Starmer has trapped Labour in a broken liberal consensus
Like Rishi Sunak, the Labour leader only offers a narrow, technocratic pragmatism.
ByTony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG, better known as Tony Blair, is a British politician. He was the prime minister of the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2007 and the leader of the Labour Party between 1994 and 1997. During his leadership, Blair is known for rebranding the Labour Party as “New Labour”. He studied at Fettes College and then studied law at St John’s College at the University of Oxford. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on the former prime minister here.
Keir Starmer will bury Blairism
In office, circumstances will force the Labour leader to break with his party’s liberal progressivism.
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Tony Blair: “If I was back in front-line politics…”
Labour’s former prime minister on the AI revolution, the curse of Brexit and what Keir Starmer must do to win.
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Will Labour dare embrace Tony Blair’s agenda?
Greater use of AI and the private sector would force Keir Starmer to slay more left taboos.
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Tony Blair anoints his successor
Keir Starmer’s appearance at the former PM’s Future of Britain conference was like a graduation.
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The secret life of an election pledge
Labour and Conservative manifesto writers reveal the untold story of these vital documents.
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How will Fleet Street vote at the next general election?
The next UK election could be the first at which the Murdoch papers do not back the winning party.
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A Tony Blair rock opera? Get me out of here!
My friend turned to me at one stage and whispered “help” with the desperation of someone seeking rescue from the…
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Succession’s sly allusion to New Labour’s very own succession
In the latest episode, Shiv Roy appears to echo Gordon Brown’s cry of betrayal at Tony Blair.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War: how one town honoured Britain’s fallen soldiers – Audio Long Reads
How do you mourn those killed in an “unjust” war? For years, the English town of Wootton Bassett showed the…
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The Iraq War exposed the liberal delusion of remaking the world
The fall of Saddam Hussein was not the end that had been promised – it was the image of the…
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The A-Z of the Iraq War
From Blairites to dodgy dossiers, an anatomy of the ill-fated invasion that brought down Saddam Hussein.
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The road to war in Iraq
Could a resolute cabinet and a more sceptical press have stopped Tony Blair?
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Keir Starmer’s economic model isn’t Blairism – it’s ordoliberalism
The Labour leader’s emphasis on economic institutions resembles the philosophy behind Germany’s social market.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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Who will be Keir Starmer’s chief of staff?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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“National renewal” does not come cheap
Keir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
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Are British prime ministers too powerful? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
From Tony Blair to Boris Johnson our leaders have seemed to act like presidents.
Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”
As the Conservative Party unravels, Starmer is plotting a route to No 10. Is he the radical leader the country…
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