Sunday Labour’s NEC meets to confirm timetable
Monday nominations open for leader and deputy
Thursday nominations close
Sunday May 20 first of five official Labour hustings
May 28 supporting nominations from parliamentarians, unions, local parties and socialist societies
June 4 ballot papers for deupty leader and leader (if contested) sent out
June 11 voting begins
June 18 deadline for completed ballots
June 6-8 Tony Blair attends G8 summit in Saxony, Germany
June 21-22 Blair’s last European summit in Brussels
June 24 special meeting of Labour’s electoral college in London to announce new leader and deputy
June 25 Blair makes Commons statement on European summit
June 27 Blair takes last Prime Minister’s Questions at noon; afterwards sees the Queen to resign; new Prime Minister kisses hands and enters Downing Street
July 26 start of Parliament’s summer recess

What the public said on TimesOnline

I remain unconvinced that whatever Mr Blair did he did for this country . . . he sought to raise his own profile and in the process gradually became distant, arrogant and ignorant of the needs of the people Kenneth Armitage, Suffolk

I worked with a public figure who was universally disliked. Two years after his retirement, he was more and more accepted and praised Father Bryan Storey, Tintagel

Most of the Blair bashers have a very short memory. Would there be any industry left in the UK if the Tories were still in power? A Thomas, Durham

I am going to the wedding of some close gay friends this year, and just a few years ago that would not have been possible. Thanks Tony! Alicia, London

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