Tony Blair chose a Labour club in north-east England to announce his departure while David Cameron said he had to go after Brexit poll
The moment of a prime ministerial resignation has always been one of intense political drama, resulting in words and images that linger long in the memory.
Margaret Thatcher was applauded even by her detractors for a bullish Commons performance after she had announced that she would go, but the enduring image remains a woman in tears looking mournfully back at Downing Street as her car pulled away from the famous black door.
