Brexit talks deadline may need to be extended, Tony Blair says

LONDON (June 27): The UK should start planning to delay Brexit and extend negotiations with the European Union or face the disaster of leaving without a deal, according to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

In an impassioned appeal for a change of course, Blair will warn that crashing out of the EU with no agreement will be “devastating” for the UK, as he declares himself more worried than ever about the country’s future.

Blair believes Theresa May is allowing Britain to drift aimlessly toward exit day because the premier is so weak as to be “more a hostage than a leader.”

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