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Abbott: Blair lost labour ‘millions of votes’

Abbott: Blair lost labour ‘millions of votes’

Labour leadership hopeful Diane Abbott comments on the release of Tony Blair’s ‘A Journey’ and the intervention of Lord Mandelson:

“What both Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair forget is that we lost millions of Labour voters in the Tony Blair era and there is no reason to believe that we can get them back by pursuing the same old policies.”

“I’m surprised Tony Blair couldn’t have waited a decent interval before putting the knife into Gordon Brown. It’s not helpful to the party at this point.”