Blair faces test of ability to hang on to power
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By Adrian CroftMANCHESTER - British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a key test of his ability to hang on to power on Sunday as finance minister Gordon Brown sought to allay doubts about his suitability to take ...Comment
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has defied growing pressure to set a date for his departure from office, including mounting calls from within his own Labour Party.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Mark Latham shores up his leadership, John Howard certainly celebrates his, never so strong in his position. But for British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who&#39;s expected to face an election by mid next year, there&#39;s trouble afoot.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was recovering Saturday after successfully undergoing treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat -- but speculation mounted about who will succeed him.
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WHILE Tony Blair and his more loyal colleagues struggled to effect a minor revolution they claimed would guarantee Labourâs supremacy for yet more years last week, their MPs were concentrating on an issue that could see them wrested from power within
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Tony Blair will take on the role of go-between for the Israelis and Palestinians as he tries to keep up the momentum of the Middle East peace process on a two-day visit to the region starting today.
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Britain&#39;s Tony Blair insisted on Wednesday he was in tip-top condition after a heart operation and reaffirmed his intention to serve a full third term in government.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has vowed to stand by embattled interior minister David Blunkett, who faces an independent probe into claims he abused his ministerial powers to help a former lover.
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Britain's Tony Blair will give his final  speech to the ruling Labour Party's annual conference next week  with succession fever set to dominate a meeting that may  determine when the prime minister quits.
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TONY Blair is a well-established world leader, but it seems his recent trip to Italy placed him in the premiere league of football hard tacklers.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair defied growing pressure to set a date for his departure from office, including mounting calls from within his own Labour Party.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain's Tony Blair faces  one of the trickiest speeches of his career on Tuesday, seeking  to win back his Labour Party after rifts over Iraq and spell  out new policies to set up next year's re-election bid.
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Britain's ruling Labour Party was struggling to shift the pre-election focus to domestic politics, as Prime Minister Tony Blair was called on yet again to defend the war in Iraq.
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A Labour Party victory in this year's British election looks a sure bet, analysts say, but a weaker majority will probably prompt Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign some time over the next two to three years, a Reuters poll shows.
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TONY JONES: British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces an agonising choice tonight.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced   further pressure on Friday to quit sooner rather than later   after he confirmed he would stand down within 12 months but   refused to set a precise date for his departure.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has a mountain to climb if he is to persuade a sceptical public to back the controversial new EU constitution, recent polls here have revealed.