tony blair 's speech in his former constituency of sedgefield last week .
the dashing shadow business secretary is being mentored by lord mandelson , the former blairite cabinet minister , who wants to see him as the next labour leader .
the programme for the dinner , held in an indian banquet hall in morden , blair shared a stage with musician steve brookstein , who won the first x factor ten years ago but whose career sank even faster than blair 's popularity .