Population dreaming about Blair

Tony Blair was dreamed about more than any other politician, according to research from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Over half of the population have remembered at least one dream in the last 12 months, and of these two per cent have had a nightmare about Mr Blair.

According to the research one in ten people in Britain regularly suffer from nightmares

Overall, the report concludes that the UK is sleep deprived with an average of below seven hours sleep a night; 27 per cent of the population experience at least three bad nights sleep in an average week.