Premiership of Tony Blair elected Labour leader as the only successfully nominated candidate with 313 nominations compared to John McDonnell's 29 at close of nominations on 17 May 2007, the result being declared formally and coming into effect on 24 June 2007 with Tony Blair resigning as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 and Gordon Brown being asked to form a government by The Queen later that day. Blair stepped down as an MP immediately triggering a by-election in Sedgefield. He has declined the traditional seat in the House of Lords offered to former Prime Ministers, commenting that it is, "not my scene" Tony
Tony Blair Star", he was portrayed by Christian Brassington. When Blair resigned as Prime Minister, Robert Harris, a former Fleet Street political editor, dropped his other work to write "The Ghost". The CIA-influenced British prime minister in the book is said to be a thinly disguised version of Blair. The novel was filmed as "The Ghost Writer" with Pierce Brosnan portraying the Blair character, Adam Lang. Stephen Mangan portrays Blair in "The Hunt for Tony Blair" (2011), a one-off "The Comic Strip Presents..." satire presented in the style of a 1950s film noir. In the film, he is wrongly implicated in the