Tony Blair's Labour Party Loses 1 Member Every 20 Minutes...

The Telegraph December 26, 2006 04:57 PM

Labour must reconnect with its grassroots to halt a drop in membership that could see it disappear entirely within seven years, a deputy leadership candidate has warned.

John Cruddas said numbers had fallen 27,000 a year since 2000 at a rate of one every 20 minutes to stand at 198,026 by the end of 2005.

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Plane Carrying Tony Blair Skids Off Miami Runway...

Associated Press December 26, 2006 08:49 PM

A commercial jet carrying British Prime Minister Tony Blair overshot a runway at the Miami International Airport on Tuesday, but the plane was not damaged and no injuries were reported, officials said.

British Airways flight 209 from London ran over a couple airfield lights after landing around 6:30 p.m., airport spokesman Marc Henderson said.

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