'Blair said Brown can't win'.ONE of Tony Blair's closest allies claimed last night the former prime minister believed Gordon Brown "could never beat" Tory leader David Cameron  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. at the polls.
Mr Blair also described his chancellor and successor in Number 10 as a "liar", Lord Levy said. His comments - categorically denied by Mr Blair tonight - came in the controversial peer's memoirs mem·oir n. 1. An account of the personal experiences of an author. 2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural. 3. A biography or biographical sketch. 4. . Mr Blair "told me on a number of occasions he was convinced Gordon 'could never beat Cameron'," Lord Levy wrote. He said the former premier felt he could have won a fourth term had he not stood down last summer. "But Gordon? 'He can't defeat Cameron,' Tony told me. Mr Blair's spokesman said: "Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair doesn't agree with the views attributed to him by Lord Levy and fully believes Labour can win the next election. |
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