Guardian could drop Blair for Liberal Democrats, editor warns

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LONDON (AFP) - The editor of the Guardian newspaper, long a standard-bearer for the governing Labour Party, said it might back the opposition Liberal Democrats instead at the next British general election.

"Yes, there is every chance," Alan Rusbridger told a public talk in London when asked if his newspaper -- the daily diary of Britain's left-leaning intellectuals -- would swing behind the Lib Dems.

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"I think you only have to read the paper to see that we have a lot of worries about the conduct of the New Labour government" led since 1997 by Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites), he said.

The Guardian has long been seen as solidly Labour, but it was strongly critical of the Iraq (news - web sites) war -- and in September it urged voters in a by-election in Hartlepool, northeast England to back the Liberal Democrats.

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[Cha]

1. More people need to make blair accountable

for what he did in Iraq.

We Now Know it was a Complete Blunder..no more guess work.

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2. This is great news! Do it Guardian!!!

All Labour backers need to make it clear that they will totally support the Liberal Democrats in the next general election IF Tony Blair is still the leader of Labour.

Make Labour do what they know in their hearts MUST be done: Axe Blair.