article_snippet: Former Prime Minister said it was not a 'mistake' to open Britain's borders to eight former Communist countries in 2004, despite the decision being criticised by the Labour leader Ed Miliband.
article_snippet: the Labour leader Ed Miliband said the former PM had 'got the former PM wrong' when the Labour leader Ed Miliband allowed people from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to work in Britain without restrictions.
article_snippet: the Labour leader Ed Miliband said the party under Mr Blairbecame too disconnected from the concerns of working people'.
article_snippet: the Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Blair had 'got it wrong' when the Labour leader Ed Miliband allowed people from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to work in Britain without restrictions.
article_snippet: Mr Blair said: 'I don't agree it was a mistake.
highlights_snippet: Former Prime Minister said it was not a 'mistake' to open Britain's borders .
  
highlights_snippet: The decision has been criticised by the Labour leader Ed Miliband .
  