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Labour leader baits `lame duck' Major
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The Independent - London
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December 22, 1996
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Tony Blair, the Labour leader, will raise the temperature of
his pre-election campaigning in the New Year by switching tack to
accuse the Government of "hanging on by its fingertips" and John
Major of being a lame duck premier.
Despite the overwhelming desire of many of his colleagues for an
early election, Mr Blair is preparing to dig in for a longer haul,
confident that the Tories' reluctance to face the electorate will
rebound on them.
The Labour leader told the Independent on Sunday: "I think this
is a government hanging on by its fingertips with no purpose other
than its own survival."
Mr Blair added: "The public is tired of seeing them lurching
from crisis to crisis, deal to deal, day ...