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27 April 2017

Tony Blair won’t endorse the Labour leader – Jeremy Corbyn’s fans are celebrating

The thrice-elected Prime Minister is no fan of the new Labour leader. 

By Julia Rampen

Labour heavyweights usually support each other – at least in public. But the former Prime Minister Tony Blair couldn’t bring himself to do so when asked on Sky News.

He dodged the question of whether the current Labour leader was the best person to lead the country, instead urging voters not to give Theresa May a “blank cheque”. 

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