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Blair survives confidence vote
Blair survives confidence vote
Last Modified: 22 Nov 2007
By:
Simon Israel
Met Chief Sir Ian Blair survives a vote of no confidence over the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.
Sir Ian told an an extrodinary meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority: "I am not a lame duck. I am a man of honour".
Jean Charles de Menezes was killed in 2005 by armed police after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.
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