Left turn could cost UK's Labor the 2015 election, says ex-PM Blair
Ed Miliband, leader of Britain's opposition, has damaged his chances of winning next May's national election by steering his Labour party too far to the left, former Labor prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday.
The criticism from one of Labor's most successful leaders highlights policy divisions within the party and doubts over Miliband's ability to win a close-fought election race against Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron.
In an interview with The Economist magazine, Blair warned that the election could be one "in which a traditional left-wing party competes with a traditional right-wing party, with the traditional result".
Asked if he meant that the Conservatives would win, he said: "Yes, that is what happens."
