“If we want to deal with those questions, we can deal with them without the sledgehammer that through Brexit destroys the EU migration that we’ll actually need,” he said. Speaking as parliament prepares for a showdown over the EU withdrawal bill on Monday, Blair urged politicians sceptical about Brexit to voice their concerns publicly. Some of the measures Blair set out, to tackle undercutting, for example, are similar to the approach taken by Labour. Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly advocated the posted workers directive, one of the EU measures Blair recommends. Blair renewed his criticism of the Labour leader, however, saying one of his fears was “Brexit combined with an unreconstructed leftist programme from Labour”.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2017 07:41 UTC