According to a Guardian/ICM poll, interviewing a random sample of 1,004 adults by telephone between 20 and 22 July 2012, if Blair were to come back as leader, a prospect he acknowledges is “not likely to happen” as the party’s standing would sink by three points, from the current 39 percent rating under Ed Miliband, down to only 36 percent.
The research also found that Labour’s 39 percent share of the vote has remained unchanged over the last month, while the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are also stable on 34 and 14 percent respectively.
The poll also suggested that only one third of voters (33%) believe the Coalition will last until the next general election, due to be held in 2015.
Meanwhile, anti-war campaigners accused Blair of bearing a great deal of responsibility for the latest bloodshed in Iraq.
On Monday July 23, at least 111 people, including security forces, were killed in bomb attacks and shootings carried out in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the northern city of Kirkuk and 17 other towns.
“This legacy of death in Iraq continues as recent tragic events show. So it is absolutely unacceptable that Tony Blair should re-emerge in any role in the political life of this country,” said Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) general secretary Kate Hudson.
Moreover, Stop the War Coalition convener Lindsey German added, “For Tony Blair to be talking about his role as Middle East peace envoy or a political comeback is obscene. These and the countless other deaths are or should be on his conscience.”
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