Exclusive: Tony Blair writes for The Spectator about the ‘tragedy’ of Corbyn’s Labour

The Christmas issue of The Spectator hits the streets soon; we have David Cameron, Justin Welby and Tony Blair. Blair first wrote for The Spectator in August 1979, four years before he became an MP. Thirty six years later, he is back in the magazine. In his first intervention since Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour Party leadership, the former Prime Minister does not mince his words. In his first sentence, he says:

All wings of the Labour Party which support the notion of the Labour Party as a Party aspiring to govern, rather than as a fringe protest movement agree on the tragedy of the Labour Party’s current position.

What they don’t agree on is where Labour went right. In his Spectator article, Blair lays it out for the record. He finishes his article saying that his party has gone badly astray:-

Right now we’re in danger of not asking the right questions never mind failing to get the right answers. All