Prime Minster Tony Blair has finally done the decent thing and resigned! Bloody good job too. He’s leaving number 10 Downing Street, the Prime Ministers official residence, on the 27th of June and probably moving in with Barney, President Bush’s other little lapdog, shortly thereafter.

Tony Blair has been Britain’s Prime Minister for 10 years though it feels like a lot longer. He said he is proud to have led the “greatest nation on earth” but that he feels that 10 years was “long enough” for him and the country.

President Bush said he “will miss” Mr Blair and praised him for his honesty, which he admitted was a trait that was hard to find in his circles.

In the UK however, the Mr Blair is leaving amid continued questions about his honesty and leadership. His popularity is in much the same state as the beleaguered President’s with his decision to follow America into war in the Middle East often cited as his biggest political mistake.

Recently Mr Blair has made the environment his parties top political priority, some might suggest because that is far more palatable to a British public that was dead set against the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. But criticism aside one cannot take away that Blair has managed to make some swift environmental changes putting the UK at the forefront of global efforts to address climate change.

It will be interesting to see how keen the new Prime Minister will be to be photographed with President Bush. Bush is extremely unpopular here in the UK and it would seem a politically unwise move to appear too friendly with a such a controversial and unpopular President given that the close ties between Mr Blair and Mr Bush did the Prime Minister little favor on home turf. There will of course be a meeting, but after that, I would be surprised at any further high visibility hand shakes and joint statements until America elect a new President in 2008.

Mr Blair’s replacement might be well advised to make some swift and radical changes and refocus the Labour party that it’s not unfair to suggest has been suffering from ‘Blaired vision’ for the last few years.

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