British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down today, June 24, handing the reins of power (too much, BTW), to Labour (see Brits? we did the LaboUr thing for ye!) Party leader Gordon Brown.

Here is the piece, from the Associated Press:

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By ROB HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Gordon Brown, Britain's next prime minister, on Sunday promised a foreign policy that recognizes that defeating terrorism is as much a struggle of ideas as a military battle - a lesson he said was drawn from Iraq.

As he took control of the governing Labour Party from Tony Blair, Brown said Britain would "learn lessons that need to be learned."