{"id":347069,"date":"2026-05-27T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-labour-party-finished-blairs-cold-shower-for-starmer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:00:05","slug":"is-the-labour-party-finished-blairs-cold-shower-for-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-the-labour-party-finished-blairs-cold-shower-for-starmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Labour party FINISHED? Blair\u2019s &#8220;cold shower&#8221; for Starmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/DqPpHwgRLDA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is the Labour party FINISHED? Blair\u2019s &quot;cold shower&quot; for Starmer\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DqPpHwgRLDA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Tony Blair has entered Labour\u2019s civil war &#8211; and his message is brutal: changing the leader means nothing if the party still has no real plan for Britain.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>In a sweeping essay, the former Prime Minister delivers a scathing critique of Keir Starmer\u2019s government and questions whether Labour has coherent answers on growth, tax, welfare, Brexit, net zero and Britain\u2019s place in the world. Blair argues the solution is a return to the \u201cradical centre\u201d &#8211; but what does that actually mean in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy examines whether Labour\u2019s crisis is really about leadership at all. Would replacing Starmer with Wes Streeting or Andy Burnham solve anything? Should Labour move closer to Donald Trump or back towards Europe? And if the party forces a leadership contest now, does it risk opening the door to Nigel Farage and Reform UK?<\/p>\n<p>Joining Krishnan are former Tony Blair speechwriter Phil Collins and Labour MP Zubir Ahmed, a supporter of Wes Streeting who resigned from government earlier this month, and Stewart Wood who was an adviser to Gordon Brown when he was Prime Minister and Ed Miliband when he was Labour leader. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Tony Blair has entered Labour\u2019s civil war &#8211; and his message is brutal: changing the leader means nothing if the party still has no real plan for Britain. 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