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Sir Tony Blair says he wants to see Andy Burnham in parliament
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair published a lengthy essay outlining Labour's serious problems, calling hopeful Andy Burnham 'delusional' and 'dangerous' amid global changes.
- Former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair published a 5,600-word essay on Tuesday arguing the Labour government had 'no coherent plan' for the country, marking his most dramatic intervention in nearly two decades since leaving Downing Street.
- Labour's electoral standing collapsed in recent local elections, with YouGov finding only 46% of 2024 voters remained loyal while more backed the Green Party than Reform UK , as Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham prepares for a June 18 by-election expected to launch his leadership challenge.
- Blair criticized new workers' rights laws and National Insurance increases on employers, urging Labour to embrace the 'radical centre' rather than move left, claiming the party suffers from a 'perennial delusion that when we lose seats to the right the country is really signalling it wants Labour to move left'.
- Greater Manchester Mayor Burnham responded by accusing Blair of overlooking inequality, telling the Observer Blair 'doesn't mention inequality once' and arguing that 'if you are not rooting your analysis in the fact that people are unable to live and that things that were taken for granted are no longer affordable, then you are not understanding what's going on'.
- The dispute reflects competing visions for Labour's future, with Burnham arguing 40 years of inequality drove voters from the centre to the extremes, rejecting Blairism's market-focused approach in favour of balancing 'a more left solution' with pro-business policies.
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Leaning Left10Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
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- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
13%
R 20%
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