Arch-Remainer Tony Blair has said he would have voted for Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal if he was still in Parliament, causing some Brexiteers to question whether it is the fantastic victory the Tory leader has claimed.
“I would have backed the leader on this,” the Iraq War architect said, referring to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to vote in favour of Johnson’s deal, in an interview with Times Radio highlighted by the left-wing Guardian.
“I mean, look, it’s a tactical question for the Labour party,” Blair explained, displaying what critics of the former premier might describe as a characteristic lack of principle.
“Because the problem is… it’s open to your opponents to say that if you don’t back the deal, then you’re voting for no deal,” he said.