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LONDON, United Kingdom: A voter places his voting card into a ballot box at a polling station in Wandsworth, in south-London, 04 May 2006, during local government elections in England. Ballots were being cast Thursday in local elections that could force Prime Minister Tony Blair into naming the day he will stand down if the results prove painful for his scandal-hit Labour Party. Poor results in the race for 4,361 out of 19,579 local council seats could push Blair into a cabinet reshuffle, with ministers most closely implicated in the crises -- all key Blair allies -- most likely to get the chop. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

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