But Mr Clarke has slipped from one in five in winter 1994 to one in eight.After Mr Blair, Robin Cook is the most highly rated Labour politician among Opposition MPs, approved of by more than one in three. The findings, which will embarrass the Conservatives as they assemble for the party conference in Blackpool, emerge from a MORI study of 124 MPs from all parties, including 60 Conservatives and four Cabinet ministers. It shows that Tory MPs also rate the Labour leader, Tony Blair, as a better performer than several of their most senior figures, including Kenneth Clarke, the Chancellor, Douglas Hurd, the former foreign secretary, and Michael Portillo, the Defence Secretary.Mr Blair topped the list, which was put together between May and July this year, scoring 40 per cent support. Mr Heseltine was second on 29 per cent, 10 per cent ahead of Mr Major. MICHAEL HESELTINE, the Deputy Prime Minister, is a more effective parliamentarian than his boss, John Major - according to Conservative MPs who took part in a new survey. Another Briton, 12-year-old Charlene Parker, was slightly wounded, and a Frenchman in his late 20s was also injured.Confusion surrounded the events leading up to the killings. A police spokesman in Tangier said Homouch had earlier killed his wife and seriously injured his brother-in-law at his home in the Mediterranean port before going to the hotel.After the shooting spree the policeman fled, sparking a massive manhunt, police said.British guests on holiday at the hotel with First Choice had been transferred to other accommodation.The police said the shootings seemed to be a crime of passion by a demented husband who thought his wife's frequent visits to the hotel meant she was being unfaithful..

TWO BRITISH holidaymakers were shot dead and two others wounded - including a 12-year-old girl - in a Tangier hotel yesterday when a Moroccan policeman killed his wife then turned his gun on tourists enjoying a late drink. The police inspector, Mustapha Homouch, dressed in plain clothes, walked into the bar of the Tarik Hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said, and attacked guests at random. Martin and Margaret Gower, both in their 60s, from Ruislip, Middlesex, died instantly when the off-duty officer calmly walked in and sprayed the bar with gunfire.Other tourists were caught up in the mayhem. He said: "I have been instructed to investigate legal action on behalf of a number of parents who believe that they were not properly informed of the risks when their consent was sought for their child's vaccination."n Jabs can be contacted on 01942-713565.Letters, page 22. Despite the support of some doctors, others are dismissive.Jackie Fletcher, secretary of Jabs, said: "It is extremely difficult for many parents to come forward.

They are scared to alienate their doctors on whom they totally depend for the survival of their children."Already more than 20 families have considered taking legal action against the Government, and last week the solicitor Richard Barr, who is representing several families applying for legal aid to sue the Government, was contacted by another 40 families. The parents of another child received a letter from his consultant paediatrician which said: "This is to confirm that Andrew seems to be suffering ... as a result of the previous vaccination."Although many more parents have come forward in the past few days to speak out about their suspicions, the organisers of the Jabs support group for families with vaccine-damaged children believe others are too scared to do so. She was later diagnosed as suffering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome.Dr Peggy Frith, a consultant eye specialist in Oxfordshire, has reported treating a child with severe eye damage, which is believed to have been linked to the measles vaccination. One child collapsed in a Cheshire school playground a month after being inoculated during last year's vaccination campaign. There is a horrendous gap in this country's research,'' he said.Warrington District Hospital consultant Dr Richard Briggs has confirmed that he is treating two severely damaged children suspected of being affected by the vaccine. It is part of the Blair view that you never rest or sleep."Taming the conference, page 10; Alan Watkins, page 20; Neal Ascherson, leading article, page 21.