Friday, September 19, 2003
BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair's by-election nightmare
BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair's by-election nightmare:
"Charles Kennedy's wildest dreams came true on Friday morning as Tony Blair and Iain Duncan Smith were plunged into a shared electoral nightmare.
Disillusioned Labour voters in the Brent East by-election went to the polls to deliver their verdict on the war on Iraq, government trustworthiness and, most pointedly, Tony Blair's leadership.
The result is bleak for Tony Blair
And the message could not have been clearer, or more sensational.
They turned their backs on Labour in their thousands, rejected the Tories as irrelevant and instead handed the Liberal Democrats another of their occasional historic victories with a huge swing."
Hoho... more good news....
"Charles Kennedy's wildest dreams came true on Friday morning as Tony Blair and Iain Duncan Smith were plunged into a shared electoral nightmare.
Disillusioned Labour voters in the Brent East by-election went to the polls to deliver their verdict on the war on Iraq, government trustworthiness and, most pointedly, Tony Blair's leadership.
The result is bleak for Tony Blair
And the message could not have been clearer, or more sensational.
They turned their backs on Labour in their thousands, rejected the Tories as irrelevant and instead handed the Liberal Democrats another of their occasional historic victories with a huge swing."
Hoho... more good news....
