Blair’s gold at the referendum’s end

Article discusses the implications of the vote in the French referendum on the Constitutional Treaty for Europe, 29 May 2005 for the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as the UK prepares to takeover the EU Presidency, July-December 2005. It says that he may well decide to seize the opportunity to push ahead with further reform of the economy, welfare and labour market reform in both Britain and on the wider EU stage.