Brits appeal to Blair for a four-day week during his “lastminute” in power

Today marks the end of Tony Blair’s reign as Prime Minister. In his 10 years in power, there have been many highs and lows, not to mention a few rather odd moments - think “Yo Blair”. The question is what should Tony do for his final act in power to ensure he’s remembered for something good, something positive?

A survey conducted by leading online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com asked 2,500 Brit’s exactly that – ‘What should Tony Blair do in his lastminute of power?’

The result sends a clear message to the Government and indeed Prime Minister in-waiting Gordon Brown, we Brit’s feel the time has come to join our European cousins and fully integrate with the continent.

The single most popular idea, gaining an incredible 41% of the vote is for Mr Blair to announce the start of the four-day working week.

The Spanish enjoy their Siestas, the French revel in their 35-hour working week and the Germans clock off at lunchtime on a Friday. Britons have called for a similar work-life balance to kick-start their neglected and short-lived social lives.

For too long now, we Brits have been getting a rough deal. As Europe’s hardest working nation, announcing the four-day week would leave Tony up there with the country’s finest leaders such as Churchill and Callaghan.

The second most popular choice with 16 per cent of the vote is to double the national minimum wage.

In third place, with 12 per cent of the vote Brits asked Tony to scrap the universally-panned 2012 Olympics logo.

In true British style, we also put our tongue firmly in our cheeks and came back with a couple of rather less than serious ideas. For instance, almost 4 per cent want Mr Blair to record a hip hop track, while two per cent of those polled believe Tony Blair should spend his lastminute in power in bed with David Cameron.

Further proving our love of all things humorous, a mischievous one per cent think Tony Blair should answer every question during his final Prime Minister’s Question Time with … “Am I bovvered?”

Tony’s Top Five

1. Four day working week
2. Double the minimum wage
3. Scrap the Olympic logo
4. Make healthy school meals compulsory
5. Scrap airport taxes