Tony Blair said he “feels sorry” for Theresa May as the “sharks” circle around her and plot to oust her as Prime Minister.

The former premier said he believed Mrs May had the “best interests of the country at heart” but that he “profoundly disagreed” with her vision and that she was being undermined by top Tories who are waiting to “throw her off the ledge”.

Mr Blair also said he believed it was “absolutely necessary” that Brexit does not go ahead as he accused the Conservatives and Labour of offering the UK “two different visions of the 1960s”.

The former Labour Prime Minister told Sky News that he felt sympathy for Mrs May after she led the Tories to a disastrous set of election results and threw away the party’s majority in the House of Commons.