Aaron Bastani, Jonny Ball, Tanya Gold and Olivia Utley

Debate: This house wants Blair back

14 July 2026

Could Tony Blair be the answer to Britain’s woes? After his lengthy interventions on everything from abandoning Net Zero to leaving the ECHR, Blair has re-emerged as a force to be reckoned with. But is his ‘Radical Centrism’ a salve for society’s ills, or the last gasp of a liberal politics already overtaken by populism? Aaron Bastani and Jonny Ball go head-to-head with Tanya Gold and Olivia Utley at the UnHerd Club.