Labour MPs tell Blair to quit Downing Street
David Cracknell, Political Editor
The Sunday Times - Britain
May 08, 2005
PRESSURE on Tony Blair to quit as prime minister intensified this weekend with a growing number of Labour MPs calling for him to leave Downing Street within a year.
The backbenchers, many speaking publicly for the first time, have been moved to hasten Blairs departure after his majority was slashed by 94 in Thursdays general election.
Many of them say they were shocked by the hostility shown towards them and the prime minister on the doorstep during the election campaign. With a smaller majority, backbenchers will wield far more power and have the potential to help vote down key government bills in the forthcoming Queens speech, including soon-to-be-published legislation on ID cards. [...] Read it all at: http://tinyurl.com/exddx
© Virginia Metze
The Sunday Times - Britain
May 08, 2005
PRESSURE on Tony Blair to quit as prime minister intensified this weekend with a growing number of Labour MPs calling for him to leave Downing Street within a year.
The backbenchers, many speaking publicly for the first time, have been moved to hasten Blairs departure after his majority was slashed by 94 in Thursdays general election.
Many of them say they were shocked by the hostility shown towards them and the prime minister on the doorstep during the election campaign. With a smaller majority, backbenchers will wield far more power and have the potential to help vote down key government bills in the forthcoming Queens speech, including soon-to-be-published legislation on ID cards. [...] Read it all at: http://tinyurl.com/exddx
© Virginia Metze
Starmail - 10. Mai, 14:40
