HOW LONG UNTIL HE ANNOUNCES...:

Blair will resign as PM tomorrow (Daily Mail, 5/09/07)

Tony Blair is widely expected to announce his departure tomorrow at his constituency in Sedgefield.

It is believed Mr Blair will first inform Government colleagues at the regular weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street before flying to his constituency in County Durham, where he kicked off his parliamentary career in 1983.

The public announcement will set in motion the procedure by which Mr Blair's 10-year premiership will draw to a close.

Both the Prime Minister and the Queen flew back to London last night, and many at Westminster expect Mr Blair to use his regular weekly audience at Buckingham Palace to inform Her Majesty in advance of his intentions.

But his official spokesman was yesterday unable to confirm whether an audience was scheduled for today.

Mr Blair's expected announcement tomorrow will not trigger his immediate departure as Prime Minister, but will kick off a process expected to result in the handover of the reins of power to Mr Brown around the start of July.

...he's moving here and converting to Catholicism?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 9, 2007 1:42 PM