Blair admits hitting children

LONDON - The British Labour Party leader, Mr Tony Blair, has admitted smacking his children

LONDON - The British Labour Party leader, Mr Tony Blair, has admitted smacking his children. But the father of three insisted he always regretted it afterwards.

Mr Blair, who has three children, Euan (12), Nicholas (10), and Kathryn (8), said. "When they were little I smacked them occasionally if they were really naughty or did something nasty to another child."

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