The United Kingdom（Period 1　Welcome to the Unit）

on may 5, , blair won a historic third term as the country’s prime minister.despite�� this victory, blair’s party was severely hurt in the elections.the labour party won just 36% of the national vote, the lowest percentage by a ruling party in british history.the conservative party won 33%, and the liberal democrats 22%.blair acknowledged that the reason for the poor showing was britain’s involvement in the war in iraq, which was widely unpopular.a number of political analysts believe blair will not serve out his new five-year term.many expect him to resign in the next several years and turn over the reins of the labour party to gordon brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, whose policies many credit in creating britain’s strong and stable economy.
on july 7, , london suffered a terrorist bombing, britain’s worst attack since world war ⅱ.four bombs exploded in three subway stations and on one double-decker bus during the morning rush hour, killing 52 and wounding more than 700.four muslim men, three of them british-born, were identified as the suicide bombers.on july 21, terrorists attempted�� another attack on the transit system, but the bombs failed to explode.a leaked document by a top british government official warned prime minister blair more than a year before the bombings that britain’s engagement in iraq was fueling islamic extremism, but blair has repeatedly denied such a link, contending that the bombings were the result of an “evil ideology” that had taken root before the iraq war.blair has proposed legislation that would toughen the country’s antiterrorism measures.