26/06/2007: The End of an Era

en_GB 26/06/2007: The End of an Era http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/06/26/end-of-an-era/ Tony Blair is to step down as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and it looks like he’ll soon be taking a job as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons">Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds</a>. He’ll also apparently moonlight as a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6222848.stm">Middle East peace envoy</a> — in other news, outgoing Deputy PM <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott">John Prescott</a> will be taking up a position as head of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_Watchers">Weight Watchers</a>. Here are a few Blair links… <ul> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/uk_politics/07/blair_graphs/html/default.stm">BBC: The Blair Years in Graphs</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6625869.stm">BBC: Blair timeline</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6636091.stm">BBC: How will History Judge Blair?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=883">World Politics Review: Tony Blair’s Legacy: The View from Europe’s Continental Capitals</a> *…</li> </ul>