Tony Blair rallies elite for Macron-style transformation of British politics

Tony Blair rallies elite for Macron-style transformation of British politics

Sir Tony Blair is bringing together the political and business elite for a summer summit organised alongside a new centrist group inspired by Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche. The former Labour prime minister will hold a “Future of Britain” conference on June 30 that will promote his solutions to help fill a “gaping hole” in British politics. Organisers want the France's President Macron and former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband to speak at the event and already have Obama administration economist Larry Summers and former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson on the programme, according to a Politico report. The conference is being organised by the Tony Blair Institute and the Britain Project, which was set up by a group of centrists in the wake of Boris Johnson’s huge victory in the 2019 election and Brexit. The conference will be hosted by Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel, who both left the BBC to front a new podcast and radio show for Global earlier this year. Mr Blair will give the keynote speech. The Tony Blair Institute has insisted the conference is not about starting a new political party. However, the summit will stoke speculation that the group will eventually develop into a