Sunday People

Blair

- By Nigel Nelson POLITICAL EDITOR

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FURIOUS Theresa May yesterday accused Tony Blair of wrecking her last chance to rescue her Brexit deal.

In a spectacula­r shifting of blame she said the former PM was deliberate­ly sabotaging her efforts to get EU leaders to compromise over the Irish backstop.

And she claimed the three- times Labour victor brought shame on the office he once held by holding out the prospect of a second EU referendum.

In an extraordin­ary statement Mrs May said: “There are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interests – rather than acting in the national interest. For Tony Blair to

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TENSE: Juncker and Mrs May clashed

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