Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys behind events. Was Tony Blair’s recent intervention in the net zero debate a coincidence or meticulously positioned PR?

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator. In his first appearance at prime minister ...

I never thought of Tony Blair as playing the part of the young boy in the story of the emperor’s new clothes – but that is the role he has adopted in the debate about climate change.

"Once again, Tony Blair has demonstrated his impeccable political timing," said The Telegraph. Just days before tricky local elections for the Labour government, Blair, writing in a report by the ...

Opponents of action on climate change have predictably seized on a new paper by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change which criticises current approaches to achieving net zero emissions of ...

"Net zero is doomed to fail, warns Tony Blair," wrote The Times; "Blair blows hole in Labour's net zero plans," said The Independent; "Net zero is doomed, Blair tells Starmer," cheered The Daily ...

Downing Street forced Tony Blair to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform ahead of local ...

Rapidly phasing out fossil fuels and limiting energy consumption to tackle climate change is “a strategy doomed to fail” according to former UK prime minister Tony Blair. In the foreword of a ...

Tony Blair sent a shockwave though Labour circles this morning after he appeared to criticise the push to achieve net zero by 2050. In a foreword to a report by the Tony Blair Institute ...

His comments, in the foreword to a report by the Tony Blair Institute, triggered an angry backlash from No.10. A source told HuffPost UK: “Net zero is a growth opportunity, and as the PM said ...

Tony Blair blinked first today as he and Keir Starmer attempted to smooth over bitter Labour infighting over Net Zero. The former prime minister's consultancy insisted it 'supported' the ...