Blair shrugs off `Real IRA' threats

The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday shrugged off threats from the "Real IRA" to target members of the British…

The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday shrugged off threats from the "Real IRA" to target members of the British Cabinet.

Asked whether he was concerned that he might be a target, Mr Blair told today's Guardian newspaper: "Personally I mean you just live with it. It goes with the job. What worries me more is the people who don't have the protection that I have. It's the ordinary folk in these situations."

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