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Tony Blair warns Jeremy Corbyn government would pose a risk to the UK
TONY Blair today sensationally revealed he does not want Labour to win the election - and warned a Jeremy Corbyn government would pose a risk to the UK.
The former Prime Minister hammered the leftie Labour boss' revolutionary politics and urged Brits to vote tactically for moderate candidates, even if that means voting Tory.
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In a blistering intervention, Labour’s most successful ever leader accused Mr Corbyn and Boris Johnson of both “peddling fantasies”.
And he suggested he hopes no party gets a majority on December 12 and that Britain gets another hung parliament – an outcome which would mean yet more political deadlock.
He told a Reuters event in London: “The truth is, the public aren’t convinced either main party deserve to win this election outright.
“They’re peddling two sets of fantasies and both, as majority governments, pose a risk it would be unwise for the country to take.”
He added: “I don’t think a majority government of either side is a good thing.”
Instead he urged Brits to abandon their party allegiances and vote tactically for moderates whatever their political colours.
The former PM said he will still vote Labour – but said others might want to switch to the Lib Dems or Tories.
He said: “There are good, solid mainstream, independent minded MPs and candidates in both parties.
“Like many, I have been campaigning for great Labour candidates because we know parliament will be poorer without them.
“I am sure the same is true of the Conservative Party and there are those who were expelled for their moderation also standing.”
Although he said he will vote Labour.
Mr Blair also took a swipe at Mr Corbyn’s hard-left agenda, warning “the problem with revolutions is never how they begin but how they end”.
And he refused to say if Mr Corbyn is fit to lead Britain.
He said: “My differences with Jeremy Corbyn have been pretty well documented and my views haven’t changed, let me put it like that.
“But I think if the polls are right there is a negligible chance of a Labour majority.”
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But the Tories seized on the former PM’s comments, saying he would condemn Britain to years more political deadlock in the hope of cancelling Brexit.
Tory Party chairman James Cleverly said: “Tony Blair’s comments make clear that a vote for anyone other than the Conservatives is a vote for another deadlocked Parliament and more dither, division and delay, meaning we can’t move on and focus on people’s priorities.”
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