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Blair faces growing chorus from labour to quit Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA22968121115503249A0?source=PA%20Feed&ct=5 http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA22968121115503249A0?source=PA%20Feed&ct=5 Blair faces growing chorus to quit 10 May 2005 Labour MPs have engaged in a fierce war of words over Prime Minister Tony Blair's future in Downing Street. Some backbenchers ignored appeals from Cabinet ministers to rally around Mr Blair, issuing new calls for him to quit No 10 sooner rather than later, but one colleague, former welfare reform minister Frank Field, hit back - branding their behaviour "unforgivable" and "treacherous". Foreign Secretary Jack Straw became the latest Cabinet minister to come to the Prime Minister's aid, insisting that Mr Blair was a "genius" who had been the Labour Party's "salvation". Mr Blair's position has been called into question by several MPs since last Thursday's General Election, when Labour won an historic third successive term in power but saw its majority cut from 161 to a projected 66. Mr Blair - who was finalising the post-election reshuffle of the ministerial ranks - will seek to shore up his position on Wednesday when, in an appearance before the Parliamentary Labour Party at Westminster, he is expected to underline his commitment to serving a full third term and call for tighter party discipline. But the chorus calling for him to step down continued to swell. John Austin, the Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead, said that if Mr Blair sought to hang on to his position, he might face a leadership challenge. Asked whether he was prepared to stand as a "stalking horse" candidate - demonstrating the extent of concern within the party and putting real pressure on Mr Blair to go - Mr Austin said that if he was asked to fulfil that role by his colleagues, he would. Ian Davidson, the Glasgow South West MP, said: "We have won three terms of a Labour Government - we have got to be immensely grateful to Tony for that - but we have got to look forward, not back." Asked how long Mr Blair should stay on, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It seems to me 18 months to two years is a reasonable time."

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