Blair also lost his ministers of foreign affairs and of development assistance, Robin Cook and Clare Short, respectively. In their case, it was a serious policy disagreement - over the Iraq war - that made them go, and Mr. Cook certainly remains a politician-in-waiting.
布莱尔同样失去了外交大臣Robin Cook和发展援助大臣Clare Short。两人的辞职源于对伊战争问题上严重的政策分歧，他们最终选择了离开。Cook先生至今仍活跃在英国政坛。