Burnham accuses Blair of ignoring inequality as he hits back at ex-PM

The Labour mayor and by-election candidate rejects the former PM's call to embrace the "radical centre".

Blair ‘does not understand’ role of inequality in politics, Burnham says

Greater Manchester mayor hits out veiled attack from former prime minister

‘Stuck in his glory days’: Blunkett and others cast doubt on Blair’s advice to the Labour party

Ex-PM perceived as out of touch and having a credibility problem even if parts of analysis are seen as hard to dispute David Blunkett had a chat with his old boss Tony Blair just a few months ago. “I can have very constructive disagreements with him and still stay friendly – as it should be,” the former Labour cabinet minister said with a chuckle. The current generation of senior Labour figures are perhaps a little less warmly disposed towards Blair after his latest intervention in contempora...

By Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.

Wes Streeting casts off ‘Blairite’ image with scathing attack on Tony Blair

The former health secretary and Labour leadership hopeful has attacked Sir Tony Blair’s 5,600 word essay for failing to mention ‘inequality’ and taken a side swipe over the Iraq war

By David Maddox

Tony Blair’s intervention could spark a Labour civil war

The former PM's essay calls on Starmer to rip net zero to pieces

By George Monaghan

Ricky Caruana promoting Labour campaign in flagrant breach of PBS’s ethical guidelines

PBS current affairs presenter Ricky Caruana continues to enthusiastically promote the Labour Party’s candidates and electoral activities, in flagrant breach of the national broadcaster’s ethical guidelines. Since Prime Minister Robert Abela called snap elections on 30 April, Caruana has dropped all pretence of neutrality, dedicating his Facebook page almost entirely to sycophantic posts about various … Continued

By Julian Delia

Blair calls for ‘coherent plan’ before Labour ousts Starmer

Labour's electoral losses earlier this month sparked an internal rebellion as near a quarter of the party's members of Parliament called for Starmer to go.

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham promises to respond to Blair’s 5,700-word critique of party

Former prime minister Tony Blair said Labour is ‘playing with the future of the country’ in the 5,700-word essay.

Blair Invokes AI to Revive TINA, Denying TIARA

Swamp creature Tony Blair emerges to tell the suffering public that they should accept even more hardship because AI.

By Yves Smith