The beginning of a long goodbye.

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Tony Blair

After nearly 10 years as prime minister, Tony Blair is “going, going”—though still “not quite gone,” said the London Guardian in an editorial. Blair bid farewell to Labor at the party congress in Manchester last week with one of his most stirring and entertaining speeches. Alternately proud of his accomplishments and wistful to be leaving, the premier was funny and charming. Labor will miss him, not least for his rhetorical gifts. When he finished his moving address, the standing ovation lasted a cheering, stamping seven minutes.

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