Tony Blair has taken aim at Keir Starmer – but some of his criticisms apply to New Labour too

By Mark Wickham-Jones, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Bristol

It is rare for former prime ministers to engage in debates about public policy nearly 20 years after they left office. Other than the most general observations, they tend to avoid interventions. So, when Tony Blair offered 5,700 words of criticism directed at the party he led for 13 years, it was obviously significant. Much – though not all – of his analysis was manifestly aimed at Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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