Despite waning support, Blair strikes defiant tone
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair struck a defiant tone as his Labour Party prepared to open its annual conference yesterday, despite a pair of fresh opinion polls suggesting that support among voters is waning.
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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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Tony Blair's ministers have said it, his political opponents are baying for it but the British prime minister refuses to utter it.
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GATESHEAD, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity crashed amid the Iraq war, appealed to voters yesterday for a third term in office.
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BRIGHTON, England - British Prime Minister Tony Blair stood firm as his Labour Party&#39;s annual convention began, saying he hasn&#39;t considered resigning over the war in Iraq, and trying to focus attention on domestic issues.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The tapping of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who stepped down from his post on Tuesday, as special envoy for the Middle East has generated mixed emotions from the Middle East and observers.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, squaring up for a potentially volatile Labour Party conference this month, has refused to bow to critics demanding he set a date for his departure from office.
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Tony Blair has reiterated his commitment to  better education and childcare - but opponents say there is nothing new.
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LONDON, June 12--Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday said the news media, driven by increasing competition and pressure from fast-changing technology, has largely abandoned impartial reporting in favor of sensation, shock and controversy, which he said demoralizes public servants and badly serve...
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Be it gambling or smoking, Tony Blair often molds domestic decisions to suit public opinion but on foreign policy the British prime minister stands firm whatever the cost in popularity.
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair, his reputation in Britain badly damaged by his refusal to break ranks with President Bush, gave in Thursday to a fierce revolt in his Labour Party and reluctantly promised to quit ...
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As Tony Blair leaves office, the bitterness over Iraq tends to eclipse the memories of how the British prime minister transformed the ruins of an old socialist party into the government of Cool Britannia
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Tony Blair says his party can win the forthcoming General Election despite recent set backs.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to publicly back Gordon Brown as his successor, as the Labour Party conference opened with calls for unity and fresh focus.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered a rousing defence of his time in office, including the divisive Iraq war, but warned his Labour Party it must work hard to win future elections without 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