Britain's Old Political Enemies Join Forces to Fight Brexit
- Two decades after they fought, Major and Blair unite
- Alliance is driven by collapse of the Labour opposition
Former U.K. Prime Ministers Unite to Temper Brexit
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Tony Blair and John Major spent 20 years tearing into each other’s parties. Now the old foes are uniting to face a common enemy: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and her march toward a hard Brexit.
The reason for the rare alliance across party lines is concern that the views of the 48 percent who voted to stay in the European Union are going unvoiced by the opposition Labour Party. The onetime nemeses want to spark a debate that forces May to worry about the Remainers too when negotiating the split.