Free Republic

Tony Blair has accused Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk by abandoning the centre ground, warning that the party’s “almost infinite capacity for self-delusion” means it is likely to lose the next election. In a scathing 5,700-word attack on the prime minister and his would-be successors published on Tuesday night, Blair argued for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas and smooth relations with Donald Trump. His essay, a highly unusual intervention for a past Labour prime minister, is likely to draw a furious response from...

I will soon file a criminal complaint with the Dutch police against Wes Streeting, the British Health Secretary and allegedly one of the leading contenders to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since 2004, I have lived under constant death threats, forced to reside in government safe houses under round-the-clock police protection. I have lost my freedom and my privacy for more than two decades now.... I have received thousands of death threats – mostly from Islamic radicals (including fatwas), but also from other, leftish, extremists. Until earlier today, I was unaware that senior British Labour politician...

MEMBERS OF THE UK Labour Party are preparing to challenge their embattled leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, according to multiple reports published in the British media today. Starmer has been under pressure over his numerous U-turns on policy decisions since taking office in 2024. Having appeared to fend moves against him from senior members of his party earlier this year, Starmer has found himself in the spotlight again recently over the appointment of Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States. Now, with a number of elections looming across the UK, and polling indicating a blowout for...

On 5 Live Breakfast, Health Secretary Wes Streeting's asked why he opposed President Trump's last state visit to the UK but backs the offer of a new one. He had signed a petition in 2019 calling for the invitation to be rescinded, but now says he thinks "the world has changed". "I’m sure there will be people this time saying, 'I don’t agree with President Trump and his policies' and the great thing about living in a democracy is that people are free to do that," he says after Trump was invited to visit the UK for a second time...