Last week, former Prime Minister Tony Blair responded to the triumphant victory of Nigel Frage’s Brexit Party at the European elections by predicting that Britain will never actually leave the bloc. Mr Blair told Sky News that the UK is heading towards a second referendum, with voters more likely than ever to reject leaving. Despite the Brexit Party topping the polls with a third of the vote, the politician suggested that a "proper" Remain campaign would be able to burst apart the "myths" that enabled the Leave victory three years ago. Related articles How Tony Blair helped to DOUBLE Britain’s contributions to EU budget How Blair was PAID by bloc before helping to DOUBLE UK's budget The former Prime Minister has battled against Brexit since 2016 and appears to have been a supporter of the European club for decades. In 1999, Mr Blair became the third British politician to be awarded the Charlemagne Prize in recognition of his devotion to European integration. However, a newly-resurfaced election leaflet shows that he stood on a manifesto advocating Britain's withdrawal from the bloc. Mr Blair was first elected to the House of Commons in 1983, and the leaflet handed out to his Sedgefield constituents clearly displays anti-EEC sentiments. Tony Blair was elected on an anti-EEC manifesto in his early political career (Image: GETTY) Newly-resurfaced election leaflet (Image: LABOUR) Featuring a picture of Mr Blair, then aged 30, the pamphlet states that a Labour Government would "negotiate a withdrawal from the EEC, which has drained our natural resources and destroyed jobs”. The revelation could suggest an apparent U-turn, as Mr Blair has become a leading Europhile in more recent times. As Prime Minister he was consistently positive about the EU and passionately advocated the bloc's causes – not least joining the euro. It does not stop there, though. Related articles How Edward Heath was 'given £1.5MILLION before taking Britain into EEC BBC BIAS? Rod Liddle’s BRILLIANT point on why BBC 'can't be IMPARTIAL' Further reports could reveal that Mr Blair's stance on the EU was not completely consistent before his 1997 general election victory as leader of the Labour Party. Writing for The Independent in 1997, Andrew Marr pointed out that Mr Blair wrote a piece in The Sun saying: “On the day we remember the legend that St George slayed a dragon to protect England, some will argue that there is another dragon to be slayed: Europe.” Criticising Mr Blair, Mr Marr writes: “In the relentlessly nationalistic tirade that follows, the author promises to slay any European federalist dragon, so that England can be strong, building a Europe ‘on Britain's terms'. “It goes much further than ‘reclaiming the enemy's tunes'. Tony Blair said the UK is heading towards a second referendum recently (Image: GETTY) Tony Blair became Prime Minister in 1997 (Image: GETTY) “The impression given is the fashionable one that Europe is all threat. “Nowhere was there a mitigating word of praise, however faint, for the European Union.” The now BBC Presenter argued that Mr Blair might have written the piece to enchant the readership of The Sun during the election campaign, as he had showed a pro-EU stance before. However, he adds: “How can modernity and pro-Europeanism be compatible with sentences like the one which opened Blair's article and which stands at the head of this one?"All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility