Blair's Gov't Accused of Exploiting Fear

LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s government was accused Wednesday of playing politics with fear and using the threat of terrorism to boost its chances of re-election.


Political rivals are outraged at comments by Cabinet minister Peter Hain, who insists Britain would be safer under the current Labour government.


"Britain obviously is vulnerable to terrorist attack and you can't predict where it would come under any government," Hain told the British Broadcasting Corp. Wednesday. "My point is if we are tough on crime and on terrorism as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour, yes."


Critics accused him of cynically copying tactics used during the U.S. presidential election campaign, when Republicans questioned Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites)'s ability to fight terror.

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I believe I first heard this publicly spoken by Howard Dean when he confronted the raising of the terror alert (based on 3 year old intelligence) shortly after the Democratic National Convention. Sounds like Britain is going through the same thing.

excoriated for even thinking of such a thing.
Personally, I gave him major props!

Course in the end the bushgovels bought that fear and they catapulted bush to victory Or the election was a fraud and not quite so many succumbed to FEAR!

for winning his election. Terra, terra terra.

How well Blair has learned!
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Critics accused him of cynically copying tactics used during the U.S. presidential election campaign, when Republicans questioned Democrat John Kerry ability to fight terror.

speaking of Saddam's toppling and the U.S. occupation: "The student is gone. Now the teacher is here."

Where do you suppose he learned to do that? ;-)

that they had national ID cards and reduction in civil rights in the offing? WHO do yuo think came wih THAT idea? The Queen? Hardly