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To: OldFriend; MadIvan
Blair still losing support over Iraq
By Peter Riddell and Philip Webster

Times poll shows Prime Minister is failing to make the case for war


Under pressure: Tony Blair shows the strain of the past few weeks facing questions by an audience at the Foreign Office yesterday

TONY BLAIR’s campaign to win public backing for a war on Iraq appeared to be faltering last night. The latest Populus poll for The Times showed that despite an intense campaign to drum up support, backing for the conflict was falling among Labour supporters, women and the professional middle classes.
The survey, undertaken between Friday and Sunday, underlines the huge task facing Mr Blair in winning over the public and suggests that he could not do so without a second United Nations resolution.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-606746,00.html

6 posted on 03/11/2003 4:02:05 PM PST by TLBSHOW (The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate......)
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To: TLBSHOW
The data is more complex than what you're making it out to be - from that article:

About a half the public (52 per cent) agrees that Britain should join military action only if there is a new UN resolution. This compares with 62 per cent a month ago. This decline is largely because of a rise from 11 to 19 per cent in the number saying that Britain should join military action against Iraq regardless of whether there is a new UN resolution.

And:

However, Mr Blair’s leader rating has improved over the past month and he is now ahead of both the other main party leaders. This reflects increased support both from Labour and, particularly, from Tory voters.

Blair is being set up by the pollsters. And this outfit is left wing. Don't help them.

Regards, Ivan

12 posted on 03/11/2003 4:05:58 PM PST by MadIvan (Learn the power of the Dark Side, www.thedarkside.net)
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To: TLBSHOW
We all appear to be backing off rather quickly as well...
13 posted on 03/11/2003 4:07:00 PM PST by Robert_Paulson2 (guess we are not going in after all... the "bush 350 thousand man bluff" did not fool sadaam.)
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To: TLBSHOW
Blair still losing support over Iraq By Peter Riddell and Philip Webster

This loss of support is Blair's own fault. He delayed things and every delay cost him dearly and strengthened the pro-Nazi forces. If we had gone in in early January, we would be done by now, thousands of tortured souls would have been released, and dreadful other secrets revealed. Blair would be a hero anew, and his enemies disgraced. Instead he has been weak in insisting on the corrupt U.N.'s imprimateur. You can't be both Chamberlain AND Churchill. Such an approach is doomed to failure.

34 posted on 03/11/2003 4:14:28 PM PST by montag813
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