WI: Coup against Blair?

How could we get an internal party coup to remove Blair from the leadership? A worse Iraq War? The Liberal Democrats win in Hartlepool?
 

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How about the dot com bubble bursting somehow being really bad for the British economy, causing Labour to almost lose in 2001 (I think the Tories were way too unorganized to win).
 
Only person capable of doing a coup is Brown and if there was situation where a coup looked likely he'd go to Blair and ask for resignation before launching it. Even in Blair's weakest moments coup never looked likely see Watson 2006. Blair had the party machine (only Brown had similar power) and the opposition for the most part were useless . So therefore factor in the coup wouldn't be strong opposition but rather external factor and internal dissent so failed Iraq vote maybe but it's unlikely . Blair falling in his sword is more likely
 
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