Nothing Short Of Astounding

Just two weeks ago, Michael Elliot and another British journalist were telling Charlie Rose that despite the Parliamentary inquiry into whether or not #10 cooked the intelligence books on Iraq, Tony Blair was fundamentally trusted by the British public, and the Conservatives were so out of it, the Labour party didn't have to worry about the next election.

Could be they were wrong. Could be something changed in the meantime. But the NYTimes is telling a different story.

Blair No Longer Trustworthy, Says Newspaper Poll
By REUTERS


Filed at 5:00 p.m. ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Most Britons no longer find Prime Minister Tony Blair trustworthy and nearly half think he should quit, according to a newspaper poll Sunday.

It showed most voters also say his record on health, crime, transport and asylum-seekers is poor.

I take no pleasure in the PM's poll numbers. It could weaken his ability to put pressure on Bush in regards to Israel and the Palestinians. The poll may be a hiccup; he's fought his way out of the British public's dissatisfaction before. But why is his public so much more concerned that they might have been lied into a war, than Bush's public is.