Ex-British Prime Minister Says UK Is A Mess

Ex-British Prime Minister,Tony Blair has said that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a December 12 election.

Britain is conducting an election three years ahead of schedule because parliament was deadlocked over Brexit, unable to agree on how or even whether to leave the EU.

“The buoyancy of the world economy has kept us going up to now, but should that falter, we will be in deep trouble.’’

Blair, said that both major parties were peddling fantasies, adding that if the opinion polls were accurate, Johnson’s party looked likely to win a majority.

Blair, the only Labour leader to win three elections, said that his party was now controlled by its “Marxist-Leninist wing” and that its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was promising a revolution.

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“The problem with revolutions is never how they begin but how they end.

“The problem with revolutions is that they always end badly,’’ said Blair.

“The truth is: the public isn’t convinced either main party deserves to win this election outright.’’

The Dec. 12 vote presents a stark choice between a socialist-run state under Labour, which is offering a second referendum on leaving the EU, and the free-market Conservatives, who want to “get Brexit done” by the end of January.

Blair, an opponent of Brexit, argued for a second referendum on the decision to leave, saying that it would need to be followed by another general election.

Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU by Jan. 31 if he wins a parliamentary majority and then to negotiate a comprehensive deal with the bloc covering trade and future relations during a transition period due to end next December.

Blair cast doubt on that timetable and said that there was still a risk that Britain could exit the EU in a year’s time without having struck a deal with its biggest trading partner.

“No-deal Brexit is not off the table,’’ Blair said.