Prime Minister Tony Blair faced the final electoral test of his decade in power on Thursday, a vote that could set Scotland on course for a referendum on independence from Britain. Blair’s Labour Party is expected to suffer heavy losses in the elections to local councils, the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly because of discontent over the Iraq war.
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/ 18 December 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged on Sunday to support Iraq’s government as it battles instability underscored when gunmen carried out a mass kidnapping at a Red Crescent office in the capital. Just before Blair landed in Baghdad for an unannounced visit, police said 10 to 20 people were seized from the Red Crescent’s Baghdad office but the aid agency said more were snatched.
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/ 14 December 2006
Britain’s Tony Blair was quizzed as a witness on Thursday by police probing claims that political parties awarded state honours in return for loans. Analysts said it was a fresh embarrassment for a damaged prime minister. Blair was not cautioned by police about his rights before the interview, suggesting officers do not believe he has charges to answer.
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/ 26 September 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged followers on Tuesday to put aside squabbles over who succeeds him and focus on winning the next election in an emotional farewell speech to his party. Blair defended the centrist policies he has followed in nine years in power but said the party had to face up to challenges such as climate change, organised crime and terrorism.
The United Kingdom named 19 people on Friday suspected of a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners and ordered their assets frozen, a day after police said they had foiled ”murder on an unimaginable scale”. United States officials said suspected suicide bombers were just days from simultaneous attacks on up to 10 aircraft flying from Britain to the US.