BUSH SCRAPS HIS VISIT TO BLAIR
GEORGE BUSH abandoned plans yesterday to fly to London to support his crisis-hit ally
Tony Blair.
The US President wanted the last-minute visit to boost morale as Blair tries
desperately to get United Nations backing for war in Iraq.
But sources said Downing Street advised against the trip because the sight of Bush
would anger rebel Labour backbenchers rather than pacify them.
Blair faces fury in his party and the country if he goes to war without the UN.
The pressure built yesterday after a Cabinet meeting where Leader of the House Robin
Cook threatened to resign if Britain goes it alone.
But thousands of troops and tanks continued to move towards the border between
Kuwait and Iraq.
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