Read more John Reid stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1785/john-reid.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 17:09:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1973/blair-ally-to-step-down.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=3913&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035212' border='0' />British Home Secretary John Reid will stand down, he announced yesterday, giving PM apparent Gordon Brown space to rejigger the cabinet when he succeeds Tony Blair. Tensions have run high between the old and new Labour leaders' supporters, but Reid stressed that his surprise departure was personal; the Guardian reports...US Secretary of State for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, left, and Britain's Home Secretary John Reid, right, at a press conference at the Home Office in London, Friday April 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)http://www.newser.com/story/1973/blair-ally-to-step-down.htmlMon, 07 May 2007 09:25:28 CDT