Blair should quit, say nearly 40% of voters

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered huge political damage as a result of the death of an arms expert at the centre of a row over whether the government “sexed up” evidence on Iraq, a poll said yesterday.

With 39% of voters thinking he should quit according to a new survey, Mr Blair is grappling with the biggest crisis of his career as he continues a trip to East Asia, even facing calls for his resignation from within his own party.

Despite the growing furore over the part played by the government in the apparent suicide of former UN weapons inspector David Kelly, Mr Blair said he intended to stay in office, and rejected demands to recall parliament from its summer recess.