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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned the major political parties in Britain on Monday that it would be “foolish” if they did not worry about U.K. Independence party getting successful by topping the recent European elections.
However, the ex-Labour leader did not give any opinion regarding his former party’s performance in the remarks to Swedish television.
Mr Blair’s comments came after Nigel Farage’s anti-EU party had defeated the bigger parties to lead the polls as Britain chose its representatives to the European Parliament.
The European elections results have also marked the history as for the first time in more than a century; a national vote has not been won by either the Conservatives or Labour.
The former PM has said: “Of course we should be worried when a party like Ukip comes first in the European election, it would be foolish not to be.
“But on the other hand we also have to stand for what is correct and right for the future of Britain in the 21st century.”
Mr Blair has added: “When the world is changing so fast, to end up having the debate dominated by anti-immigrant feeling and a desire to get Britain out of Europe, these are not solutions for the 21st century.
“They might be expressions of anger about what is happening in the world but they are not answers to what is happening in the world.”
The former Labour leader has warned the pro-Europeans to take on board the message sent by voters, as he has said: “At the same time we have got to be strong enough to show the leadership, to take on this wave of anti-immigration and old-fashioned ultra-nationalist feeling which isn’t the future, has nothing to offer people and is no real response to the challenges of the 21st century.
“So it’s a balance, it’s a balance in which we need both the courage to reform and the courage to lead.”
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