Blair says Labour needs debate before selecting new leader as he criticises Burnham speech – UK politics live

Ex-PM uses 5,700 word essay to accuse Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump Jakub Krupa writes the Guardian’s Europe live blog. Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk , has said a new Polish-British defence and security treaty to be signed today in London will focus on countering the long-term, strategic threat posed by Russia. And as you know, in today’s reality … speed of response, adequate response, is something that will matter in a conflict. The Guardian – you’ve got to love them. I always used to say when I was prime minister that the most the greatest source of election losing advice was always from the Guardian.

I’m not saying the Labour party should love Donald Trump, get close to Donald Trump. I’m simply saying the American relationship matters to Britain. We put together a plan that ended the war [in Gaza]. Now, at the moment, you’ve still got some fighting going on. You’ve still got a dire situation for the people. This next week we will have further negotiations with Hamas because we need to move this new government into Gaza. And we need Hamas to agree that this government should be in control of Gaza. Continue reading...