"I think this is the first time, since he left office, that Tony Blair has been so directly used by Labour in an election campaign ad. Brown, Miliband, Corbyn all had reasons not to deploy him."
The cross-party alliance billing itself as the "home for hopeful politics" that has been tipped to become Britain's En Marche!.
It would appear Tony Blair doesn't fully endorse Keir Starmer's opinions on trans women - after the Labour leader drew a line in the sand.
A petition to strip him of his knighthood gathered more than one million signatures.
The New Labour mastermind said Socialist Campaign Group MPs must "commit" to Starmer's manifesto, "no ifs, no buts".
“The trouble is, you can give an explanation but you can’t really excuse it," the former prime minister said.
A petition to strip Blair of his knighthood has passed one million signatures.
Geoff Hoon said he was told in "no uncertain terms" to burn a secret memo that said the 2003 invasion of Iraq could be illegal.
A petition to deny Blair his knighthood has already soared past half a million signatures.