'Can we have a referendum on getting Blair out of the country?' - How social media reacted to Tony Blair's return

Here’s how Twitter reacted to his speech:

BBC reporter James Landale: “This Tony Blair event very nostalgic. A member of the audience even called me "Tory scum" for asking a question.”

Comedian Al Murray: “Can we have a referendum to get Tony Blair out of the country?”

Scots comic Frankie Boyle: “Tony Blair, who killed hundreds of thousands "promoting democracy" joins the fray to protest about people voting on something”

Blogger Paul Bassett Davies: “Tony Blair’s opinions can be launched at 45 minutes notice. For the right fee, of course” and “Poor Ed Miliband. When Tony Blair comes to the rescue it can't be long before Gazza shows up with the fried chicken and the fishing rod”

Political journalist Michael Crick asked: “It's odd. Why does Tony Blair seem to be doing no interviews while campaigning for Labour today? He did several interviews in 2010 campaign”

Sunday Mirror columnist Kevin O’Sullivan: “Is the "chaos" Tony Blair predicts if we quit the EU the same as the chaos he predicted if we didn't ditch Pounds for Euros?”

Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire: “Half the Labour Party is cheering Tony Blair. The other half is throwing mugs of tea at the telly”

Plaid Cymru's Simon Coopey: "Tony Blair! That's not going to help."

Comic James Evans: "'Ahh! We're losing left-leaning voters to the the Greens. Quickly - let's get Tony Blair on the trail!' - @UKLabour election strategy."

Political blogger Ellie Mae O'Hagan: "FYI hacks gushing over Blair: half of voters consider him an "electoral liability" - even more so than Gordon Brown"