Blair to resign this summer?

Sir Tokyo Sexwale · March 22, 2006

Maybe it's been done to death in the UK, but not over here - there's a cat stuck in a tree in New Jersey which knocks famine in Africa off the news.

Anyway, the Economist thinks so

ONCE upon a time Britain had a long-serving Labour prime minister, one who had won four general elections. He showed no signs of quitting. But suddenly, on March 16th 1976, Harold Wilson surprised everyone by announcing his resignation. Thirty years later, today's even longer-serving Labour prime minister, Tony Blair, also shows no sign of quitting, even though on the eve of the Wilson-resignation anniversary he was forced to rely on the votes of the Conservative opposition in order to get his education reforms through the House of Commons. Unlike Wilson, Mr Blair remains young and in good health. But he too may be thinking of springing a surprise. He certainly should be pondering it.

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matty · March 22, 2006

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