Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”. “Here’s this guy Trotsky who was so inspired by all of this that he went out to create a Russian revolution and changed the world. I think it’s a very odd thing – just literally it was like a light going on,” Blair told Reflections with Peter Hennessy on Radio 4. Facebook Twitter Pinterest From left: Blair with John Prescott, Cherie Booth and Pauline Prescott, in 1999. Revealed: Jeremy Corbyn’s secret backer when chips were down – Tony Blair Read more“Well, the truth is it wasn’t in Granita restaurant.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 08:00 UTC