By Gavin Mackintosh-
Tony Blair has promised to help “millions of effectively politically homeless people”,
Tony Blair said the public faces a choice between a government pursuing a “hard Brexit” and an “ultra-left”
Speaking to the New Statesman, Mr.Blair said “what I’m doing is to spend more time not in the frontline of politics, because I have no intention of going back to the frontline of politics”, but said he was “trying to create the space for a political debate about where modern Western democracies go and where the progressive forces particularly find their place”.
Blair said: “I’m dismayed by the state of Western politics, but also incredibly motivated by it. I think, in Britain today, you’ve got millions of effectively politically homeless people.”
Mr Blair added: “I can’t come into frontline politics. There’s just too much hostility, and also there are elements of the media who would literally move to destroy mode if I tried to do that.”
Mr.Blair described prime minister, Theresa May as “a very solid, sensible person” who had a very difficult hand to play. Blair
Speaking at a dinner in Westminster on Wednesday, Sir John MaJOR called for the 48% of people who voted against Brexit in June’s referendum to have their views considered. Blair, who was prime minister for 7 years wants to help homeless people sorted ou tp make life better for them.
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“The tyranny of the majority has never applied in a democracy and it should not apply in this particular democracy,” he said, according to former BBC parliamentary correspondent Robert Orchard, who attended the event.
Sir John argued that Parliament would have to ratify whatever deal was finally reached by the Brexit negotiators and there could then be a case for a second referendum, depending on the deal on offer.
He said: “We need to lift our eyes away from the philosophical dislike that some people feel for Europe and towards the practical implications of what our government must negotiate in the next few years.”
Sir John added: “In an age when the extremes of politics are rising, the solid centre of opinion should speak out for our values, for our future, and all that is good about our society. Now is not the time for silence… we should speak out.”