Tony Blair, in an essay published on 26 May 2026 by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, wrote: "Yes, Britain needs radical change, but the difficulty (not just in Britain) is that too often the sensible people aren't radical, and the radical people aren't sensible." The claim under verification — "Tony Blair claims that sensible people are not radical" — is directly supported by this quote. Blair did indeed state that sensible people aren't radical, as part of a broader symmetrical observation that also included the reverse ("the radical people aren't sensible"). The specific claim being assessed is faithful to what Blair said, though it represents only one half of Blair's two-part observation. However, since the claim is simply that Blair claimed this — and he did — the core assertion is accurate. Sources: - Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, "The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country" (26 May 2026), https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/the-labour-party-is-playing-with-fire-over-its-future-and-the-future-of-the-country - The News Agents, "How Tony Blair would fix Keir Starmer's Labour," https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-tony-blair-would-fix-keir-starmers-labour-5HjdZms_2/ - Guido Fawkes (order-order.com), "LISTEN: Blair Launches Blistering Attack on Burnham and Starmer" (27 May 2026), https://order-order.com/2026/05/27/listen-blair-launches-blistering-attack-on-burnham-and-starmer/