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On 20 April, The Independent reported that many of Blair's closest allies were eager to unite the Blair and Brown camps and prevent any challenge to Gordon Brown from dividing the party. [27] The next day, The Guardian reported that 217 MPs had already signed up to back Gordon Brown's leadership. There were also reports that even among the ...
Informal campaigning had been ongoing ever since Blair announced in 2004 that he would not be fighting a fourth general election as leader. Pressure for a timetable eventually led him to announce on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. [3] Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13 May 2007 to decide a timetable.
The next day The Sun reported that Blair would step down as Leader of the Labour Party on 31 May 2007, and as prime minister when a new leader is elected. That same day, seven of the MPs who signed the letter resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretaries (unpaid and unofficial posts assisting Government ministers).
Prime Minister Tony Blair took office in 1997, and served for a decade. He is a major player in the final season of The Crown , as Blair (played by Bertie Carvel) tries to modernize the monarchy ...
The free lunch program, established by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic, was extended by the state through this school year.
The Blair–Brown deal (or Granita Pact) was a gentlemen's agreement struck between the British Labour Party politicians Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1994, while they were Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer respectively.
The prospect of making any money — let alone the $500 per week eventually earmarked for “The Blair Witch Project” — seemed like a bonus. “I did a lot of work for no pay,” Williams says.
On 7 September 2006, Blair publicly stated he would step down as leader by the time of the Trades Union Congress conference held from 10 to 13 September 2007, [110] despite promising to serve a full term during the previous general election campaign.