10/05/2007 11:46:00 am
Will Be Missed. I just came back from an interesting meeting here in Paris with Alain Madelin, among other things former Minister of Industry and Minister of Finance in France. The media is full of information and speculation about the resignation of Tony Blair. Apparently, he told his Cabinet this morning that he will resign. A more public announcement awaits. Despite announcing this, he will probably continue as Prime Minister for another seven weeks.

After that, it is time for the man who has been waiting forever to be Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. He is often called a mystery. In my view, he is not. He is an ordinary politician, though a bit more forceful and academically skilled. But he has none of Tony Blairs qualities of vision, leadership, conviction and communication. Some of his recoed isn′t great, but for sure, I think that more people than I will miss Tony Blair in a while.