Tony Blair recently announced that he would step down as Prime Minister (as noted here), and it looks like this will take place in early July. A contributing factor in this announcement is the timing of the British elections tomorrow; Blair wants to do what he can to help his Labour party by firming up plans and not end up serving as a distraction.And make no mistake, his departure has been hastened by the Iraq war, as we know (here is a prior post from last September in which Blair announced his plans).
I know he is hardly innocent himself in the Iraq mess, but as far as I’m concerned, just chalk him up as another “mark” for Bushco (sad indeed given the legacy he could have left instead), though he gets points for candor here.
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