(Angus Reid Consultants - CPOD Global Scan) - Tony Blair is the first choice of British voters for the country's top political job, according to a poll by MORI published in The Observer. 39 per cent of respondents believe the Labour party leader would make the most capable prime minister.

Conservative leader Michael Howard and Liberal Democrat Michael Howard are tied with 17 per cent, while 27 per cent of respondents are undecided. Britain must renew the House of Commons by June 2006. There is growing speculation that an election will take place in May 2005.

When chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown is offered as an option—instead of the two opposition party leaders—he leads Blair by four per cent as the preferred prime minister.

Last October, Blair announced that he intends to lead the Labour party into the next parliamentary ballot, and retire at the end of what would be his third term in office. Brown has been mentioned as a possible replacement for Blair.

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Who do you think would make the most capable prime minister—Tony Blair, Michael Howard or Charles Kennedy?

Who do you think would make the most capable prime minister—Tony Blair or Gordon Brown?

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