Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he?

With Blair calling for Britain to set a course for re-entry into a 'reformed European Union' over the next decade, he really isn’t the worst person from whom Burnham could take advice

Former British prime minister Tony Blair: Rather than re-run old arguments about Brexit, he would prefer to start a new one, saying the need for the UK and the EU to build capability in defence and capacity on AI is more pressing than it ever was in the past. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Tony Blair can, apparently, sound slightly wistful when he describes how he once had a cloak-and-dagger meeting with Andy Burnham, who wanted to talk to him about standing for the party leadership. 

Before anyone gets too excited, however, this wasn’t in the past few months, during which Burnham succeeded in landing the job.