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To: Road Walker who wrote (259198)	11/10/2005 2:34:13 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573092

re: Rush was talking about nothing but football today.... No, Rush was talking about HOW GREAT HE FEELS THAT THE DEMS WON. And how it was a victory for THE REPS. Ya gotta listen, it's hysterical. Excellent news! I am very glad that that's what the latest spin is! ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (259198)	11/10/2005 12:00:54 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573092

Finally, all the loser leaders of the world are getting their butts kicked......from Bush to Blair to Chirac to Berlusconi. We need to clean house and start all over. "Britain's newspapers were united in their assessment that the vote was disastrous for the Prime Minister. The Times and the Daily Mail headlined their stories, "The Beginning of the End?". Even the Labour-friendly Daily Mirror cleared its front page for the advice, "Start Packing, Cherie" — a reference to Mrs Blair." ****************************************************** Blair defiant in face of stunning defeat BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair faces a future of uncertainty after a startling defeat in Parliament — his first — at the hands of rebellious colleagues.** Forty-nine of his Labour MPs turned against him early yesterday Melbourne time, defeating a key aspect of his proposed anti-terrorism laws in the most damaging insurgency of his eight years in government. The Prime Minister's first response was defiance, warning darkly that MPs might "rue" their decision. But his ambitious and controversial planned changes to primary education and the welfare system are now under a cloud, and calls for his resignation have intensified. The closest Mr Blair had previously come to defeat in the House of Commons was last week, when another anti-terrorism clause squeaked through by a single vote. But yesterday's 31-vote trouncing was a disaster for Mr Blair and his supporters, who had dragged ministers home from around the world to avoid the spectacle of the Prime Minister losing control of Parliament. Chancellor Gordon Brown, whose struggle for supremacy with Mr Blair has divided the party for much of Labour's term in office, was told to turn around and fly home to vote only 10 minutes after landing in Tel Aviv. Labour's chairman, Ian McCartney, fresh from open-heart surgery, hobbled into Parliament as the vote approached. The vote took place just before 5pm London time, with some bookmakers and commentators still cautiously predicting a narrow victory for the Government. The legislation in question was designed to give police the power to detain terror suspects without charge for 90 days. The present limit is 14 days. When issuing a final plea to his colleagues in Parliament five hours before the vote, Mr Blair referred to the Australian terror arrests made this week after the passage of a legislative change. But the defeat, when it came, was shocking in its magnitude and administered a jolt to a Government that only one year ago was fielding a regular majority of more than 150 votes. Confusion over the debate itself was heightened when Mr Blair, who last week sanctioned offering a 28-day compromise on the issue of detention periods, decided early this week to press on with the 90-day clause. In a statement to party members after yesterday's defeat, Mr Blair denied that his stance had been misjudged, arguing that "it is better sometimes to lose doing the right thing than to win doing the wrong thing". "What I cannot understand is how we can say, given the strength of the terrorist threat that we face, that the civil liberties of a small number of terrorist suspects come before the fundamental civil liberty in this country of protection from terrorism," he said. "I think it (the parliamentary vote) was the wrong decision and I just hope in a later time we don't rue it." Conservative leader Michael Howard called for Mr Blair's resignation, as did several of the Labour rebels. Britain's newspapers were united in their assessment that the vote was disastrous for the Prime Minister. The Times and the Daily Mail headlined their stories, "The Beginning of the End?". Even the Labour-friendly Daily Mirror cleared its front page for the advice, "Start Packing, Cherie" — a reference to Mrs Blair. theage.com.au