Reax from Blair's constituency following speech, protesters

(15 May 2007) SHOTLIST ++True Date Created = 10/05/2007++ 1. Mid of outgoing UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and wife Cherie walking, Blair waves to crowd 2. Close of Blair getting into car 3. Wide of driveway where convoy departs 4. Wide of convoy departing, zoom in and out on cars 5. Wide of Labour Party members leaving social club 6. Mid of policewoman taking photo of Blair supporters 7. Mid of woman with "I Love Blair" poster 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Blair supporter: "Well I work for the party as well, so it was very emotional - very emotional. It was fantastic, but every time he speaks it is always fantastic. I've seen him quite a few times." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Blair supporter: "It was sad, very sad indeed. I mean I was there when he came and to be there when he's gone it's.. It's the right time to go but you never think it's going to come." 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Blair supporter: "Even though he's still been the Prime Minister and obviously he has all the world power to deal with he never forgets us who live in Trimdon. He never forgets his Sedgefield constituents. He's a man and he's irreplaceable." 11. Wide of anti-war protesters holding banner 12. Close of 'Stop the War' banner 13. Various of two protesters wearing Guantanamo Bay-type jumpsuits on grass while police standby 14. Cameramen surround anti-war protester Abu Bakr Deghayes (brother has been in Guantanamo Bay prison for five years) 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Abu Bakr Deghayes, Anti-war protester: "I am here to make sure that Tony Blair when he leaves or announces that he is leaving remembers the terrible legacies he left for us and for humanity." 16. Wide of protesters STORYLINE Anti war protesters marred the departure of Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair from his Trimdon Labour Club constituency in northern England on Thursday, just hours after the Labour leader announced his intention to resign from office. As Labour supporters called Blairs decision to step down "very very sad," and cheered Blair's 10 year reign of power, anti war protesters put the Iraq war firmly into the spotlight. Sitting before a banner that read 'Sedgefield Against War,' two protesters dressed in orange jumpsuits similar to those worn at the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, expressed their dissatisfaction with Britain's involvement in the Iraq war. Abu Bakr Deghayes, has brother who has spent the last five years in Guantanamo Bay prison told reporters he was there to make sure that Blair "remembers the terrible legacies he left for us and for humanity." A startling contrast to the views expressed by Blair's supporters. "He's irreplaceable," said one Labour supporter. Blair will step down as British prime minister on June 27 after 10 years in office. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is widely expected to take over his duties. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...