Blair's Exit Strategy Sparks Succession Fever
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was back at work Saturday after successful heart surgery but his vow to hold on to power for five more years has sparked fevered speculation about who might succeed him and when.
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As the flamboyant Cherie Blair leaves Downing Street, hereâs what we can expect from her self-effacing successor.
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LONDON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was leaving for a key summit after a rapid and deeply unwelcome reorganisation of his government following the resignation of respected interior minister David Blunkett.
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Tony Blair tells his monthly news conference that he will reshuffle his top team by the end of the week.
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Tony Blair will leave office on July 26,  the Sun reported in its Wednesday edition, as the increasingly  unpopular prime minister faced growing pressure to quit from  within his own Labour Party.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's   pledge to quit within a year failed to heal rifts on Friday as   his likely successor came under fire from a respected Labour   Party heavyweight.
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BOURNEMOUTH, England  - Britain's struggling  Conservative Party began to showcase its strategy for unseating  Tony Blair on Monday, just days after the prime minister shook  up the political landscape by setting a date for his exit.
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The political drama of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's supposedly bitter falling-out with his finance minister Gordon Brown took a fresh twist with claims Blair offered to step down if Brown backed British euro entry.
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Pressure has mounted further on Prime Minister Tony Blair to name a resignation date after a leaked memo set out his &quot;exit strategy,&quot; fueling already intense speculation about his plans.
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LONDON, June 27 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, turning over power to Gordon Brown, his longtime political partner and rival, after a decade of guiding Britain through economic prosperity at home and a deeply unpopular war abroad.
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Speculation over the future of British Prime Minister Tony Blair reached new heights following a report that he will leave office on July 26 next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looked   set to bow to intense pressure from disgruntled loyalists on   Thursday and lay out a timetable for his departure within a   year after almost a decade in office.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has undermined hopes for his powerful chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, to succeed him and may have opened up the leadership battle to a new generation, newspapers ...
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Britain enters a new political era on Wednesday when Tony Blair steps down after a decade and Gordon Brown takes over as prime minister knowing he must heal wounds in the country caused by the Iraq war.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair aims   to quit next year after 10 years in office but his reported   departure date failed to quell growing opposition to his   leadership within the government.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday, after a decade in power, handing over power to party rival Gordon Brown who has vowed to impose his own style on Britain.
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LONDON -- He shows up for work in famously drab ties with his nails bitten to the quick. He hates networking, and didn't marry until he was 49. He's the glowering figure often seen harrumphing on the bench behind his preternaturally poised boss, Prime Minister Tony Blair, in the House of Commons.