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Blair postpones election announcement as a sign of respect
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Apr 04, 2005 01:27am |
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| News Date | Monday, April 4, 2005 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Tony Blair yesterday responded to the death of Pope John Paul II by deferring for 24 hours his weeks-old plan to call a general election this morning.
His decision will not change the election date of May 5, but it forces all three campaign headquarters to scramble to reschedule their launch plans.
It also increases the risk that the government will lose more than half of this year's legislative programme in a desperate bartering session with Tory peers originally scheduled to end on Thursday.
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In an attempt to save as many bills as possible, the government may even keep parliament sitting until next Monday, the last possible date for the formal dissolution for a general election on May 5.
Labour had not planned to launch its manifesto until April 12.
The decision to postpone was taken yesterday morning by Mr Blair. |
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