Britain's Clinton

International | Labor leader Tony Blair hopes to copy Clinton's success | Cal Thomas

The coming British election, which must be held no later than May, is shaping up as a nasty brawl. The new Labor Party leader, Tony Blair, hopes to topple 17 years of Conservative Party power by knocking out Prime Minister John Major.

The press is predicting the contest will be the dirtiest in recent memory. Labor is so determined to win that party leaders reportedly are considering the unprecedented step of cutting trade unionists and other activists out of policy-making positions by dismantling the constituency parties that have served as Labor's power base. The intent is to make them appear even less radical than the revamped image they sought with the installation of the mild-mannered Blair, who shoved aside the Socialist-oriented Neil Kinnock.

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