So Many Ugly Rumours About Blair's Next Role

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Tony Blair began his long goodbye to the Labour Party this week and, as the removal men wonder when they'll be called to Downing Street, Political Editor Tomos Livingstone looks at what the Prime Minister will do when he retires

TIME was when retired Prime Ministers stayed in the Commons for a year or two before heading off to the House of Lords. But the quiet life won't exactly appeal to Tony Blair, a man whose reputation is much better abroad than it is at home.

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So Many Ugly Rumours About Blair's Next Role

His valedictory speech to the Labour Party conference was a reminder that here is a powerful and entertaining communicator, who has been at the centre of power for a decade. No wonder publishers are falling over themselves to publish his memoirs.

They'll bring in some cash to pay off the steep mortgage the Blairs have on their central London home (the one they'll move to after ...

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