Should Labour heed Tony Blair?

Tony Blair’s lengthy – and excoriating – 5,600-word essay on the future of the Labour Party and Britain has set Westminster alight this week. The former prime minister's critique has sparked a lively debate, and triggered robust responses from Labour leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. But is Blair right in some of his criticism? Host Lucy Fisher unpacks the article with FT colleagues Robert Shrimsley, Anna Gross and Stephen Bush. They also examine Rupert Lowe, the personality behind the far-right party Restore Britain, and whether it can harm Reform UK by splitting the rightwing vote.Follow: Lucy @LOS_Fisher or @lucyfisher.ft.comWant more? &nbsp;Tony Blair criticises Labour’s Andy Burnham for leftwing ‘delusion’Tony Blair ‘does not understand’ role of inequality in politics, Andy Burnham saysLabour’s retreat from intellectual debate traps it in comfort zoneTurning Neets into engineersBritain’s expanding ‘lost generation’UK risks ‘lost generation’ without more jobs for young people&nbsp;Nigel Farage loses viral touch to Musk-backed Rupert Lowe<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d372c2b2-0022-4693-b31a-a0bb998c61a7?accessToken=zwAAAZ8Nvtt4mM9j7fjmXJNNbdO7KU-ubK9akdO6fpH8AbxAUtOhoBJj_qvhwNOjm_lXgedCfNO7ULKS7j4IatOhc6jQ6FdGxdOVRERLcpobss9MCbIPEd9CDtO-R859_qbvrM8Ol7M8CGFGP9OstxPu7fKXn89QsfJzUsBHmtOcCmo