A LABOUR MP has said that there is no going back to a “failed status quo” after numerous former Blairite politicians demanded a “fundamental change” in Labour’s direction.

In a letter published in The Observer, seven former MPs and four former parliamentary candidates said that they are “devastated” for their constituents who are “still struggling under a Tory government.”

They said: “It is our duty to speak up now, so that our leadership candidates keep these people at the heart of their campaigns to lead our party.”