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| Reject 'Alice in Wonderland' politics, Blair tells Labour | Reject 'Alice in Wonderland' politics, Blair tells Labour |
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| Tony Blair has told Labour party members to come to their senses and reject the "Alice in Wonderland" politics of Jeremy Corbyn. | Tony Blair has told Labour party members to come to their senses and reject the "Alice in Wonderland" politics of Jeremy Corbyn. |
| Writing in the Observer, the former Labour prime minister accuses those backing Mr Corbyn for party leader of being in a "parallel reality". | Writing in the Observer, the former Labour prime minister accuses those backing Mr Corbyn for party leader of being in a "parallel reality". |
| He says he understands what is stoking "Corbynmania" but a win for the left-winger would spell electoral disaster. | |
| Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper are also seeking the leadership. | Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper are also seeking the leadership. |
| Recent polls suggest Mr Corbyn, MP for Islington North, is the favourite to succeed Ed Miliband. | Recent polls suggest Mr Corbyn, MP for Islington North, is the favourite to succeed Ed Miliband. |
| Mr Blair has made previous appeals to party members to steer clear of Mr Corbyn. | Mr Blair has made previous appeals to party members to steer clear of Mr Corbyn. |
| He says he accepts that, together with fellow Labour veterans Neil Kinnock and Gordon Brown, his warnings have fallen on deaf ears and seem to have made people more likely to back Mr Corbyn. | He says he accepts that, together with fellow Labour veterans Neil Kinnock and Gordon Brown, his warnings have fallen on deaf ears and seem to have made people more likely to back Mr Corbyn. |
| In his article, Mr Blair compares the surge in support for Mr Corbyn to a suicidal rush towards a cliff edge. | In his article, Mr Blair compares the surge in support for Mr Corbyn to a suicidal rush towards a cliff edge. |
| "It is like a driver coming to a roadblock on a road they've never travelled before and three grizzled old veterans say, 'Don't go any further, we have been up and down this road many times and we're warning you that there are falling rocks, mudslides, dangerous hairpin bends and then a sheer drop'; and the driver says, 'Screw you, stop patronising me. I know what I'm doing'." | "It is like a driver coming to a roadblock on a road they've never travelled before and three grizzled old veterans say, 'Don't go any further, we have been up and down this road many times and we're warning you that there are falling rocks, mudslides, dangerous hairpin bends and then a sheer drop'; and the driver says, 'Screw you, stop patronising me. I know what I'm doing'." |
| Earlier this month, Mr Blair said Labour risked "annihilation" if Mr Corbyn won the contest, saying it was walking "over the cliff's edge". | Earlier this month, Mr Blair said Labour risked "annihilation" if Mr Corbyn won the contest, saying it was walking "over the cliff's edge". |
| Recent polls of Labour supporters have suggested that Mr Corbyn is the clear frontrunner in the race for the Labour leadership. | |
| However, a Newsnight/Ipsos Mori focus group of former Labour voters found most preferred Yvette Cooper, with Jeremy Corbyn the least preferred. | |
| The focus group participants described Andy Burnham as "quite credible". On Liz Kendall, they said she needs more "passion" and "personality". | |
| Meanwhile, Andy Burnham set out proposals to fine companies who failed to pay a proposed new higher living wage of £11 per hour, if he won power. | |
| Ballot papers for the Labour leadership vote were sent out to party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters on 14 August and must be returned by 10 September. | Ballot papers for the Labour leadership vote were sent out to party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters on 14 August and must be returned by 10 September. |
| The result is due on 12 September. | The result is due on 12 September. |
| Labour leadership contest | |
| At-a-glance profiles of the four contenders |