A Journey (128 page)

cvii) Bob Geldof, the force behind the worldwide Live 8 concerts of 2 July 2005

cviii) Denise Lewis leapt for joy alongside mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Tessa Jowell in Singapore as London won the bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, 6 July 2005

cix) Londoners celebrating the same moment in Trafalgar Square

cx) The following day, three bombs were detonated on the London Underground and one on a bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-two people lost their lives. 7 July 2005

cxi) My statement on the atrocity of 7/7, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, 8 July 2005, on behalf of the assembled leaders

cxii) Speaking on world poverty at the Old Vic theatre in London, with Gordon listening

cxiii) Celebrating the day on which power sharing was finally restored to Northern Ireland, with, left to right, Martin McGuinness, Bertie Ahern, Peter Hain and Ian Paisley. Stormont, Belfast, 8 May 2007

cxiv) On 10 May 2007, I announced at the Trimdon Labour Club that I would step down as prime minister the following month

cxv) In my last months, I undertook a wide range of visits. With British troops in Basra, Iraq, 19 May 2007

cxvi) With my indispensable folder, I left for my last Prime Minister’s Questions, 27 June 2007

cxvii) With Keith Hill, my parliamentary private secretary

cxviii) After addressing the staff, I walked down the stairs at Downing Street for the last time, 27 June 2007

cxix) Boarding the train to take me back up to the North-East