The Prime Minister launched an initiative this week to promote longevity with the aid of a few well-chosen lifestyle adjustments. Mr Blair will, apparently, consume more water with his one real vice — drinking too much tea and coffee — and walk up stairs instead of taking the lift.
If only his political staying power, as a leader who has expressed the fervent wish to serve a full third term, were so easily guaranteed.

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