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We're losing....

Still believe the Iraq war hasn't hurt US prestige abroad?

Then check out this poll, taken in America's closest ally in the ill-begotten invasion.

Four out of five Britons believe the west is losing the "war against terror" and want Tony Blair to distance British foreign policy from the United States, a poll revealed today.

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Tony Blair's policy of standing shoulder to shoulder with President Bush on foreign policy, most recently seen in his backing of the US stance in the Israel-Lebanon war, is only supported by 14% of the public, according to the poll.

At the same time, the poll showed that the British are becoming more hawkish, favouring the jailing of terror suspects for a full 90 days without charges (rather than the current 28 days) and believing that the West is fighting a third world war against global terrorism which threatens their way of life.

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