Blair battles to unify party ahead of election
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a prepared speech yesterday that he realized the war in Iraq had divided Britain, but that he could not sincerely apologize for helping topple Saddam Hussein.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair,   determined to pull his Labour Party out of an unseemly   leadership battle, is expected to urge members on Tuesday to   focus on reforms in order to win the next election.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair faces a large Labour party rebellion on plans to renew the UK's  nuclear weapons.
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Violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow the start of Tony Blair&#39;s party conference as the prime minister struggles to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of the next election, expected next year.
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Tony BlairÂs slide is paired with the ascent of another leader.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced angry protests as he urged his party to set aside its differences over Iraq and seize the chance of an historic third term in power.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will urge Labour to unite behind a radical third term agenda as he bids to heal party wounds over Iraq. The premier will be speaking after sustaining an expected defeat from conference delegates over rail re-nationalisation.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has reshuffled his Cabinet, bringing back a key ally to lead Labour&#39;s campaigning ahead of a general election, expected before the middle of next year.
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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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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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Tony Blair in the Middle East faces more questions on his leadership after calling for an end to infighting in his party.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Tony Blair will urge his  party on Tuesday to reunite for an election fight, seeking to  heal rifts over Iraq even as two more British soldiers die in  Basra and a hostage remains under threat of death.
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With a general election looming, Prime Minister Tony Blair and his powerful Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, scrambled to stamp out fresh speculation of a damaging rift between them.
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With the days remaining in Prime Minister Tony Blair's premiership down to single digits, the opposition Conservative party declared political war on his successor, saying Monday that a new battle for Britain's electorate was about to begin.
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Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Monday drew the battle lines in the fight to become the country&#39;s next-but-one prime minister, as Tony Blair&#39;s successor prepares to take office.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called on his party's activists to campaign from the centre in the build-up to a spring general election which many expect the Labour leader to win easily.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is once again being dogged by events in Iraq as he faces the last conference of his Labour Party before next spring&#39;s expected national elections.