Source: Independent Online
And so begins the race to see who can get to 0% approval faster!
On a day when the Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, called for an end to sectarian violence after figures showed 1,091 people died in Baghdad last month, the problems engulfing Mr Blair were also facing his comrade-in-arms George Bush.
The US President's popularity has reached a nadir, with a New York Times/CBS opinion poll showing that 31 per cent of Americans approve of his performance - exactly the same level as his father at the low point of his presidency. Only 69 per cent of his own party now supports him. Historically, no president has recovered from such lows.
Mr Blair, too, is slumping in the polls. Yesterday a YouGov survey showed that only 26 per cent of people are satisfied with his performance, making him the most unpopular Labour prime minister in modern times. It gave the Tories a six-point lead.
*With apologies to Irving Berlin and anyone who has performed Annie Get Your Gun.
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