Blair Critiques Labour Net Zero Policy After Blackout

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has publicly criticized the Labour government's net zero climate policies, warning that requiring voters to make financial sacrifices for little global impact risks undermining public support. Blair, in a report from his institute, argued that current strategies to phase out fossil fuels are 'doomed to fail' and urged a radical reset of the green agenda, a position echoed by Conservative and Reform UK leaders. His intervention follows a major power outage in Spain and Portugal, which experts linked to over-reliance on renewables—a strategy promoted by Spanish climate minister Teresa Ribera, an ally of UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. Ed Miliband and Keir Starmer have defended Labour's green agenda as crucial to the party's identity, while critics use Blair's remarks to question the realism and potential risks of the net zero transition. Blair’s stance has sparked debate on the practicality and societal costs of rapid decarbonization. The controversy highlights growing tensions over energy security, public trust, and the path to achieving net zero.