Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has lashed out at the current Labour leadership, accusing it of having no coherent plan in a brutal 5,700 word essay which sparked a fierce backlash

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

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

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

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister issues a scathing indictment of Starmer’s government – and warns that the UK cannot even discuss rejoining the EU…

In an astonishing attack, former Labour PM Tony Blair said his own party had an 'almost infinite capacity for self delusion' as he accused the Government of having no coherent plan

After less than two years of Labour in office, Tony Blair's verdict could hardly be more damning.

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

Former PM Tony Blair's 5,000-word essay laid into Labour at a time where the party is contesting a heated by-election that could decide the party's immediate future

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

The former Labour premier, who led the country between 1997 and 2007, has delivered a damning assessment of the current state of his party.

Sir Tony’s more than 5,000 word essay included a 10-point plan to return to the ‘radical centre’ and win a second term in government

Former PM urges party to take a step back and ‘analyse the world’ amid speculation over Keir Starmer’s leadership

Number one bogeyman of the left, Sir Tony Blair, trained his guns on Labour this morning, launching a glorious attack. The former prime minister laid into his party over the full…

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

Num longo artigo, antigo líder trabalhista critica Starmer e os aspirantes ao seu cargo, quer reversão de leis laborais e política energética e parece defender abordagem…

Normally when there's a tricky by-election contest underway, parties tend to fall in line - but Tony Blair has chosen instead to pull the pin from a grenade and hurl it at Keir…

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has lashed out at the current Labour leadership, accusing it of having no coherent plan in a brutal 5,700 word essay which sparked a fierce…