Credit:Zeljko Heimer (FOTW Flags Of The World website at flagspot.net)

(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many adults in the United States believe the current prime minister of Britain would be a perfect fit for the United Nations (UN), according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 66 per cent of respondents would favour Tony Blair becoming the next UN secretary-general.

Blair—the leader of Britain's Labour party—has served as prime minister since 1997. In May 2005, British voters renewed the House of Commons. Labour secured 356 seats, followed by the Conservatives with 197 and the Liberal Democrats with 62. 67 per cent of respondents in the U.S. have a favourable opinion of Blair.

Britain committed troops to both the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and the U.S.-led coalition effort in Iraq. In his address to the U.S. Congress in September 2001, U.S. president George W. Bush declared, "America has no truer friend than Great Britain."

In October 2004, Blair vowed to retire at the end of his third term in office. Current chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown has been mentioned as his possible replacement.

The next election to Britain's House of Commons must be held on or before Jun. 3, 2010. Sitting prime ministers can dissolve Parliament and call an early ballot at their discretion.

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Would you favour or oppose having Tony Blair serve as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) after he steps down as prime minister?

Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of Tony Blair, or have you never heard of him?

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