Tim Blair Accidental Prime Minister

James Joyner · Thursday, May 10, 2007 · No Comments

Having a common name has made Tim Blair the owner of a building in New South Wales and a baseball field in New Hampshire. This is nothing, however, compared to a YahooNews typo which made him, ever so briefly, Prime Minister of Britain.

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