Tony Blair steps down from Labour Party leadership

Today, May 10th, Tony Blair will resign the leadership of the British Labour Party, before soon leaving the head of the governement. The columnist Johann Hari has a few suggestions for Blair's successor, Gordon Brown: "He can't continue to adopt the tactic he used for last week's locals [local elections] from now on. He can't simply sell the Government's record over the past decade, and answer every inquiry with a string of billions already invested. Politics is fought primarily in the future tense. Brown needs ambitious we-will-do-this-for-you plans for the future ... The rumours that Brown will launch a massive home-building strategy led by the excellent housing minister Yvette Cooper would be a good start, to deal with the millions of people just out of reach of the housing ladder. Here are two more ideas, dealing with problems at the opposite ends of the age range - teenagers and the elderly - to extend this Brownite vision of a government on your side, doing things you could never do alone."

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