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The Missed and Won't Be Missed at 10 Downing Street

Cherie Blair speaks with the media as she leaves 10 Downing Street.

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I guess she just couldn't help herself, standing there in the street outside the prime minister's residence, surrounded by the media, which her husband recently called a "feral beast."

Cherie Blair, who has always had a reputation for saying what's on her mind -- even when it got Tony in hot water -- turned to the TV camera nearest her and said, "Goodbye. I don't think we'll miss you."

Meanwhile, as the BBC writes, the now former Prime Minister Tony Blair will be enormously missed in the United States, both inside and outside the White House. For instance, at last count, ThankYouTony.com (a site where Americans can write thank-yous to Blair) had received 89,953 messages. The e-mails are "are printed on paper, and wire-bound into books of 250 messages. Message books are shipped to 10 Downing Street in London weekly."

Well, not to 10 Downing anymore, I guess. Perhaps now they'll address them to the Middle East, as it's been announced that Blair will be the new envoy representing the Quartet (the United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia) in that region.

1:26 PM ET | 06-27-2007 | permalink

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