Badenoch responds to Blair's Labour critique with open letter

Summary

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has sent an open letter to former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, telling him not to waste his time calling for Labour to change. This follows Blair's critique of the current Labour government, where he argued that changing the Labour leader is "irrelevant if it doesn't start with a policy debate." Blair had offered suggestions including removing parts of the net-zero agenda that prioritize clean energy over cheaper energy, reforming welfare, removing obstacles to business growth, tackling illegal immigration, and harnessing AI. He called for Labour to champion the "radical centre." Sir Keir Starmer delivered a lengthy response to Blair's comments.