25-02-2021 21:33 via theguardian.com

Tony Blair says 'cut Starmer some slack' over tax comments

Exclusive: former Labour leader says the public has no interest in ‘mouthing off’ as if times were normalTony Blair has urged Keir Starmer’s critics to “cut him some slack” and backed the Labour leader’s stance on business taxes, after a backlash over his comments that appeared to suggest the party was against taxing corporations to pay for the pandemic.Labour clarified its position on Thursday, with shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds and shadow foreign secreta
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