By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 01:45 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 01:45 BST, 1 April 2019
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Tony Blair (pictured in London last month) warned that Labour will lose an election if it does not abandon its 'revolutionary' agenda
Boris Johnson would be a 'formidable' Tory leader who could inflict another election defeat on Labour, Tony Blair has warned.
The former Labour Prime Minister warned his party will lose unless it abandons Jeremy Corbyn's 'revolutionary' politics.
Mr Blair, a long-standing critic of Mr Corbyn, said Labour would need to win over Tory voters who were 'repelled' by former Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson.
Speaking to HuffPost, he said Mr Johnson's 'right-wing populism' would defeat Labour's left-wing version at a possible snap election.
'If you have a Boris Johnson-led Conservative Party, he's a formidable campaigner, he's an interesting personality, he can get out there and do his stuff, for sure,' he said.
'If we stand in a reasonable position, where you have
