All I have to say...is Good Riddance Poodle Boy.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,2005994,00.html>>>snip
Senior Labour figures want the party to develop contingency plans for the prime minister's early departure if charges appear likely in the cash for honours inquiry. Some ministers and MPs want Tony Blair to announce the date of his departure now to mitigate the damage if the Crown Prosecution Service decides to prosecute. Others want officials to hammer out a timetable for the resulting leadership election.
Few want Mr Blair to depart before the Scottish, Welsh and local elections in May - despite an ICM/Sunday Express poll suggesting 56% of the public want him to quit now - and allies believe the CPS will still be considering charges by the time he announces his exit.
But there is concern that he has not committed himself to leaving immediately after the polls. Colleagues believe he would have little choice but to resign before then if Ruth Turner, his head of government relations, or even Lord Levy, his fundraiser, were prosecuted. "If he said now that he was going straight after the elections, that would resolve everything. People have a sense of fairness and don't want to push him out, but if he overstays the date that we are expecting he will be accused of taking the piss," said one backbencher.
A minister added: "If there are charges, he has to go. That's clear - if for no other reason than that he will be distracted. I just hope he would realise that."
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