On this day...
10th May 2007, Tony Blair announces he is to stand down.
However he wasn't the first PM to announce he was to step down this day, not least because of decisions he had made over the conduct of war.
That honour falls to Neville Chamberlain who announced he was to stand down on the 10th May 1940. Chamberlain was forced to resign after Germany had invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France and of course was succeeded by Winston Churchill. Nonetheless he remained very well regarded in Parliament despite being eclipsed by his successor.
I can't see that happening to either Tony Blair or Gordon Brown...
posted by Matt Dean at 5:20 pm
2 Comments:
Ah, Mr Blair.....we'll always remember him for
"Look at my face. It. Ain't. Bovvered."
And getting McGuiness and Paisley to laugh together
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