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Labour set for landslide
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BRITONS voted in bright sunshine yesterday in an election that opinion polls forecast would make Prime Minister Tony Blair the first Labour leader to win two successive full terms of power.
Polls predicted a landslide victory for Blair despite dire warnings from Conservative icon Margaret Thatcher that Britain was headed for an “elective dictatorship” if Blair was returned to office with another big majority.
Some bookmakers even paid out on a Labour victory days before the 45 million electors started making their choice. Voting result was expected to be announced early today.
The bitter campaign debate over Britain's membership of the euro, opposed by the Conservatives, hung over election day.
The pound buckled to its weakest levels against the dollar in 15 years as uncertainty swirled around Blair's intention to lead the country into European economic and monetary union.(SD-Agencies)
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