LABOUR MP RESIGNS IN PROTEST AT BLAIR'S "DECEPTION".

Labour MP Clare Short has resigned as a Labour MP, and will sit in Parliament as an independent.

She has accused Tony Blair of "arrogance" and "deception".

She previously stepped down from her ministerial post in protest at Blair's behaviour over the Iraq war.

Her departure is seen as a further blow to Blair's authority, and is likely to increase pressure on him to resign.