Blair's Labor Party Takes a Beating in U.K. Vote

NPR | By Michele Norris

Published June 11, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

In local elections in Great Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party suffers some significant losses in what analysts see as a "protest vote" against Blair's support for the war in Iraq. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and John Rentoul, chief political columnist for Britain's Sunday Independent newspaper.

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