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Tony Blair is pining for a centre ground that no longer exists


Tony Blair is pining for a centre ground that no longer exists
The former prime minister has shown a total disconnect from the impact of economic change on ordinary people.
 
What if a great political leader from the past could time travel to our day? It would make for a classic comedy. Confronted with the wreckage of Labourism across the Red Wall, the rise of wokeness  and the salience of far-right ideology among working people, we would laugh at his confusion. As he deployed policies and rhetoric from the distant past, like Don Quixote attacking windmills with a lance, we would grimace with recognition: it’s the fate of everyone, eventually, to be out of step with their time. ....

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With Rayner's sacking, Starmer has destabilised his base within Labour | Sienna Rodgers


Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on the campaign trail in Birmingham last week. Photograph: Getty Images
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on the campaign trail in Birmingham last week. Photograph: Getty Images
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Keir Starmer picked a fight with his deputy Angela Rayner last weekend and lost. He sacked her as party chair and national campaign coordinator on Saturday, when the election results were still rolling in – and some of them deserved to be celebrated, unlike the wounding defeats that had emerged until that point. The timing was poor, with many wondering why the leader would not wait for the full electoral picture to be known first. The politics was controversial, too, as Rayner – despite her title – did not oversee the campaign, yet it looked like she was being blamed for the result. The word “scapegoat” cropped up everywhere, though Starmer maintains that he takes “ ....

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