Labour may have won a landslide, but Tony Blair's uphill struggle on Europe is only just beginning
Right. That's the UK General Election over. Never mind that more people voted on the Big Brother TV series than for their future Government. Since before the Election was announced, the UK stock market has shown little concern at any political uncertainty, and has all but sleepwalked through the campaign. British voters probably hope they can now get back to the summer and some improving cricket, but for Tony Blair, the overwhelming endorsement on his home turf is merely a wander in the foothills of his ambition. The British poll exercised him hardly at all. Now he can get his teeth in...
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