Tony Blair warns Labour not to repeat mistakes

Tony Blair has issued a stark warning to Labour not to repeat the mistakes of the 1980s which consigned the party to 18 years in opposition.

Tony Blair warns Labour not to repeat mistakes

In a rare intervention, the former prime minister said a shift to the left after the party’s general election defeat would be to treat voters as if they were “stupid”.

His comments, to the centre-left Progress think-tank, came as the first public opinion poll in the Labour leadership contest put left winger Jeremy Corbyn on course for a shock victory.

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