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Article: THE HOUR of reckoning; Tony Blair has been rumbled. He has shot his bolt. . . come in No 10, your time is up.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2004
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Byline: MAX HASTINGS
A YEAR or so ago, I told one of Tony Blair's people that I was baffled, first about why the Prime Minister wanted a third term and second, about what he thought he might accomplish if he got one.
How could any sane person want to endure the strain of occupying Downing Street for more than eight years? How could any politician fool himself that things he has not achieved in two terms will become possible in a third ?
My acquaintance replied: 'Tony believes if he quits now, people will think he has failed. But if he stays a bit longer, he will be seen to have brought peace to Northern Ireland, improved public services and ...