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Elections for English local councils, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly all take place today, while we wait for the Big Announcement on Blair's resignation timetable. He still plays hard-to-get as his press people tantalisingly hint that he will not be revealing his intentions over his parliamentary seat next week (when he will reveal his resignation as PM, apparently). He may want to stay on as a back-bencher for a while yet. Just the news Gordon Brown wanted to hear.
The bailiffs remove most of the furniture from Blair's grimy, threadbare retreat. Alex Salmond (SNP leader) gleefully removes a map of the United Kingdom; his independence-driven Nationalists are predicted to be on course for winning Scotland; in which case it's "Goodbye UK". Gordon impatiently waits for Blair to give up his seat.

The Independent; Friday 4/5/07

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