Blair faces backbench backlash as pressure mounts to publish war advice
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=623450
By Colin Brown and Kim Sengupta
25 March 2005
Tony Blair is under mounting pressure to publish the Attorney General's
advice on the legality of the Iraq war after the revelation that Lord
Goldsmith changed his mind to back the invasion shortly before it
began.
Mr Blair faced an angry backlash at Westminster as Labour MPs warned
the Prime Minister his leadership was now threatening to damage the
party's vote in the forthcoming general election. One Labour MP said
some middle-class voters would not vote Labour again until Mr Blair
stood down, because of anger over Iraq. The row over the Attorney
General's advice now threatens to overshadow the election campaign.
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