With Iraq as his legacy, Blair to step down.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair “began the final countdown to his departure today by promising a resignation announcement next week and anointing Gordon Brown as his successor,” The Guardian reports. … Meanwhile, a new poll by The Independent found that 69% of the British public ‘believe he will be remembered most for the Iraq war. Remarkably, his next highest ‘legacy rating’ — just 9% — is for his relationship with the American President, George Bush.’”