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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump

Tony Blair leaves BBC after appearing on Today programme
Tony Blair leaves BBC after appearing on Today programme. The former PM’s scathing 5,700-word essay criticised Keir Starmer, Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Tayfun Salci

Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party’s “almost infinite capacity for self-delusion” means it is likely to lose the next election.

In a scathing 5,700-word attack on the prime minister and his would-be successors published on Tuesday night, Blair argued for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas and smooth relations with Donald Trump.

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