BRITAIN: On the eve of the 10th anniversary of Mr Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour party tomorrow, voters have a largely negative view of the prime minister but still see him as competent and experienced.
Today's Guardian/ICM poll to mark the day Mr Blair was confirmed as John Smith's successor uncovers a sense among voters that the Blair era will come to a close some time after next year's general election.
But most of the electorate does not want him to step down just yet. The Tories are nowhere, Michael Howard is actually slipping back, losing ground to Charles Kennedy's Liberal Democrats.
A clear majority of voters - 55 per cent - believes that Mr Blair lied over Iraq. Opposition to the war has jumped 13 points in Britain in the last two months; 56 per cent say it was unjustified - the highest level recorded on the ICM war tracker.
Mr Blair can take some comfort in the fact that he still retains strong personal support among Labour's core vote: 67 per cent still regard him as "honest" and "trustworthy" and do not want him to step down before the next election. Tory leader Mr Michael Howard has a minus 8 points approval rating on this month's poll. The Conservatives had only 30 per cent of the vote. The Liberal Democrats, who in the wake of their by-election triumphs are up three points to 25 per cent this month, and the Greens and UK Independence Party, who both take a 3 per cent share of the vote.