I think I preferred the high drama of Maggie's departure. I was working on the news desk of the Coventry Evening Telegraph at the time. The writing had been on the wall for weeks but Mrs T had been hanging on limpet-like as the leadership battle unfolded.
Then that fateful morning the sub editor responsible for reading the Press Association files suddenly uttered: "She's gone".
There was about 15 seconds of silence in the newsroom then all hell broke loose as nine pages were junked and hastily redrafted for the next edition, announcing that the Iron Lady was finally, at last, on her way.
Can't for the life of me remember John Major's departure - we were all to busy watching Cherie Blair gurning up Downing Street.
As Mr Blair readies himself for a life of parting rich Americans from their dollars on the lecture circuit (tonight's subject, me and Dubya - the intimate inside story), we will be bringing you a two-page report tomorrow on the day's events at Downing Street and Sedgefield. We'll also have the latest from Portugal ...rumours flying about like crazy as I write, none of them optimistic but the police are promising a press conference tonight on the latest details of the hunt for Madeleine. And all the best North Wales stories, of course.
