Tony Blair Calls for UK to Get Closer to Trump and Ease Climate Change Targets

The UK’s former leader said it was a mistake for Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to back the U.S. in the Iran war but that Labour should not seek to oust him.

Former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair during an interview on March 27, 2023. Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who led the Labour Party to three election victories, has said that the government should repair its relationship with the United States rather than look to rejoin the European Union.

Blair, who remains a deeply divisive figure within the party, published an essay on May 26 amid a crisis engulfing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with a leadership challenge widely expected by September.