Blair looked desperately tired, desperately tortured

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair seems to be losing the support of two key cabinet ministers and touch with reality, a leading British political editor warned yesterday.

Both the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Home Secretary David Blunkett are conspicuous by their reluctance to join Mr Blair in his support for the Iraqi war.

That is the view of New Statesman political editor John Kampfner who said people are also beginning to question the British Prime Minister's judgment.