A third term victory for Blair in 2005 now looks a certainty. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/byelections/story/0,11043,1263434,00.html
It is to do with his systematic use of market relations profiling to dominate the centre of the political agenda. The Conservatives threw their best shots at these byelections and ended up third in each. Blair has another five years if he wants it. Chris Burford