Senior Labour Peer and former Deputy Leader calls on Blair to quit

4.11.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 17th Jul 2006

Time for Blair to quit

Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Hattersley has called on Tony Blair to quit as prime minister in September. He said any tenure in Downing Street beyond this year's Labour conference would damage the party.

Simon Hughes MP, President of the Liberal Democrats commented "Every month that passes looks more and more like the end of the Blair era. The chosen date for going is of course a personal decision and principally a Labour party concern. But good government for Britain and our reputation abroad requires a prime minister with a future not a past and a prime minister who commands the authority in his party as well as the support of the British people."