As Tony Blair prepares to mark a decade as leader of the Labour party, he made clear in the commons this afternoon that reports of his demise are premature.

Today's Guardian poll may have made him pause for thought -- but there was no sign in his Commons performance that he's suffering a crisis of confidence.

After escaping individual criticism in the Butler Report, the Prime Minister was today able to go back on the offensive in a feisty and defiant session at the despatch box.

Mr Blair still has much explaining to do over why the intelligence that led the country to war proved to be so wrong.

But, for the moment at least, he seems to have successfully fought off the questions over his credibility.