The date has been set, or at least the timeframe. Tony Blair will step down as Prime Minister of
Britain within a year. This of course opens the door for Blair’s longtime rival and longtime successor
Gordon Brown, with whom Blair was rumored to have engaged in a shouting match just prior to his
surprise announcement.
Blair’s allies are scrambling to find a challenger for the “good of the party”. Those who read my
last posting can probably see where I’m going with this. That challenger is Home Secretary John Reid,
and his expert handling of last month’s “crisis” is the justification.
Surely, while Dr. Reid has been neatly groomed as the perfect challenger many questions remain,
especially for those of us on the other side of the Atlantic. Who is Gordon Brown, why is the Blairite
faction so determined to present a challenger to him, and what would a Prime Minister Brown mean in
international affairs?
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