who should take the place of tony blair as british prime minister ?

very very interesting choice, but i do wonder if george did his image too much damage recently. I agree we need some traditional labour values but fear the tories and i see no natural successor, i honestly feel we should groom a new leader now and talk tony in to staying for five more years but i doubt he would. I see the tories on the horizon and it scares me more than Brown

i certainly agree they have covered their own backs well, it is as though if 9/11 hadnt happened Bush would have had to orchestrate it to get a lot of the protective legislation through, best of luck to you

I would have Blair and Bush on trial for war crimes. I would also spend a fortune investigating the link between depleted uranium and the countless horrendous unexplained deaths and injuries that occur everywhere depleted uranium weapons have been used. This is an issue that is yet to break, due to repeated US government failure to set up a proper stabdard of testing and arrange independent testing of returning soldiiers. All testing so far has been shown to be inacurate and unreliable. With one third of all veterans returned from Gulf war 1 still on dissability and a similar figure is accruing for the current actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Palestine and Lebanon are also affected. Bush and Blair have passed laws to protect themselves retroactively from charges accruing relating to war crimes, and that is against all humanitarian principals and against any right thinking morality. In short it is an act of blatant criminal cowardice on the parts of Blair and Bush! I deplore the way the people have allowed this travesty of justice.

yes i think it will need to be a very special person indeed particularly in these difficult times blessed be

ooopps! im so sorry sir for the double word's:)

its perfectly ok we have all done it

Yes that is a fear that we hope is not going to come true All we can do is hope on this

i agree it will take a lot of clearing up. In my view tony blair had ten years and didnt manage to clean up the mess the thatcher-major axis left us in, i just fear its return if we dont get this hand over right

in many ways i agree with you. I think Blair had an extremely hard job to do in 1997 when he removed the tory despots, but after 10 years I expected so much more, I just hope we get it right first time. I also agree who ever takes over will be the pupet of who ever becomes the next American president and much policy will be determined by their agenda rather than their own, blessed be and thank you for your answer

your answer makes a lot of sense to me. Whereas the rest of the answers are seeking quite abrupt and radical change, i think Brown is the option of continuity and would in my opinion make a good prime minister. However, I wonder after ten years if the country is not now looking for a change, or if it is just those who want such a change who are shouting the loudest? good luck blessed be

what a lovely thing to say, thank you. Unfortunately its a job i would never take, not ever for all the money in the world ever

Had to laugh, when I submitted this response, I got a box up saying, Tony Blair, People you admire, yeah right!

hahaha ok, im still wearing mine, i remember just how terrible the Thatcher-Major axis was and have yet to see anything to say this lot of light pink tories are anything worse. However because of the centre right consensus that has been proporgated in British politics, i think you really are living in some kind of political wish philosophy but we can but hope and keep faith. keep on keeping on blessed be