Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Tony Blair’s speech marking the 20th anniversary of his election as Labour leader and David Cameron’s statement to the Commons on the shooting down of flight MH17 11.31am BSTThey’re not happy at the Blair event.Ugly rumours spreading that Blair not speaking until 12. 11.20am BSTLabour MPs at Blair speech: Flint, McFadden, Blears, Kendall. 11.20am BSTMy colleague Michael White has written an assessment of Tony Blair 20 years after his election as Labour leader. Here’s an extract.An un-neurotic British relationship with Europe was another Blair project that taxied on …read more
Source: The Guardian