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Jun 27, 2007 · Why is Blair going? He will stand down later as an MP before taking up a new job as a Middle East peace envoy for the "quartet" of the UN, EU, America and Russia. As they...
Jun 27, 2007 · And the end result is that Tony Blair becomes an ex-prime minister at the relatively young age of 54, despite having won three large election victories and with opinion polls still...
He resigned the party leadership on 24 June 2007 and as prime minister on 27 June, and was succeeded by Gordon Brown, his chancellor. In 2003, Blair became the longest continuously-serving Labour prime minister, surpassing Clement Attlee 's six-year term from 1945 to 1951.
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As a combined result of the Blair–Brown pact, the Iraq War and low approval ratings, pressure built up within the Labour Party for Blair to resign. [106] Over the summer of 2006, many MPs criticised Blair for not calling for a ceasefire in the Israel–Lebanon conflict . [ 107 ]
May 10, 2007 · Tony Blair has announced his plans to step down as Labour leader and prime minister. He paid tribute to his wife Cherie and election agent John Burton before delivering his formal address at...
Dec 14, 2023 · It concluded that the UK’s decision to join the invasion of Iraq was based on flawed intelligence and that the circumstances in which Sir Tony and his attorney general Lord Goldsmith decided...
May 10, 2007 · Tony Blair on Thursday marked the beginning of the end of his decade as Britain’s prime minister when he announced his intention to step down as prime minister on June 27, paving the way for a...
