布莱尔辞职， 布朗将继任
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<DIV class=sh>Blair resigns as prime minister </DIV></DIV></TD></TR>
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<DIV class=mva>Mr Blair will travel to the Palace to hand in his resignation</DIV>
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<DIV class=mvtb><A onclick="javascript:newsi.utils.av.launch({storyId:6245442, fileLoc: '/player/nol/newsid_6240000/newsid_6245400/', bbram: 1,nbram: 1,nbwm: 1,bbwm: 1});return false;" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6240000/newsid_6245400?redirect=6245442.stm&news=1&bbram=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1"><IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_text.gif" align=left border=0><FONT color=#0000ff><B>Blair's PMQs farewell</B> </FONT></A></DIV><!-- E IMED --></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IBOX --><!-- S SF --><B>Tony Blair has stood down as UK prime minister after 10 years in the job.</B>
<P>He handed in his resignation to the Queen during a private meeting at Buckingham Palace.
<P>His long-serving Chancellor Gordon Brown is now at the Palace where the Queen is asking him to take the job and form a new government.
<P>Earlier, Mr Blair received a standing ovation from MPs in the Commons in unprecedented scenes at the end of his final prime minister's questions. <!-- E SF -->
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<DIV class=bull><B>1200 - 1230:</B> Final PMQs</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1300:</B> Blair says farewell to staff at No 10</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1305:</B> Blair departs for Palace, where he will officially tender resignation in private audience with Queen</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1330: </B>Brown departs Treasury with wife Sarah</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1340:</B> Blair leaves Palace</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1340:</B> Brown arrives at Palace where Queen will ask him to form a government</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1430:</B> Brown leaves Palace</DIV>
<DIV class=bull><B>1445:</B> Brown enters No 10 for first time as prime minister</DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=mva><I>Times are a guide and subject to change </I></DIV>
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<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6244586.stm"><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Day at-a-glance</FONT></B></A> </DIV><!-- E ILIN --><!-- S ILIN -->
<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6242788.stm"><FONT color=#0000ff><B>Blair 'to be Mid East envoy'</B> </FONT></A></DIV><!-- E ILIN --></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IBOX -->
<P>As they left Downing Street the Blair family - including their four children - posed for the gathered world media.
<P>Mr Blair said nothing to the press as they got in the car, but wife Cherie smiled and waved at the press and said she would not "miss" them.
<P>Earlier MPs from all sides called a halt to the usual House of Commons hostilities to pay tribute to him during Mr Blair's final half hour question time session.
<P>Mr Blair admitted he had "never pretended to be a great House of Commons man" but he paid tribute to the "noble" work of MPs and - in his final words to Parliament - said: "I wish everyone, friend or foe, well and that is that, the end."
<P>Mr Blair, who was being watched from the public gallery by his family, also paid tribute to troops killed in Iraq, saying he was "truly sorry about the dangers they face today".
<P>Conservative leader David Cameron hailed Mr Blair's "remarkable achievement" in being prime minister for 10 years, praising peace in Northern Ireland and Mr Blair's work in the developing world which he said will "endure".
<P><B>'Generosity'</B>
<P>He wished Mr Blair "every success for whatever he does in the future".
<P>Mr Blair thanked Mr Cameron for his tributes and said although he could not wish the Tory leader well politically, "personally I wish both him and his family very well indeed".
<P>Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said that, despite their political disagreements, Mr Blair had been "unfailingly courteous" and extended his party's best wishes to the outgoing prime minister and his family.
<P>Mr Blair returned the compliment, saying Sir Menzies had a "generosity of spirit and courtesy".
<P>Mr Blair also exchanged tributes with Northern Ireland first minister Ian Paisley.
<P><B>Middle East</B>
<P>To laughter from all sides, Mr Blair told MPs he had received his own P45 on Tuesday.
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<DIV class=mva><IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" width=24 border=0> <B>He will not be allowed to forget the suffering he has caused</B> <IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" width=23 align=right border=0><BR clear=all></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Military Families Against the War</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6245054.stm"><B><FONT color=#0000ff>At-a-glance: PM's questions</FONT></B></A> </DIV><!-- E ILIN --><!-- S ILIN -->
<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6701961.stm"><B><FONT color=#0000ff>In Pics: Brown's life and times</FONT></B></A> </DIV><!-- E ILIN --></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IBOX -->
<P>Asked to advise his successor Gordon Brown on the relationship between faith and the state, Mr Blair sparked more laughter by saying, after a brief pause: "I think I'm really not bothered about that one."
<P>Mr Blair, expected to take on the role of Middle East envoy, told MPs he believed a solution could be found in the region but would take a "huge intensity of focus and work".
<P>He told MPs: "As I learned in respect of Northern Ireland, it is important to be able to bring people together, including people who have been very hostile towards each other."
<P><B>Cabinet reshuffle</B>
<P>The so-called "quartet" - of the UN, America, Russia and the EU - are thought likely to make an announcement on the job offer later.
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<DIV class=mva><IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" width=24 border=0> <B>We will remember Tony Blair with affection, pride and admiration</B> <IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" width=23 align=right border=0><BR clear=all></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hazel Blears, Labour chairman</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6238194.stm"><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Why is Blair going?</FONT></B></A> </DIV><!-- E ILIN --><!-- S ILIN -->
<DIV class=arr><A class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6506365.stm"><B><FONT color=#0000ff>The Tony Blair story</FONT></B></A> </DIV><!-- E ILIN --></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IBOX -->
<P>For Mr Brown, who became Labour leader on Sunday, taking over as prime minister is the culmination of a political career stretching back to the early 1970s.
<P>He is the longest serving chancellor in modern times and has been aiming for the top job since agreeing stand aside in 1994 to give Mr Blair a clear run at the Labour leadership.
<P>After taking over as PM, he is expected to begin his Cabinet reshuffle by naming the next chancellor and home secretary.
<P>A fuller reshuffle of government jobs is expected on Thursday.
<P><B>Protesters</B>
<P>Mr Brown has singled out education and affordable housing as two of his key concerns on taking over as prime minister, but says the NHS is his "immediate priority".
<P>He has also admitted that Iraq is "a divisive issue for our party and our country" and pledged to "learn lessons that need to be learned".
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<DIV class=mva><IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" width=24 border=0> <B>What do I want Brown to do? Call an election and see if he gets a proper mandate to be PM</B> <IMG height=13 alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" width=23 align=right border=0><BR clear=all></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Annie, Aberdeenshire</DIV></DIV>
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<P>Once he leaves office, Mr Blair is expected to travel to his Sedgefield constituency, in the north east of England, on Wednesday evening to announce he is standing down as an MP after 24 years.
<P>John Prescott is also stepping down from frontline politics after 10 years as deputy prime minister. It is not certain whether Mr Brown will appoint a replacement.<!-- E BO --> </FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>