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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought to bolster Gordon Brown's faltering election campaign and to lend his star quality to the Labour Party's fading re-election hopes.The former Labour leader heads to battleground constituencies in a bid to boost successor Gordon Brown's chances of returning as head of government. Blair is expected to take part in an election campaign event but he is not thought likely to appear alongside Brown. Blair has not appeared in support of Labour since, but further appearances during the election campaign had already been planned before the party's latest woes.
