Letters to the editor

Tony Blair should not return to politics

Sir, - The sheer gall of Tony Blair is staggering.

He is perpetually urging voters to build an alliance to stymie Brexit and further claims that Britain is being hijacked by hardline Brexit supporters.

The man clearly has no belief in democracy and will obviously go to any lengths to further his own vested interests.

We should always remember that this is the man who took us into an unnecessary war with Iraq on the flimsiest of information, with all the consequences of the sacrifice of human life and deterioration in international relationships thereafter.

Now he steps further to hint that he might be motivated towards returning to politics.

Of course we all know that Mr Blair has enjoyed a very lucrative relationship with the EU and as such it would hardly be expected that he would have anything but disgust that the country’s vote in the referendum was contradictory to these interests.

Given all the facts laid bare in the Chilcot report, you might have expected him to maintain a low profile but that appears not to be in the nature of the man.

I fear that any return to politics will have a counterproductive effect and result.

Together with the likes of Messrs Clegg, Heseltine and Major, he remains as yesterday’s man, vociferous, dangerous but contained. David L Thomson. 24 Laurence Park, Kinglassie.

Picture: PA. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said he feels motivated to return to politics.