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Blair urges more robots, fewer migrants
Tony Blair speaking at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Future of Britain Conference at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel in central London, July 9, 2024
EMBRACE robots and repel migrants, former PM Tony Blair told his successor today in his own personal manifesto.
Mr Blair, who has returned to influence in Labour under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership, said that the new government should address the “grievance” of those upset about immigration.
“The populist usually doesn’t invent a grievance, they exploit the grievance,” the ex-leader advised.
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