The UK's Most Unpopular Man: Tony Blair no longer draws a crowd
LONDON, United Kingdom — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair returned to give testimony to the Iraq Inquiry today, almost exactly a year after his last appearance. Two things — probably related — became immediately clear. The former prime minister can no longer pull a crowd and this is a one-act play. A year ago the area around Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, across the street from Westminster Abbey and 100 yards from Parliament, was filled with several thousand demonstrators showing their undimmed anger over the Iraq War. Today, barely 70 people — mostly middle-aged — stood around in the cold waving the now traditional "Bliar" posters.
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