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Blair was keen to move Premier League football team to Belfast in late 1990s, files reveal

Sky News Thursday, 28 December 2023
Former prime minister Tony Blair was keen to relocate a Premier League football team to Belfast in the late 1990s, previously confidential state papers have revealed.
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Recent Survey predicts a grim outcome for the Conservative Party under Rishi Sunak, with Labour projected to secure 403 seats. This contrasts starkly with the Tories' anticipated decline to just 155 seats. The analysis suggests Keir Starmer's Labour could replicate Tony Blair's 1997 success, while Sunak faces a bleaker fate than John Major in 1997. #RishiSunak #ConservativeParty #LabourParty #KeirStarmer #JohnMajor #UKElections2024 #BorisJohnson #Johnson #NATO #LaborParty #WorldNews #Oneindia #Oneindianews ~PR.152~ED.103~GR.122~HT.96~

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