UK Prime Minister Tony Blair could be an obstacle in the campaign to persuade the British people to vote "yes" to the new European Constitution, according to new research.
A report by the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) - a pro-European think tank - warns that Mr Blair's credibility - severely damaging by the decision to go to war in Iraq - is not strong enough to swing voters across to the "yes" side.
The campaign should be led instead by finance minister Gordon Brown, along with E...
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