LONDON: Tony Blair, who led Labour to victory in three UK elections, called on the party on Tuesday to shun the temptation to move left or reverse Brexit to shore up its fortunes, and to concentrate on policy rather than personality.
As Labour gears up for a possible leadership contest, Blair, the party’s longest-serving premier between 1997 and 2007, spoke out in a more than 5,000-word essay, taking aim at Prime Minister Keir Starmer and two of his rivals, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former health minister Wes Streeting.
“(Any renewal of Britain) requires a fundamental reset,” he wrote. “Labour’s only electorally viable strategy is to become the Radical Center.”
Rivals to Starmer are circling the prime minister, who is battling some of the worst popularity ratings of any leader, and are offering their opinions on how to turn round the ailing fortunes of a government that has struggled to offer voters a clear vision and dent the rise of the populist Reform UK party.
BURNHAM POINTS TO NEW VOTING HABITS
