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peacenik · 07-19-2003, 10:44 PM

To all posters in the U.K. who keep up with current events, I am just curious on whether Blair is going to be forced to resign. From what little coverage I have seen on CNN, it appears that Blair is really facing an extreme amount of heat and today he was asked if he had blood on his hands and he responded with silence, not with a denial or even a "I will not dignify that question" answer, just silence.

So U.K. residents, will Blair be forced to resign over this WMD controversy?

ex-idaho · 07-20-2003, 01:41 AM

I think he will survive the scandal but will find a way to leave office soon leaving the appearance that it was of his choice.

bleubird · 07-20-2003, 01:55 AM

I think all you brits should tell us all how to do it.We do not seem to
know the limit?

B. H. Manners · 07-20-2003, 10:33 AM

Yeah, show us Americans the way to getting rid of our jerks in office.

mecca777 · 07-20-2003, 11:47 AM

I don't think Blair will be forced out of office over this. I do think he's probably taken the whole thing to heart in a way that a lot of politicians wouldn't, which was why he looked so wan and shaky in his press conference, and why he wasn't as aggressive in his own defence as usual when faced with harsh questioning.

I do think that this may speed up the Labour party's internal dissenters in their attempts to make Blair step aside for a new leader. He's probably becoming too much of a liability now; his greatest electoral assets were his credibility and his evident sincerity, which have been eroded by the Iraq war in general and this dossier dogfight in particular. It's been an open secret for a long time that Blair and Gordon Brown reached a gentleman's agreement about the leadership, and now may be the right time for Tony to stand aside.

boneyard bill · 07-20-2003, 04:33 PM

Today Blair denied that he is going to resign. This, of course, is a sure sign that he is going to resign. It isn't just that politicians have an extemely high tendency to lie. When the PM is forced to address the issue in the first place, he is likely already a goner.

It's just like impeachment in this country. Once the question is asked, it's likely to happen. It was the media, not the Republicans, who first raised the question of impeachment. Those Republicans only think it was their idea.

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Yes, he will be forced out of office.	3	10.00%
He will probably be forced out of office.	3	10.00%
He may be forced out of office.	10	33.33%
No, he will survive this scandel.	14	46.67%
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07-19-2003, 10:44 PM	#1
peacenik Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 331	Is Blair going to be forced to resign? To all posters in the U.K. who keep up with current events, I am just curious on whether Blair is going to be forced to resign. From what little coverage I have seen on CNN, it appears that Blair is really facing an extreme amount of heat and today he was asked if he had blood on his hands and he responded with silence, not with a denial or even a "I will not dignify that question" answer, just silence. So U.K. residents, will Blair be forced to resign over this WMD controversy?

07-20-2003, 01:55 AM	#3
bleubird Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 2,737	tony blair I think all you brits should tell us all how to do it.We do not seem to know the limit?

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07-20-2003, 01:41 AM	#2
ex-idaho Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spudtopia, ID Posts: 5,315	I think he will survive the scandal but will find a way to leave office soon leaving the appearance that it was of his choice.

07-20-2003, 10:33 AM	#4
B. H. Manners Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,213	Yeah, show us Americans the way to getting rid of our jerks in office.

07-20-2003, 11:47 AM	#5
mecca777 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Posts: 1,255	I don't think Blair will be forced out of office over this. I do think he's probably taken the whole thing to heart in a way that a lot of politicians wouldn't, which was why he looked so wan and shaky in his press conference, and why he wasn't as aggressive in his own defence as usual when faced with harsh questioning. I do think that this may speed up the Labour party's internal dissenters in their attempts to make Blair step aside for a new leader. He's probably becoming too much of a liability now; his greatest electoral assets were his credibility and his evident sincerity, which have been eroded by the Iraq war in general and this dossier dogfight in particular. It's been an open secret for a long time that Blair and Gordon Brown reached a gentleman's agreement about the leadership, and now may be the right time for Tony to stand aside.

07-20-2003, 04:33 PM	#6
boneyard bill Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 15,796	Today Blair denied that he is going to resign. This, of course, is a sure sign that he is going to resign. It isn't just that politicians have an extemely high tendency to lie. When the PM is forced to address the issue in the first place, he is likely already a goner. It's just like impeachment in this country. Once the question is asked, it's likely to happen. It was the media, not the Republicans, who first raised the question of impeachment. Those Republicans only think it was their idea.

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