Blair punished at polling booths

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=527212§ion=news

LONDON (Reuters) - The public has dealt Prime Minister Tony Blair an electoral slap in the face with results from local elections showing his Labour Party losing support across the country.

Ministers said his support for war in Iraq, and its violent aftermath, had taken a toll, though early returns left unclear whether it would be just a set-back or a drubbing.

Thursday's polls for local government, the European Parliament and London's mayor are the biggest public test for the government outside a general election.

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Some 6,000 seats on 166 councils in England and Wales were up for grabs -- about a quarter of the total. Analysts said a net loss of 400 seats or more would amount to a serious reverse for Blair.

With 45 councils having reported, Labour had lost a net 97 seats compared with similar local polls last year.

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Gee, I wonder why?

[northofdenali]

2. I just finished reading this article in the Independent!!

<snip> "A new opinion poll showed he would lose his huge overall majority if a general election were held now and that Britain would have a hung Parliament. The YouGov survey of 6,000 people for Sky News found that the Tories would get 36 per cent of the votes, Labour 32, the Liberal Democrats 18, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) seven and other parties seven."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=530325

Get a CLUE, Mr. Blair!

Edited because I'm too dumb to remember WHAT website I'm on..........

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x615778

[TheFarseer]

4. not sure we really want to Labor party getting bitch-slapped

but if it sends a message maybe it's worth it.