Blair may yet pay a big price for his poodle act

ThisisLondon: "Labour MPs have engaged in a fierce war of words over Prime Minister Tony Blair's future in Downing Street.
Some backbenchers ignored appeals from Cabinet ministers to rally around Mr Blair, issuing new calls for him to quit No 10 sooner rather than later, but one colleague, former welfare reform minister Frank Field, hit back - branding their behaviour 'unforgivable' and 'treacherous'.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw became the latest Cabinet minister to come to the Prime Minister's aid, insisting that Mr Blair was a 'genius' who had been the Labour Party's 'salvation'.
Mr Blair's position has been called into question by several MPs since last Thursday's General Election, when Labour won an historic third successive term in power but saw its majority cut from 161 to a projected 66."