Blair decries media `drivel'

London - Britain's Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, said yesterday he didn't know what he would do differently if he had to speak…

London - Britain's Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, said yesterday he didn't know what he would do differently if he had to speak again to the group that heckled him this month, and denounced media "drivel" about the event.

"I don't know. I really don't know," Mr Blair told BBC radio from Portugal, where he was attending a EU summit, when asked what he might change about his speech to the Women's Institute if he had to give it again.

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