terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001, Blair gave enthusiastic support to the so-called"war on terrorism"of U.S. president George w. Bush. B lairs decision to support Bush in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 did not gain widespread support in the British Parliament. More than 100 Labor members of Parliament refused to back a war that was not officially sanctioned (ua) by the United nations In the general election of May 2005, blair led the labor Party to its first-eve third consecutive victory. The party won 356 seats in the 646-seat House of Commons, giving it a strong, but substantially reduced, majority. Opposition parties attacked Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq and questioned his personal integrity(E IE)in the matter, but public discontent with the issue apparently did not outweigh general satisfaction with Labor's management of the economy hapter 5 The UK Economy Time Allocation: 2 periods Focal Points: The characteristics of the UK economy, the main sectors of the13 terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001, Blair gave enthusiastic support to the so-called “war on terrorism” of U.S. president George W. Bush. Blair’s decision to support Bush in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 did not gain widespread support in the British Parliament. More than 100 Labor members of Parliament refused to back a war that was not officially sanctioned (认可) by the United Nations. In the general election of May 2005, Blair led the Labor Party to its first-ever third consecutive victory. The party won 356 seats in the 646-seat House of Commons, giving it a strong, but substantially reduced, majority. Opposition parties attacked Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq and questioned his personal integrity (廉 正) in the matter, but public discontent with the issue apparently did not outweigh general satisfaction with Labor’s management of the economy. Chapter 5 The UK Economy Time Allocation: 2 periods Focal Points: The characteristics of the UK economy, the main sectors of the