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The Labour Party's annual conference kicked off Monday in Blackpool, with a stirring speech by Arthur Scargill, president of the National Union of Mineworkers, attacking new leader Tony Blair for retreat on workers' rights. Scargill accused Blair of hypocrisy for not fighting Tory laws that had "
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Tony Blair, the new leader of the opposition Labour Party, has surpassed John Major in popularity and trustworthiness on key issues, according to an opinion poll in The Sunday Telegraph. The Gallup survey revealed that Blair had a 61 percent rating as a potential prime minister, more than twice that
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Tony Blair, 41, has taken over the leadership of Britain's Labour Party, promising to move the party from years of leftist opposition back into power as a centrist government committed to social justice. Blair's youth, telegenic skills, and distance from the left wing of the party
