Blair seeks ‘voting majority’

TONY Blair and Gordon Brown yesterday appealed for a “voting majority” to put them back in Downing Street as all British parties tried to steer the election agenda away from Iraq.

The two maintained their united front, urging Labour voters not to desert the party, while Tory leader Michael Howard said “wider issues” were now at the forefront of voters’ minds.

The Liberal Democrats highlighted their policies for pensioners, promising to lift one million out of means-testing, as leader Charles Kennedy sought to re-assure floating voters that supporting his party would not let the Tories in “through the back door.”