BYE BYE BLAIR

[panik]

I'm watching the PM resign on live-TV with - strangely - mixed feelings... 

All very historic and all that; goodbye Blair, hello Brown. Wondering what the new admin will be like. Wondering of there'll be some good headlines I can make into amusing T shirts. <G>

ETA: Nice speech, rather moving, actually. He really knows how to play the crowd; he was a lawyer, after all (o: I keep thinking of those 10 years, they went so quickly... I'll never forget election night, sitting on the bed in our little  Havana apartement, listening to the growing hysteria of the journos on the BBC World Service as Tory after Tory went down like nine pins... How could that be ten years ago?

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[kashe07.livejournal.com]

Boy, do I remember that night! I was at the count for our local seat after campaigning vigourously - probably one of the best nights ever for the Labour Party! Michael Portillo losing was, indeed, the highlight!

I've heard Tony speak and it is mesmerising, he can really hold an audience and win you over. Personally, I think he's one of the best Parliamentary debaters we've had in the UK for a very long time. How things will go now will be interesting.

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Forget the glitter and the glam, Sky News are already forecasting a dull dour administration. Their online poll is also giving (will Brown make a good PM?) an 85% 'no' response - which seems a tad harsh, I must say.

I wasn't often a fan of the policies, but I feel we'll miss the style. (o:

And having a PM called 'Blair'.