Tim Blair

BRIT PM TONY BLAIR was

BRIT PM TONY BLAIR was prepared to quit over Iraq, reports The Times (in Breaking News):

Tony Blair has disclosed that he instructed officials to prepare for his resignation if he lost a crucial Commons vote on war with Iraq. In a press report today, the Prime Minister confirmed that he had been ready to quit if he was defeated in last month's vote authorising military action by rebel Labour MPs. "In the end, it is a decision you put the whole of the premiership on the line for," he said.