According to a UGOV Poll for the Daily Telegraph, UK voters are prepared to give Tony Blair and New Labour the benefit of the doubt and return them to government for a third term. This, despite disquiet over Iraq. If the electorate do not consider Mr Blair trustworthy, it would seem that Michael Howard is considered even less trustworthy, wouldn’t it?
I have to say, that having experienced Mr Howard’s term in office as Home Secretary, the thought of him occupying Number Ten, sends shivers down my spine. It is likely that Mr Blair will return for no other reason than a lack of credible alternative. A state of affairs that has existed in one form or another since Margaret Thatcher won the 1979 election.
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