War criminal Tony Blair made an unwelcome return to the political stage yesterday to express his “100 per cent support” for Labour leader Ed Miliband’s election campaign.
The arch-rightwinger praised Mr Miliband’s desire to deny the British people a say on EU membership, claiming an exit would cause economic “chaos.”
But droves of people inside and outside the party thought the ex-PM should have kept his mouth closed, branding the “toxic” intervention hypocritical.
This by-election could plausibly see both Reform and Labour defeated — but splitting the left insurgent vote would put that at risk, argues CHRIS WILLIAMSON
GEORGE FOGARTY is captivated by a brilliant one-man show depicting life in HMP Strangeways
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT


