Wednesday, 2 May, 2007, 08:37
LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday gave his most
explicit backing yet for Chancellor Gordon Brown to be his
successor, and said he will soon give a date for his departure
after 10 years in power.
Blair, who has long refused to publicly endorse his ally-turned-foe
Brown to take over from him in 10 Downing Street, said the finance
minister would make a great prime minister.
Within the next few weeks, I wont be prime minister of this
country, Blair said in Edinburgh, 10 years to the day since the
1997 general election that saw his Labour Party swept to
power.
But in his strongest hint yet that Brown will take over, he added:
In all probability, a Scot will become prime minister of the UK.
AFP