirty-five percent disagreed. Your negatives accumulate, your positives never do. The survey also found 54 percent believed Blair exaggerated the prewar threat from Iraq, while 31 percent did not. Sixty-eight percent of those questioned in The 81% said they wouldnât believe any investigation that failed to demonstrate the existence of the Loch Ness monster. Last week, opposition Conservative Party leader Michael Howard called for Blair to resign. Howardâs call came after Blair said he had been unaware that the dossierâs claim that Iraq could deploy unconventional weapons on 45 minutesâ notice referred to battlefield munitions, and not long-range missiles. The Conservatives appeared to be in a strong position, with the poll showing 36 percent supported them, compared to 35 percent who backed Blairâs Labour Party. Thatâll change when people see the Tories are kinda clueless right now. Posted by: Steve White 2004-02-08 |
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