LONDON: Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair hinted that he wanted to make a political comeback in an interview released Friday. Blair, 63, made the comments to Esquire magazine shortly after announcing he was winding down his controversial but lucrative government advisory business. Blair told Esquire magazine that it was “an open question” what his future role would be. That’s an open question.”As leader of the Labour party, Blair won three consecutive general elections from 1997 onwards on a platform of centrist policies. The party has since shifted sharply to the left under veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, a strident opponent of the Iraq war and of Blair himself.

Source: Manila Times October 07, 2016 07:52 UTC