# Blair hit by another cabinet resignation (war-related)

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**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-hit-by-another-cabinet-resignation-war-related/162028 "2003-03-17T16:43:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-hit-by-another-cabinet-resignation-war-related/162028/1 "2003-03-17T16:43:44Z")

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Not entirely a surprise, but the former Foreign Secretary and current Leader of the House of Commons, Robin Cook, [has resigned from Tony Blair’s cabinet](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2857637.stm) in protest. In other developments, more Labour MPs are expected to vote against the government line than the 122 who’ve already rebelled once.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-hit-by-another-cabinet-resignation-war-related/162028/2 "2003-03-17T16:44:58Z")

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“Another” cabinet resignation? That’ll teach me to think first and post later. Clare Short is likely to go too, but hasn’t actually done so yet.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-hit-by-another-cabinet-resignation-war-related/162028/3 "2003-03-17T17:07:33Z")

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Something tells me it’ll take more than the departure of a gingery bearded right-wing gnome to stop our Dear Leader letting slip the dogs of war.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-hit-by-another-cabinet-resignation-war-related/162028/4 "2003-03-17T18:27:27Z")

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A tad late, but still: good on him.