Wes Streeting makes Iraq War jibe at Tony Blair as he warns against ‘automatic subservience’ to US
Blair calls for ‘policy first, politics second’
Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting criticised Sir Tony Blair‘s recent essay for overlooking “inequality” as a fundamental issue in Britain.
Streeting rejected Sir Tony’s calls to cut welfare, scrap the pension triple lock, and abandon net-zero spending, arguing that inequality drives crises in Western democracies.
He also diverged from Sir Tony on Brexit, advocating for the UK to rejoin the European Union, contrary to the former prime minister’s stance on re-entry.
Streeting challenged Sir Tony’s “policy first, politics second” approach, emphasising that policy is not made in a valueless vacuum.
He warned against “automatic subservience” to America, referencing the Iraq War as an example of “loyalty replacing judgement,” in response to Sir Tony’s views on US relations.
