Andy Burnham has been described as Labour’s ‘king over the water’ who could save us from the turgid decline of Starmer’s premiership, but there is another candidate for that position, and a more convincing one at that. On the website of his eponymous institute, Tony Blair has published a long essay which reminds us of

The former PM said Britain is in a "long slide towards relegation from the Premier League of Nations.”

Intervention by former PM feels almost designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

Editorial: In an extraordinary intervention, the most successful leader in the party’s history says it is only by embracing the ‘radical centre’ that either the party or the…

Tony Blair has said that Keir Starmer should have immediately dropped manifesto pledges which have "undermined business confidence".

Former prime minister says party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ means it is likely to lose the next election

Tony Blair has accused Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk amid leadership speculation

Andy Burnham has been described as Labour’s ‘king over the water’ who could save us from the turgid decline of Starmer’s premiership, but there is another candidate for that…

The intervention by the former prime minister comes just weeks before a key by-election that could determine Labour’s future.

The former PM’s essay rightly calls for a coherent economic plan, but then sets too much store by AI – and a worldview stuck in the past, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Home Sir Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, said in a 5,700-word essay: ‘The Labour party is playing with fire; or, more accurately, with its future, and that of the…

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour

Andy Burnham and Torsten Bell say the former Labour PM’s essay does not address today’s challenges

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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,…

Andy Burnham hit out at Tony Blair today, saying the former Labour prime minister 'does not understand' people's lives.

Burnham distanced himself from Blair’s approach on globalisation and “leaving things to the market” in an article for The Times.

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour

After being warned by Sir Tony Blair in a 5,600-word essay not to drag the country back to the 1970s, Andy Burnham has, of course, this evening vowed to do exactly that. In a bid…

Political editor David Maddox looks at the contradictory nature of Andy Burnham’s response to Tony Blair