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Tony Blair s retrograde confidence in technological progress leads him astray The former prime minister s unshakeable faith in machines suggests a technocratic politics unfit for today s most pressing challenges.
Tony Blair at an election rally in Edmonton, London in 1997.
New Statesman, got one thing correct in his latest “rare intervention”: without fundamental change, Labour will die. There is, as he says, no God-given right for parties to continue to exist, and the set of results in last weekend’s elections should be a spur to change. Sadly, his core argument has barely altered from his election as Labour leader almost 30 years ago, notwithstanding the novel sprinkling of attention-seeking anti-woke talking points.