01/05/07 – SCOT WILL BE PM SOON: BLAIR
TELETEXT 306 MAY 01 19:17:28
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Scot will be PM soon: Blair
A Scot will “in all probability” become the prime minister of the UK within the next few weeks, Tony Blair has said.
His comments came after he announced he will make a “definitive” statement next week, a move which should see his replacement as PM by July 2.
Mr Blair, campaigning for the Holyrood polls in Edinburgh, said: “In the next few weeks I won’t be PM,” and alluded to his likely successor Gordon Brown.
I hope that this will encourage John Reid to run for the Labour leadership, he is the only labour minister (apart from Des Browne – but he is just a junior minister) that I can see myself voting for. So I hope this Glaswegian will run for the leadership.