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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Tony Blair will "make an announcement" on his future as Labour leader on Thursday, Downing Street has confirmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6639945.stm

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I'm getting bored of waiting, to the point where I don't care now, just clear off man!

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Well, he's made it http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6639945.stm and, bearing in mind his successor is a foregone conclusion and is unlikely to make things any better, I for one can hardly contain my indifference.

Now, I wonder what cock-up or piece of bad news has been buried beneath all the hoo-ha?
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Cherskiy · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject:

£400M extra on the id card costings (?) *and* the extra 0.25% hike in the bank base rate.... so more mortgage to pay despite the fact that my pay rise this year wasn't anywhere near 5.5%! Sad

Yes, I spotted both items and had a wry smile to myself....
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gfloyd · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

He's not gone yet. There's another two months of goodbyes. Gone With the Wind seemed short in comparison with his farwell.
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Cherskiy · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:

Well, politicos never do anything by halves nowadays, do they?

"Two Shags" Prescott's statement was a little lacklustre by comparison, however.... Smile

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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

Granted that this is an important piece of news, was it really necessary for 20 of the 30 minutes of BBC1's 6pm News bulletin yesterday evening to be devoted to this one story? It isn't as if we didn't all know that it was coming and some of the relentless analysis could have been saved for a documentary at a later date.

And those of us who live in the North-East then got it all again ad nauseam in the local news, because of the announcement being made in TB's Sedgefield constituency.

Ian.

Cherskiy · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject:

Did you really expect anything less, Ian? Snooze24 and the other bulletins seem to fixate onto two or three stories each hour to the detriment of everything else that's happening in the region/country/world.
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PJ in Kent · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1102 Location: Go on, guess!

** Snooze 24 **

What an incredibly accurate description, Cher Laughing

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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

I like some of the news reports saying he will be handing the keys over Shocked

Number 10 doesn't have keys Laughing

The painters went into Number 10 today. I suppose Brown is in charge of the books Laughing