London — Tony Blair urged opponents of Brexit to "rise up" and fight to change the British people’s minds about leaving the EU in a speech that aimed to show UK Prime Minister Theresa May that she won’t get everything her own way. "People voted without knowledge of the true terms of Brexit," the former Labour prime minister said in London on Friday. "As these terms become clear, it is their right to change their mind. Our mission is to persuade them to do so." Blair, who ran the country from 1997 to 2007, explicitly set himself against May’s Conservative government, accusing it of being a "government for Brexit, of Brexit and dominated by Brexit". As the most formidable election-winner in Labour’s history, his intervention isn’t to be dismissed, but opponents are likely to argue that his campaigning strength is diminished by his support for the Iraq war. Turn off The response from the Conservative government was swift. "I urge the British people to rise up and turn off the TV next t...
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