Report: Blair Caves To Pressure From Party, Set Departure Date For July…

Reuters Peter Graff September 5, 2006 at 10:11 PM

Tony Blair will leave office on July 26, the Sun newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition, as the increasingly unpopular prime minister faced growing pressure to quit from within his own Labor Party.

The report comes a day after a top Blair ally said the prime minister would probably leave office within a year.

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