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| Tony Blair: Labour needs 'head-to-toe renewal' | Tony Blair: Labour needs 'head-to-toe renewal' |
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| Tony Blair will say that "nothing less than 'born again' head-to-toe renewal will do" for Labour, as party members prepare to choose their next leader. | Tony Blair will say that "nothing less than 'born again' head-to-toe renewal will do" for Labour, as party members prepare to choose their next leader. |
| The ex-PM - who led Labour from 1994 to 2007 - will warn the party could be out of government for a decade unless it adopts a new "radical" politics. | The ex-PM - who led Labour from 1994 to 2007 - will warn the party could be out of government for a decade unless it adopts a new "radical" politics. |
| Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are competing to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. | Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer are competing to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. |
| The results of the contest will be announced on 4 April. | The results of the contest will be announced on 4 April. |
| During the campaign Mr Blair has faced some criticism from leadership hopeful Ms Nandy, who argued that under his leadership, Labour "tacitly accepted that four decades of economic conservatism was a bigger priority than people". | During the campaign Mr Blair has faced some criticism from leadership hopeful Ms Nandy, who argued that under his leadership, Labour "tacitly accepted that four decades of economic conservatism was a bigger priority than people". |
| In a speech marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of Labour, Mr Blair is expected to acknowledge that his advice is not "particularly welcome to today's party". | In a speech marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of Labour, Mr Blair is expected to acknowledge that his advice is not "particularly welcome to today's party". |
| "But then it occurred to me that there are only two people born in the last 120 years who have actually won an election for Labour - and alas Harold Wilson is long gone," he will add, referring to the Labour prime minister of the 1960s and 70s. | "But then it occurred to me that there are only two people born in the last 120 years who have actually won an election for Labour - and alas Harold Wilson is long gone," he will add, referring to the Labour prime minister of the 1960s and 70s. |
| He will warn the Conservatives could be in power for 10 years unless Labour adopts a new "radical" form of politics. | |
| "The problem is that we have defined radical politics by a policy agenda which is hopelessly out of date, with 'moderate' politics being just a milder version of it," he is expected to say. | "The problem is that we have defined radical politics by a policy agenda which is hopelessly out of date, with 'moderate' politics being just a milder version of it," he is expected to say. |
| "We must redefine what radical means. We're living through a technology revolution which is the 21st century equivalent of the 19th century Industrial Revolution. | "We must redefine what radical means. We're living through a technology revolution which is the 21st century equivalent of the 19th century Industrial Revolution. |
| "It will change everything and therefore everything should change including radical reorientation of government. | "It will change everything and therefore everything should change including radical reorientation of government. |
| "This is the context in which we tackle inequality, promote social justice and redistribute power." | "This is the context in which we tackle inequality, promote social justice and redistribute power." |