Voters turn their backs on Blair and war

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-738580,00.html

Trust in Prime Minister slides as Iraq dossier row with BBC rages

PUBLIC support for the war in Iraq has fallen sharply over the past month with the killing of British and American troops and the continuing row over the Government’s dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons, an opinion poll for The Times finds today.

The Populus survey also found that more than half of voters would not trust Tony Blair further than they could throw him and that people no longer regard him as more honest than most politicians.

The findings are a double blow to the Prime Minister as he prepares to defend his handling of pre-war Iraqi intelligence to MPs today. Yesterday the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee found that a government dossier on Iraq last September gave “undue prominence” to the claim that Saddam Hussein could launch chemical or biological weapons at 45 minutes’ notice, and that the Prime Minister “inadvertently” misrepresented a second report — the so-called dodgy dossier — in February.

The committee’s report was published as The Times poll found that 54 per cent of voters would not trust Mr Blair “further than I could throw him” and 63 per cent said that he was no more honest than most politicians. Those questioned rated both Iain Duncan Smith and Charles Kennedy more highly on both trust and honesty.

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[IndianaGreen]

1. Even though Murdoch owns The Times

it doesn't take a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing, and the wind is saying that Tony's number is up!

[mhr]

2. And He Does Not Care Because

he already has a cushy posistion with Carlyle ready and waiting, just like his mentor John Majors!

[NNN0LHI]

3. This post is pretty close to the link below and is probably a dupe. Sorry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1646&mesg_id=1646&page=

[Outvoicer]

4. hmmm ... haven't seen any polls in the U.S.

on the current view of the Iraq war.

Why is that, oh "fair and balanced" media?

[VolcanoJen]

5. Dupe... locking

It was a close call, though!

The stories are a bit different, but similar enough to be considered dupes. Let's keep this conversation consolidated by posting in the earliest thread, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1646&mesg_id=1646&page=

NNN0LHI, it would be helpful if you could post your Times link in the earlier thread.

Thanks,
VolcanoJen
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