Blair – Pro-Europeans must ‘rise up in defence of our beliefs’

Report of a speech given by former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair to the pro-European campaigning organisation Open Britain in London on the 17 February 2017.

He told pro-Europeans to 'rise up in defence of our beliefs' and criticised the UK Government’s push for 'Brexit at any cost' and called on progressives to unite behind an open, tolerant future for Britain.

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BBC News, 17.02.17: Tony Blair calls for people to 'rise up' against Brexit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38996179

Conservative Home, 17.02.17: Blair showcases the confusion in Continuity Remain http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/02/blair-showcases-the-confusion-in-continuity-remain.html

Politico, 17.02.17: Tony Blair: ‘Rise up’ against Brexit http://www.politico.eu/article/tony-blair-calls-on-remainers-to-stop-brexit/

Politico, 17.02.17: [Opinion]: Tony Blair, yesterday’s man http://www.politico.eu/article/tony-blair-yesterdays-man/

In Facts, 17.02.17: [Opinion]: Blair is no Bliar about Brexit https://infacts.org/blair-no-bliar-brexit/

EurActiv, 17.02.17: Blair urges pro-EU Britons to ‘rise up’ against Brexit http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/blair-urges-pro-eu-britons-to-rise-up-against-brexit/

The Economist, 17.02.17: No third way. Tony Blair is right on Brexit. Now he should get into the trenches or back off http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2017/02/no-third-way

Blog: The Spectator, 17.02.17: Tony Blair is right about Brexit (Alex Massie) http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/02/tony-blair-right-brexit/

EurActiv, 20.02.17: 'That bus has gone': EU sees no Brexit U-turn now http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/that-bus-has-gone-eu-sees-no-brexit-u-turn-now/

Blog: BlogActiv: Jon Worth Euroblog, 20.02.17: The Remainers – the instinctive insiders http://jonworth.blogactiv.eu/2017/02/20/the-remainers-the-instinctive-insiders/

Social Europe, 01.03.17: Blair’s Democratic Insurrection https://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/03/blairs-democratic-insurrection/

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 24.02.17: Does Tony Blair have an answer to Shakespeare’s Hotspur? http://ukandeu.ac.uk/does-tony-blair-have-an-answer-to-hotspur/

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: Speech, 26.03.18: Tony Blair: Parliament’s Duty on Brexit https://institute.global/news/tony-blair-parliaments-duty-brexit

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