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Opposition to Iraq war "greatest danger" to Blair`s reelection

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

London, Feb 24, IRNA -- Half of the members of Britain`s ruling 
Labour Party believe that opposition to the Iraq war is the "greatest 
danger" to Prime Minister Tony Blair`s government winning the next 
general election, according to a new poll. 
Another 41 percent suggest that the greatest risk to losing the 
election, which is expected to be held next year, is from Blair`s 
continued support for the war. 
The poll, published in The Guardian newspaper Tuesday, found that 
Labour Party members were divided over Blair`s future, with two- 
thirds suggesting he should stand down as prime minister either 
immediately or before the next election. 
More than a third said that they preferred to see Chancellor of 
the Exchequer Gordon Brown take over from Blair, whose personal net 
ratings were from minus 15 to minus 21 points in the past month. 
In an interview with the News of the World over the weekend, the 
prime minister insisted that he had no intention of stepping down 
from power before the next election. 
The poll showed a rise in opposition to the Iraq war among Labour 
members to 45 percent despite last month`s publication of the Hutton 
report into the death of arms inspector David Kelly. A third said that
the report, which vindicated the government, was a "whitewash". 
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