Stories for June 8th 2001

Friday, June 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Front Page.

Friday, June 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Tony Blair's Historic Landslide Election Victory.

As Labour Party Prime Minister, Tony Blair, celebrated his Government's historic re-election in the United Kingdom with another landslide majority only slightly down on their 1997 victory, the main Opposition Party Leader, William Hague, announced his resignation to allow a new leader to rebuild his shattered Conservative Party.

Friday, June 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Blair Reshuffles Cabinet after Big Election Victory.

Celebrating his overwhelming victory in the United Kingdom General Election, Prime Minister Tony Blair acted swiftly to re-shuffle his Cabinet and other senior Ministers to press ahead with promised radical reforms. His achievement is to win an unprecedented second full term of office for the first time in the Labour Party's hundred years' history.