Courtesy of Reuters....
Blair No Longer Trustworthy, Says Newspaper Poll
Reuters
Saturday, June 28, 2003; 5:01 PM
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.
Beset by questions over whether he exaggerated the case for war against Iraq and under fire from political opponents for what they call a botched cabinet reshuffle this month, Blair emerged badly from the MORI poll commissioned by the News of the World.
Fifty-eight percent of those questioned said he was not trustworthy, against 36 percent who thought he was, while 53 percent said he had run out of ideas.
By contrast, 52 percent of respondents thought Chancellor Gordon Brown was trustworthy.
The poll found 48 percent thought Blair should quit, 51 percent thought Labour's record on both health and crime-fighting was poor, while 53 percent thought his record on transport was bad.
Labor is equal with the Conservatives on 35% while the Liberal democrats are on 19%, according to the poll which was conducted among 1,007 adults on 26-27 June.
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