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Blair inherited the most fortunate set of circumstances of any Labour PM in history.
The Labour PM was already in decline, led a divided Cabinet, had only a tiny majority and was frequently distracted.
Or as Jim Callaghan, the last-but-one Labour PM is supposed to have said: "You leak, but I brief".
"You leak, but I brief," as Jim Callaghan, the former Labour PM, is reported to have quipped.
In 1974, Labour PM Harold Wilson had promised to put the issue of membership to the people after renegotiation of Britain's membership terms.
But if push came to shove, I'd still vote for him as a Labour PM, because he's the least worst option.
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But the ex-Labour PM said "crude" Tory plans risked undermining the UK in the wake of the Scottish referendum.
Ex-Labour PM Tony Blair has warned that David Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership would cause economic "chaos".
Mr Blair is still both leader of the Labour party and PM.
Likewise, asked if they could imagine the Labour leader becoming PM, 61% of respondents in the north east said no; ditto in Yorkshire and the Humber and 60% in the north west.
Still behind in the blame game, and with a leader whose best boast is that he is no longer materially less popular than an unpopular PM, Labour would be unwise to take anything for granted.
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