The Papers: 'Blair: Starmer has no plan for Britain' and 'The heat's still on'

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair's essay criticising Labour and the ongoing heatwave lead the papers.

Tony Blair criticises Labour’s Andy Burnham for leftwing ‘delusion’

Former prime minister says leadership debate engulfing party amounts to ‘playing with fire’ over UK’s future

Minister rejects Blair intervention, accusing ex-PM of retreading old arguments – UK politics live

Tony Blair has accused Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk amid leadership speculation Good morning. Labour is in the midst of ‘phoney war’ leadership contest. The formal bit has not started yet, but Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting are already actively engaged, Angela Rayner is taking an interest, and Keir Starmer is defending his legacy with renewed vigour. The last thing anyone expected was for Tony Blair to join in. But he has, sort of, with a 5,700-word essay,...

By Andrew Sparrow

Labour risks relegating Britain from Premier League of nations - The Times

Labour risks relegating Britain from Premier League of nations  The Times

Wang Yi tells UN multilateralism must be protected in swipe at US policies

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took a swipe at the United States at a press conference at the United Nations on Tuesday as he touted the need to safeguard multilateralism and the UN Charter in times of great instability. “As we have seen for the recent period of time, the purposes of the UN Charter have been disregarded, the basic norms of international relations have been undermined, and world peace and security are in great jeopardy,” Wang said, without mentioning the United States or US...

By Mark Magnier

Voices: If Labour wants to get back on track, it must listen to Tony Blair

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 country can hope to hold off the threats coming down the tracks – Labour must focus on the ‘what’ rather than the ‘who’

By Editorial

Is it time for Labour’s first female leader?

Party members find their history embarrassing

By Ailbhe Rea

UK's ex-PM Blair calls on Labour to focus on policy, not personality - The Straits Times

UK's ex-PM Blair calls on Labour to focus on policy, not personality  The Straits Times

Bye-election: Ex-minister Maku emerges LP candidate in Nasarawa North, Eze in Enugu North

The candidates emerged during the party’s primaries held on Monday across the affected constituencies. The post Bye-election: Ex-minister Maku emerges LP candidate in Nasarawa North, Eze in Enugu North appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

By Abdulqudus Ogundapo