Blair planning snap polls later this year
AFP, London
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is considering a snap general election later this year, around 20 months earlier than the deadline for the poll, a newspaper report said yesterday. Blair has warned senior officials in his ruling Labour Party to be ready for a possible election in October, said the generally Labour-supporting Daily Mirror newspaper. The early election is being considered due a mood of increased optimism that the party could be returned to power for a third consecutive time, the paper said. Labour lawmakers had been ordered to make sure that all their campaign literature is up to date by the summer, one told the Daily Mirror.
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