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.
ALAN SIMPSON warns that Starmer’s triangulation strategy will fail just as New Labour’s did, with each rightward move by Labour pushing Tories further right
Just as German Social Democrats joined the Nazis in singing Deutschland Uber Alles, ANDREW MURRAY observes how Starmer tries to out-Farage Farage with anti-migrant policies — but evidence shows Reform voters come from Tories, not Labour, making this ploy morally bankrupt and politically pointless
