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That gulf has always been there but today it is almost absurdly wide.The prime minister has been hounded by the press and a handful of Labour MPs over his future as he has been assailed by one person after another asking: "When are you going to go?
"At Westminster, of course, it is the question of the moment.
Even Australia's television journalists have joined in the frenzy.
Yet it would be ungracious not to reflect at the end of this marathon voyage that Mr Blair demonstrated - once again - that he possesses serious international stature.Take his visit to Canberra, for example.
Three years ago, President George W.
Bush addressed Australia's parliament and was barracked by MPs opposed to the Iraq war.
On Monday, Mr Blair was accorded a standing ovation after delivering a key...
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