Battered Blair has no regrets over Iraq and vows to fight on

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity has sagged after taking Britain to war in Iraq, told his restless Labour Party yesterday that he would make the same decision again and defended his leadership.

Acknowledging he felt battered after 6 1/2 years in office and seeing growing dissent over his policies, Mr Blair told the party's annual conference: "So what do we do give up on it, or get on with it?"

Delegates gave him the response he wanted "Get on with it!"