Backbenchers fear the ghoulish tortures of whips and the lost chance of preferment that rudeness about the prime minister might incur.

后座议员害怕残忍的鞭打刑讯和失去关于首相可能招致粗蛮的表现机会。

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Mr Blair is also opposed by the Tories, who fear his clout; and by many others because of his role in the Iraq war and his perceived failure as prime minister to push his country closer to the EU.

英国保守党惧怕布莱尔的影响力，也反对他就任该职；还有很多人反对他，是因为他在伊拉克战争中的表现，以及他担任首相期间未能让英国走近欧盟的事实。

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Reports that the prime minister, who eschews formal dress for fear of reviving his privileged Old Etonian image, would wear a plain suit provoked criticism from many quarters.

有关首相为避免正装会产生有特权的老伊顿人形象而选择穿普通套装的报道激起了人民普遍的不满。

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But the prime minister also admits that in a country where HIV and AIDS victims are often abandoned by their families, fear of the disease could make it almost impossible to stop its spread.

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And I fear that our Prime Minister had secretly made an agreement with George Bush that come what may we would go in to action.

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However, the fear amongst the prime minister's advisers is that children's homes may have been used by paedophiles who were prominent public figures and the authorities may have failed to investigate this properly.

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Other, more secretive, contacts, including a meeting between Mr Arafat and Mr Sharon's son, Omri, have upset right-wingers who fear that the prime minister might be rethinking his pledge to resist talks so long as the violence continues.

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