Prime Minister Tony Blair handed down the leadership of Britain and the Labor Party on Wednesday after ten years at 10 Downing Street.Blair was serving his third term since being elected to office by a landslide victory in 1997. His former economic minister, Gordon Brown - a Scotsman at that! - assumed office in a election-less transition. This being a non-election year, Brown secured support from the Labor Party currently in control of Parliament, to install him as Brittain's new Prime Minister.
He inherits the issue of Blair's unpopular support of the US decision to invade Iraq, as well as domestic problems. The next election is in 2010 and the new resident of 10 Downing Street will probably start a long campaign to keep control away from the Conservative Party.
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