“Labour, under the leadership of Keir Starmer, are letting this corrupt Tory government hand out billions of pounds of taxpayer money to their Brexit-supporting cronies.”
'We’re turning the party around,' he told Morgan
But with the Tories certain to oppose any change to a system that benefits them, Labour knows it will have to be returned to power under the current arrangements before it can implement reform.
Abbott suggested that the Labour left would swing behind Andy Burnham if he ran for the leadership.
The shadow justice secretary said that “effective prime ministers” often “redraw the political map” and “forge their own coalitions”.
"Instead of attacking the Tories, Keir Starmer has spent more time attacking grassroots members"
Writing in the New Statesman, Blair accused Starmer of lacking a "compelling economic message".
That is significantly worse than Jeremy Corbyn’s at the same point in his leadership.
The Labour leader has denied trying to make deputy Angela Rayner the scapegoat for the party’s defeat in Hartlepool.