'Britons view Kerry a safer bet than Bush'
AFP, London
A majority in Britain believe the world will be safer if Democrat challenger John Kerry wins this week's US presidential election, suggests an opinion poll to be published yesterday. Asked whether the world will be a safer place if US President George W. Bush rather than Kerry won Tuesday's poll, 24 percent said it will be, 56 percent disagreed and 20 percent did not know. The Communicate Research poll for the Independent on Sunday newspaper also suggests that Prime Minister Tony Blair's staunch support for Bush over the Iraq conflict has been bad for Britain. Asked whether Blair's support for Bush in Iraq has been good for Britain, 19 percent agreed, 74 percent did not agzee, and seven percent said they did not know. There was also scepticism about the government's decision to agree to move over 800 troops from southern Iraq to a more dangerous area in the US-controlled zone near Baghdad.
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