Tony Blair has suggested Labour under Ed Miliband may risk being too left-wing to win the general election.
The former prime minister said he believed the party "succeeds best when it is in the centre ground."
But 2015's election could be one "in which a traditional left-wing party competes with a traditional right-wing party, with the traditional result", he told the Economist.
Asked if he meant a Conservative win, Mr Blair replied: "Yes."
Mr Blair, the last Labour leader to win a UK general election, stressed the importance of "not alienating large parts of business, for one thing".
'Centre ground'He told the magazine: "I am still very much New Labour and Ed would not describe himself in that way, so there is obviously a difference there.
"I am convinced the Labour Party succeeds best when it is in the centre ground."
BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said the comments "appear to make clearer than ever the gap between Mr Miliband and Mr Blair".
Mr Blair won three consecutive elections for Labour after modernising the party, before standing down to be replaced by Gordon Brown.
He also questioned Mr Miliband's claim the financial crash in 2007/8 and subsequent economic problems had shifted the UK's political centre ground towards the left.
"I see no evidence for that," Mr Blair said. "You could argue that it has moved to the right, not left."
Mr Miliband has in recent months committed his party to freezing energy prices and reinstating the 50p top rate of income tax.
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