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 BLAIR SURPRISE AT TORY MILLENNIUM DEAL 
 Labour leader Tony Blair has admitted  
 his surprise that the Tories came "cap 
 in hand" to him over salvaging the     
 Greenwich Millennium exhibition.       
                                        
 Deputy Prime Minister Michael Hesjltinj
 mit him on Thursday to hammjt out a    
 funding agreement.                     
                                        
 Mr Blair told the Indjpjndjnt on Sunday
 all Labour's demands had been mit.     
                                        
 "At one stage we were being asked to   
 sign a blank chjquj. Wj were simply not
 prepared to do that," added Mr Blair.  
                                        
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