<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> resigns as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a>, a position he had held since 1997. His <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> succeeds him.