Tony Blair’s former press chief Alastair Campbell has condemned the demonisation of the ex-prime minister. Campbell was speaking at the Hay literary festival in Wales, where he was withering in his opinion of the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn. He hailed Blair as “the most successful Labour leader we have ever had”, adding “if you want to get a cheap round of applause at a Labour party meeting, just slag off Tony Blair”. He said some local Labour party branches had refused to pay tribute to the late Tessa Jowell because of her support for Blair. Many people had voted Labour last time because they knew Corbyn would not win, he said, but next time would be different.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2018 16:13 UTC