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had went— the charisma that tony blair had went was— the charisma that tony blair had went was the leader of the opposition trying to become a leader back in— opposition trying to become a leader back in 1997. sol opposition trying to become a leader back in 1997. so i think the labour back in1997. so i think the labour party— back in1997. so i think the labour party is— back in 1997. so i think the labour party is quite conscious there is still some — party is quite conscious there is still some work to be done on people knowing _ still some work to be done on people knowing who keir starmer is, getting to like _ knowing who keir starmer is, getting to like him _ knowing who keir starmer is, getting to like him and feeling that he can trust _ to like him and feeling that he can trust him — to like him and feeling that he can trust him walking into number ten. at the _ trust him walking into number ten. at the same time, they also believe in the _ at the same time, they also believe in the nuts— at the same time, they also believe in the nuts and bolts, what has he actually _
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but we're joined now by former labour special adviser to tony blair. and john prescott is darren murphy. darren, look, thank you very, very much. great to have you on the show here. corbyn issues campaigning potentially for pro—palestine independence. far left independent candidates not just independent candidates not just in islington north obviously where he's standing, but quite possibly around other seats as well. it's a bit of a nightmare, this, isn't it, for labour, not really . really. >> i think what it does is it shows how much labour has changed since the jeremy corbyn days, not only is he no longer leader, he's no longer a member of the labour party , and that's of the labour party, and that's for people like me. i think that's an improved labour party, because i think people with the sort of views that jeremy corbyn has expressed in the past, really don't deserve or belong in the labour party at all. >> okay. fair enough. but there is a list of labour mps whose seats could be at risk from this quote . sun quotes, muslim vote. quote. sun q
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like, tony blair getting into power. there was a certain excitement there, whereas it might just be it feels like more that we're just so sick of the tories and destroying the country for the last 14 years, there's no britpop anthem , what was it britpop anthem, what was it called? things can only get better. there's none of that. there's no buzz. >> it's not exciting. there's no obama esque , you know, this obama esque, you know, this hope. >> it's just the idea that something horrible is going to happen. that's why they're not that excited about it. and who knows? i didn't listen to the thing it was on. it was on the bbc. so that's this is obviously probably not true. he basically he said neil kinnock and i had to remember who the guy was. i'm surprised the guy was still alive. he was around like 40, 50 years ago. and he basically said people don't like starmer but they're going to like starmer. so it wasn't like, you know, this guy's horrible, but you know, put up with it. number one, he said that that they're going t
like, tony blair getting into power. there was a certain excitement there, whereas it might just be it feels like more that we're just so sick of the tories and destroying the country for the last 14 years, there's no britpop anthem , what was it britpop anthem, what was it called? things can only get better. there's none of that. there's no buzz. >> it's not exciting. there's no obama esque , you know, this obama esque, you know, this hope. >> it's just the idea that something...
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one of the most serious issues that the communications managers of the blair government pointed out at that time was that the bbc should come to talk to the people more. this is because of a policy or a title called revolving doors revolving doors refers to the fact that after world war ii, fields such as politics, economy, technology and media are regularly under the control of security institutions. and when security officers retire from, for example, in the field of security they enter the media, and when they retire from, for example, the media, they enter the field of economics. the policy of revolving doors in the bbc has now become an issue for people to look at and investigate to see if the goals that the leaders of public diplomacy in the united states and other countries are referring to. they are paying attention to it, where it is faced with weakness and where it has been hindered. and they constantly try to keep the public opinion inflamed like a boiling pot of oil for their own interests . it's not just for the bbc. we also have reuters, cnn, even we have think tanks. in
one of the most serious issues that the communications managers of the blair government pointed out at that time was that the bbc should come to talk to the people more. this is because of a policy or a title called revolving doors revolving doors refers to the fact that after world war ii, fields such as politics, economy, technology and media are regularly under the control of security institutions. and when security officers retire from, for example, in the field of security they enter the...
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he was called bambi blair. so and if you go back further than that, you go to margaret thatcher. she was not remotely radical when she was going for her first general election. she was extremely cautious. nothing like the thatcher that governed. and so actually, what keir starmer is doing is typically what these leaders have done to get into power. >> i think there's a lot more enthusiasm for tony blair in 97 than there is for starmer now. >> but i bet you actually, i bet you £10 that there will be a bigger. well, you know, i don't have your kind of private school money, but i bet you that there will be a bigger swing under keir starmer than there was under tony blair in 1990. that's just going to be due to apathy, i think. >> i think that's just going to be no. >> it'll be the biggest swing in modern political history. >> that's what you're going to get those tory voters coming out and backing the because you're always going to get true blue tories that are just not going to bother to vote. i know there's possibly some in my own family who are saying, i'm just not going to vote
he was called bambi blair. so and if you go back further than that, you go to margaret thatcher. she was not remotely radical when she was going for her first general election. she was extremely cautious. nothing like the thatcher that governed. and so actually, what keir starmer is doing is typically what these leaders have done to get into power. >> i think there's a lot more enthusiasm for tony blair in 97 than there is for starmer now. >> but i bet you actually, i bet you £10...
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now my question to him is, has he copied blair because what blair did was announce thousands of new doctors and then admitted that they actually included all those then in training in medical schools. so is he saying 6500 completely new teachers? and if so, how are they going to be taught? >> yeah, well, this is it, isn't it? recruiting 6500 teachers paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. it is quite vague. and also i don't think the thing that they can account for in all of this is what exactly do they do with all of the children who are now going to have to leave some of those private schools as well, that they're just going to dump into the state system, launching a border security command to stop the gangs arranging small boat crossings. and you're laughing. why >> well, of course i am. they're already international cooperation in trying to get on top of the gangs , but it isn't top of the gangs, but it isn't that easy. he's not going to be able to do it. just like that, and when he talks about, you know, launching a new border security command, that's not what britain
now my question to him is, has he copied blair because what blair did was announce thousands of new doctors and then admitted that they actually included all those then in training in medical schools. so is he saying 6500 completely new teachers? and if so, how are they going to be taught? >> yeah, well, this is it, isn't it? recruiting 6500 teachers paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. it is quite vague. and also i don't think the thing that they can account for in all...
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former labour party adviser to both gordon brown and tony blair. now, scarlet, the diane abbott situation. let's just summarise it as this. she's vowing to stand in hackney north. we still don't know whether she's going to stand for laboun whether she's going to stand for labour, having had the whip removed and then restored or as an independent. she's basically saying i'm going to stand come what may. we've got starmer saying, oh, we're still deciding what's going on, and we've got his deputy, angela rayner, saying, oh, i think she should be allowed to stand alone with, along with a load of other tory mps, including jess phillips and all the rest of it. this is a bit of a mess, isn't it? yeah, it is a mess. it's been really, really badly done because actually it should have been. they've had months to do it. yes. and people feel very, very strongly that diane abbott needs to be recognised as what she is. i mean, you you cannot have keir starmer saying, you know, she was a amazing trailblazer, which he says quite rightly. and then say, i don't know
former labour party adviser to both gordon brown and tony blair. now, scarlet, the diane abbott situation. let's just summarise it as this. she's vowing to stand in hackney north. we still don't know whether she's going to stand for laboun whether she's going to stand for labour, having had the whip removed and then restored or as an independent. she's basically saying i'm going to stand come what may. we've got starmer saying, oh, we're still deciding what's going on, and we've got his deputy,...
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she was succeeded by john major, who held the post until tony blair's labor government won the may 1997 election. personally, i will miss her because i value her advice. i appreciate her many years. wisdom that comes from her many years of experience, she was an outstanding prime minister of the united kingdom, and an outstanding friend of the united of the states after 90, lady thatcher, as she became, remained a powerful political figure. she wrote two volumes of best-selling memoirs, the downing street years and the road to power, and continued to lecture around the world for a decade. to the rich, not because of human mercy, but because of their own rational interest. so you don't need to be a saint to make the economy work well. you have to set the rules and then give people the opportunity to do their jobs. in 2002 a book of reflections on international politics, art, and state management was also published in 2016. during this time, she made several important interventions in domestic british politics, in particular with regard to bosnia and the maastricht treaty. in march 2002,
she was succeeded by john major, who held the post until tony blair's labor government won the may 1997 election. personally, i will miss her because i value her advice. i appreciate her many years. wisdom that comes from her many years of experience, she was an outstanding prime minister of the united kingdom, and an outstanding friend of the united of the states after 90, lady thatcher, as she became, remained a powerful political figure. she wrote two volumes of best-selling memoirs, the...
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tony blair style wipe out? >> no, i don't think that's the case.i >> no, i don't think that's the case. i don't think you can connect those two things. i mean, you see greg clarke today, for example, he served nearly 20 years in parliament. that's a long time in parliament. and john redwood, 27 years. we have a lot of conservative mps, of course. so as a proportion, you bouncing at quite a high number, decide that they've got other things to do with their lives. and i quite understand that. but we're really looking forward to working with the new cohort of conservative members of parliament who will bring a fresh approach to parliament, and that will be welcomed and, kevin, would you like to see one of those new members of parliament, perhaps lord frost, mr brexit, who we heard earlier on today was allegedly being blocked from the candidates list. >> mr rishi sunak said to us today that's not the case. would you like to see people like him in government? proper tories with a record of delivering on things like
tony blair style wipe out? >> no, i don't think that's the case.i >> no, i don't think that's the case. i don't think you can connect those two things. i mean, you see greg clarke today, for example, he served nearly 20 years in parliament. that's a long time in parliament. and john redwood, 27 years. we have a lot of conservative mps, of course. so as a proportion, you bouncing at quite a high number, decide that they've got other things to do with their lives. and i quite...
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rights and tony blair was the last sort of big, powerful change maker that we had in this country. so at the moment he's heading towards downing street, it looks like hence the hence the song. i suppose. yeah. >> all right. max foster for us live in london. max, thank you very much. >> all right. >> i had here the cause of a deadly stage collapse at an election rally in mexico, plus china in circles taiwan with a large scale military drill as a quote, strong punishment and tell you what's going on there as we're. trying to spy on us. we were spying on them i was hadi frank this is a war, but secret war. secrets inspired a nuclear game. premier sunday, june 2, that ten on seek i got good news is a murderer walking i'm sorry, what? >> she watches a lot of true crime. >> welcome to the family there's so much new stuff happening out there we just can't keep up too far to swim back now it's amazing i promise you, i will not let you down stream the best of british tv one on britt box. >> what should be the free trial at britt box.com greatness hertz but the care you can keep chasing it t
rights and tony blair was the last sort of big, powerful change maker that we had in this country. so at the moment he's heading towards downing street, it looks like hence the hence the song. i suppose. yeah. >> all right. max foster for us live in london. max, thank you very much. >> all right. >> i had here the cause of a deadly stage collapse at an election rally in mexico, plus china in circles taiwan with a large scale military drill as a quote, strong punishment and...
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and tony blair or alastair campbell on behalf of tony blair, famously said , we tony blair, famously said, we don't do god, even though we know that tony blair was, you know, a devout christian. daniel. >> well, there are two separate things here, aren't them? the first is there are certain policy issues which traditionally have been regarded as matters of conscience and not party policy. so they would include things like abortion, for example. so is the death penalty. are others where mps and others have always been allowed to vote? according to their conscience and there hasn't been a party policy. what's happened on the left? the liberal democrats in particular, explicitly now make some of these things part of their party policy . so if you're not happy policy. so if you're not happy with those things, david alton, who sits in the house of lords, was a liberal democrat mp. he left the liberal democrats years ago over his opposition to abortion because he wasn't allowed to carry on expressing his own conscientious view, while still remaining part of a party which now officially, su
and tony blair or alastair campbell on behalf of tony blair, famously said , we tony blair, famously said, we don't do god, even though we know that tony blair was, you know, a devout christian. daniel. >> well, there are two separate things here, aren't them? the first is there are certain policy issues which traditionally have been regarded as matters of conscience and not party policy. so they would include things like abortion, for example. so is the death penalty. are others where...
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that didn't happen in the run up to tony blair becoming pm. this is a party in complete and utter decomposition, and, it's not good for the country. trust me. >> i've just been interviewed by a french journalist for an hour, and i said my hope and prayer. >> is that in opposition , the >> is that in opposition, the conservative party recover. >> what? once they were, they go down the french road. a real horrible right wing extremism that labour's guaranteed two terms. >> goodness me. well denis macshane, thank you so much for joining us and talking through what is a sensational afternoon in british politics here in westminster. really appreciate your time . thank you. your time. thank you. >> i'm not convinced this benefits the labour party ehhen benefits the labour party either. really. oh i think it does.i either. really. oh i think it does. i mean i guess it does perhaps to the general. what do you think? let us know at home. gbnews.com/yoursay >> i think the majority of voters aren't political obsessives . most people aren't obsessives. mo
that didn't happen in the run up to tony blair becoming pm. this is a party in complete and utter decomposition, and, it's not good for the country. trust me. >> i've just been interviewed by a french journalist for an hour, and i said my hope and prayer. >> is that in opposition , the >> is that in opposition, the conservative party recover. >> what? once they were, they go down the french road. a real horrible right wing extremism that labour's guaranteed two terms....
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i blair was a natural campaigner, is keir starmer?— keir starmer? i think you've seen him already _ keir starmer? i think you've seen him already setting _ keir starmer? i think you've seen him already setting out _ keir starmer? i think you've seen j him already setting out yesterday division, his vision for the general election. i think you will see him campaigning all over the country and just enjoying the campaign and the chance to be able to put these plans to the country and i also think he�*ll be a great prime minister, a very serious person who really understands the challenges the country faces and can bring people together as well, because that�*s really what our country needs. yvette cooper, thank you for your time. listening to that was alyssa fitzgerald. we�*ve seen it with all the parties so far, we know what their themes are, they keep returning to it, the best strategist will tell you that what you do is repeat your key messages time and again until the electorate is bored and they need a little bit more. every single time when
i blair was a natural campaigner, is keir starmer?— keir starmer? i think you've seen him already _ keir starmer? i think you've seen him already setting _ keir starmer? i think you've seen him already setting out _ keir starmer? i think you've seen j him already setting out yesterday division, his vision for the general election. i think you will see him campaigning all over the country and just enjoying the campaign and the chance to be able to put these plans to the country and i also...
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it's what blair did as well. it's what blair did as well. it's what blair did as well. it's what cameron did . and don't it's what cameron did. and don't forget, crucially, cameron, who everybody had written off in the 90s, came back initially via a coalition but then won an overall majority . he sits around overall majority. he sits around that cabinet table with rishi sunak now and rishi would be well advised to listen to cameron on tactics and strategy. >> we we'll always listen to alastair stewart on tactics and strategy . thank you. strategy. thank you. >> yeah, they could do with some of this spirit gung ho, you know, get to the job. it's true that ben houchen he talks a lot about growth investment business infrastructure getting things going. >> street saunders andy burnham i mean come on i mean labour now the press association now actually reporting that labour has declared victory in the east midlands a new post. so none of that incumbency that we've been talking about, which the current, the existing mayors have been able to fight on their record or not, as sa
it's what blair did as well. it's what blair did as well. it's what blair did as well. it's what cameron did . and don't it's what cameron did. and don't forget, crucially, cameron, who everybody had written off in the 90s, came back initially via a coalition but then won an overall majority . he sits around overall majority. he sits around that cabinet table with rishi sunak now and rishi would be well advised to listen to cameron on tactics and strategy. >> we we'll always listen to...
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that's very different to blair, but on par with blair's landslide . par with blair's landslide. >> and is it likely that the conservatives will become the third party? they disappearing? >> well, i don't think they're disappearing. no, because i think that sunak will he'll be out and he will literally be out and they'll have a new leader and they'll have a new leader and that person will really go to town. but i know everyone is talking about the reform party, and nigel and all of that, but i think that the tories are always going to be that second party. >> and when do you predict the next general election happening? >> well, i think i've said i think i've said november. but i'll be really honest with you . i'll be really honest with you. i'll be really honest with you. inever i'll be really honest with you. i never change what i say, but you'll have it down. what i've said, i've got a feeling october is really important. do you think it's going to come in earlier? >> i think in january. i think they're going to cling on. >> no, i don't think they will. >> no, i don't think they will.
that's very different to blair, but on par with blair's landslide . par with blair's landslide. >> and is it likely that the conservatives will become the third party? they disappearing? >> well, i don't think they're disappearing. no, because i think that sunak will he'll be out and he will literally be out and they'll have a new leader and they'll have a new leader and that person will really go to town. but i know everyone is talking about the reform party, and nigel and all of...
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lynn pepper says universities blair again with all of his ideas. there's a problem labour is always left us with an empty bank. >> yeah. it's interesting that peter kyle, the shadow science secretary, was saying he wants more people to go to university. there's been .a war more people to go to university. there's been .awar on there's been .a war on universities. there's some clear blue water. really between the tory party and the labour party here. many tory ministers say that this 50% target everyone going to university , perhaps going to university, perhaps wasn't the best idea, but the labour party seems to want to double down on it. >> yeah, we are starting to see some clear blue water, which we're going to be talking about in a moment, actually, with with taxes at least that's what jeremy hunt is warning. but dicky clock has been in touch saying starmer won't be in power long enough to implement his pledges. i think that is something that came to the fore yesterday in essex. when we're talking about these six pledges, i mean, there are six of
lynn pepper says universities blair again with all of his ideas. there's a problem labour is always left us with an empty bank. >> yeah. it's interesting that peter kyle, the shadow science secretary, was saying he wants more people to go to university. there's been .a war more people to go to university. there's been .awar on there's been .a war on universities. there's some clear blue water. really between the tory party and the labour party here. many tory ministers say that this 50%...
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party and at the point where the tony blair pledged that they would stick with the tax plans of the party and allows them to fend off the criticism and allows them to say to be fiscally responsible and we can do what we need to do with the money that we've got every reorganise the data chairs a little bit and they're trying very much to deal with the conservative big criticism of them which is going to focus on the economy. find big criticism of them which is going to focus on the economy. and they're focusin: to focus on the economy. and they're focusing on — to focus on the economy. and they're focusing on many _ to focus on the economy. and they're focusing on many seats _ to focus on the economy. and they're focusing on many seats where - to focus on the economy. and they're focusing on many seats where they i focusing on many seats where they come second to the tories, do you think that is a good strategy for them? , ., , ., , think that is a good strategy for them? , ., , ., ., them? the liberal democrats along with the number— them? the liberal democrats along with the n
party and at the point where the tony blair pledged that they would stick with the tax plans of the party and allows them to fend off the criticism and allows them to say to be fiscally responsible and we can do what we need to do with the money that we've got every reorganise the data chairs a little bit and they're trying very much to deal with the conservative big criticism of them which is going to focus on the economy. find big criticism of them which is going to focus on the economy. and...
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there's tony blair with his little card. i think he gave them to all of his colleagues, didn't he, all his mps, so that they could have it always to hand. and then we also had, ed miliband, which perhaps was more of a, a stone of doom here. he unveiled with his six, better plan, better future , six plan, better future, six pledges. did he call them? >> he called them pledges cast in stone . although people ended in stone. although people ended up calling it the ed stone, which was, perhaps, a bit of a blunder . which was, perhaps, a bit of a blunder. there was all sorts of rumour about where this stone ended up , whether it got broken ended up, whether it got broken down after the election, whose garden it's plonked in, but, catherine is this going to ed up, is this going to end up much more like, tony blair's successful card or ed miliband's slightly less successful slab of doom ? doom? >> well, we'll find out with a general election , won't we? but, general election, won't we? but, obviously there 20 points ahead. of cours
there's tony blair with his little card. i think he gave them to all of his colleagues, didn't he, all his mps, so that they could have it always to hand. and then we also had, ed miliband, which perhaps was more of a, a stone of doom here. he unveiled with his six, better plan, better future , six plan, better future, six pledges. did he call them? >> he called them pledges cast in stone . although people ended in stone. although people ended up calling it the ed stone, which was,...
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tony blair without the flair? but first to the latest on the waterborne disease that's hit the town of brixham in devon. and residents have been warned the cases of the illness caused by a parasite could continue for a further two weeks. around 16,000 households and businesses have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and calling it first. let's cross now to brixham to speak to our south west of england reporter, jeff moody. geoff, welcome to the show . geoff, welcome to the show. yesterday you were telling us the pain being and witnessed by some people was akin to childbirth and now the saga rolls on. what's the latest ? rolls on. what's the latest? >> i was indeed well, the latest is that the number of people that have officially been affected has doubled . it's now affected has doubled. it's now gone up to three. that's the ones that are officially diagnosed. there are thought to be hundreds more that have fallen ill, but haven't actually been officially diagnosed as yet. so that nu
tony blair without the flair? but first to the latest on the waterborne disease that's hit the town of brixham in devon. and residents have been warned the cases of the illness caused by a parasite could continue for a further two weeks. around 16,000 households and businesses have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and calling it first. let's cross now to brixham to speak to our south west of england reporter, jeff moody. geoff, welcome to the show . geoff,...
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blair made these huge constitutional changes which outsourced decision making from democratically elected, actually gave more power to to a lot lawyers and bureaucrat, etc., etc. so i think we have more of that now, whether it's the extreme gender or gender ideology, whether it's the immigration and rights policies, extreme green policies know i can't see things like fracking happening under keir starmer or energy bills getting cheaper and the economy is in a serious situation we have got a debt problem in britain and although the labor party talks about economic growth. they've got absolutely no analysis why we haven't had significant economic growth for the past few decades and. the answer is we're overtaxed, we're overregulated. the government's too big and we're still aligned with even though we've left it. these are the answers. but i can't see labor anything about any of those things. if they if they get into office. say we will just see the increase in an increase in the the sort of decline ism narrative in britain. yeah, it sounds actually ghastly actually. and it is. i mean, yeah
blair made these huge constitutional changes which outsourced decision making from democratically elected, actually gave more power to to a lot lawyers and bureaucrat, etc., etc. so i think we have more of that now, whether it's the extreme gender or gender ideology, whether it's the immigration and rights policies, extreme green policies know i can't see things like fracking happening under keir starmer or energy bills getting cheaper and the economy is in a serious situation we have got a...
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, they feel it is time _ under tony blair, they feel it is time for— under tony blair, they feel it is time for change. as for chaos, he wants— time for change. as for chaos, he wants to — time for change. as for chaos, he wants to characterise the conservatives' time in office. he wants— conservatives' time in office. he wants to — conservatives' time in office. he wants to have a go at the conservatives 14 years of government. interestingly in his speech— government. interestingly in his speech this morning, he also found time to— speech this morning, he also found time to attack liz truss, even though— time to attack liz truss, even though she spent about as much time in office _ though she spent about as much time in office as _ though she spent about as much time in office as this campaign it will last _ in office as this campaign it will last also— in office as this campaign it will last. also interestingly, i asked keir starmer about the conservatives attack _ keir starmer about the conservatives attack on _ keir starmer about the conservatives attack on him, tha
, they feel it is time _ under tony blair, they feel it is time for— under tony blair, they feel it is time for change. as for chaos, he wants— time for change. as for chaos, he wants to — time for change. as for chaos, he wants to characterise the conservatives' time in office. he wants— conservatives' time in office. he wants to — conservatives' time in office. he wants to have a go at the conservatives 14 years of government. interestingly in his speech— government. interestingly...
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tony blair's his messiah . yeah. tony blair's his messiah. and maggie says, stella creasy is so wrong . this means there is so wrong. this means there can be abortion right up to birth for any reason. this means fully formed, viable babies will be killed. now it's time for our next debate. up next, it's ben, and, he's got an idea for the unemployed. >> yes . so we know there's nine, >> yes. so we know there's nine, maybe 8 million. economically inactive people in this country. lots of people , such as our good lots of people, such as our good friend here, benjamin butterworth, who hasn't had a properjob in his life, a great idea in warsaw , the west idea in warsaw, the west midlands, the local council there have said that perhaps these people , whilst they're these people, whilst they're looking for work and they're able to not including those who are incapacity, of course, should get out and scrub britain clean, litter picking, mowing pubuc clean, litter picking, mowing public lawns , cleaning graffiti, public lawns, cleaning graffiti, paint
tony blair's his messiah . yeah. tony blair's his messiah. and maggie says, stella creasy is so wrong . this means there is so wrong. this means there can be abortion right up to birth for any reason. this means fully formed, viable babies will be killed. now it's time for our next debate. up next, it's ben, and, he's got an idea for the unemployed. >> yes . so we know there's nine, >> yes. so we know there's nine, maybe 8 million. economically inactive people in this country. lots...
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so the night the blair house, general powell is giving the president, the vice president, natura59 chief of staff. and we discussed how many minutes you have to respond tong of the football. and i'll remember as long as i live, probably despite some loss of memory over time looking into the president's eyes, we kind of locked sacred responsibility of any commander in chief. so i always felt, jennifer, my ■wjob was to try to focus the president and the white house and the keep our eyes on the prize. peace andthat was our goals. and i thinkboomer, i did not ina balance the budget. i talked the president about it and make, of course, was omb director. you understand it very, very well. but as we move the first term, the economy improve. we had low inflation, but real productivity. and all of a sudden you begin to that to me was was our was our were our goals. now, mike, i don't know if you are going to say share that view of managing people's opinions. if so, i'm curis because at least the image of president trump in the in the media was weth a person who was very captive to the last pers
so the night the blair house, general powell is giving the president, the vice president, natura59 chief of staff. and we discussed how many minutes you have to respond tong of the football. and i'll remember as long as i live, probably despite some loss of memory over time looking into the president's eyes, we kind of locked sacred responsibility of any commander in chief. so i always felt, jennifer, my ■wjob was to try to focus the president and the white house and the keep our eyes on the...
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>> well blair did, blair did? yeah. >> his dad was a scottish toolmaker. >> was he scottish? >> was he scottish? >> i've no idea. >>— >> i've no idea. >> no scottish today. >> no scottish today. >> he probably was. yeah. >> he probably was. yeah. >> he's making the point though that it because they have a or have had a situation where the parties that they vote for aren't the ones running the country. yes. and then you can moan about it, but the same is true. that's the system. there are places in the south west that vote lib dem and they're never going to have a prime minister. so it's basically scotland does tend to make itself the belle of the ball a little bit, kind of like, oh impresses. okay. well let's stick with the telegraph now. rishi is rishi bending the rules for lord frost? rishi well no. rishi insists lord frost could stand for tories in a general election. it was claimed he couldn't, but now he can. i mean , i'd say it's a non—story, but people seem to think that's a lewis schaffer catchphrase, as if he invented that term. but anyway. so even if he didn't,
>> well blair did, blair did? yeah. >> his dad was a scottish toolmaker. >> was he scottish? >> was he scottish? >> i've no idea. >>— >> i've no idea. >> no scottish today. >> no scottish today. >> he probably was. yeah. >> he probably was. yeah. >> he's making the point though that it because they have a or have had a situation where the parties that they vote for aren't the ones running the country. yes. and then you...
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the former political secretary to tony blair, john mcternan , attempts blair, john mcternan, attempts to defend this controversial policy amid big calls for them to just welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. coming up, is nigel farage right to warn that mass migration is bringing sexist sectarian politics to britain ? sectarian politics to britain? but first, labour's vat raid on private schools could be challenged in the courts if sir keir starmer wins at the general election, with the independent schools council, which represents more than 1300 schools across the uk , schools across the uk, considering legal action. now, starmer's plan to hike private school fees by 20% from day one of a labour government has become one of his flagship policies. but it comes amid warnings that there are very few state school places available for parents looking to escape labour's tax hike, with at least eight local authorities now claiming that there are actually no spaces at all. there are also fears that the policy could end up costing the taxpayer more, with data from the independent school
the former political secretary to tony blair, john mcternan , attempts blair, john mcternan, attempts to defend this controversial policy amid big calls for them to just welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. coming up, is nigel farage right to warn that mass migration is bringing sexist sectarian politics to britain ? sectarian politics to britain? but first, labour's vat raid on private schools could be challenged in the courts if sir keir starmer wins at the general election, with the...
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>> what did blair promise them? >> what did blair promise them? >> blair didn't promise to bring it down, to bring those we were in the eu and this was an eu rule. if we were still in the eu, immigration would be lower each year than it is at the moment. but may and cameron, cameron, sits in this tory cabinet, said it was going to come down to tens of thousands andifs come down to tens of thousands and it's now at a million. and rwanda is a sick joke. it's cost £200 million and not a single person has been forcibly sent by it. yeah, but and it's a token. the reason we're having the election, patrick, is because he's worried that this is never going to get a plane taking for off a while. >> okay, but can i just keep this on the net migration numbers is the legal levels of migration. absolutely. >> that's what i said. that's what i want to keep this tens of thousands of a million. >> the impression at school when they said you round something up, you go to the nearest ten. you don't add 10,000 almost, which is what's happened here. so look, the tor
>> what did blair promise them? >> what did blair promise them? >> blair didn't promise to bring it down, to bring those we were in the eu and this was an eu rule. if we were still in the eu, immigration would be lower each year than it is at the moment. but may and cameron, cameron, sits in this tory cabinet, said it was going to come down to tens of thousands andifs come down to tens of thousands and it's now at a million. and rwanda is a sick joke. it's cost £200 million...
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uh, it's quite likely that it will mean the uh, the fact the re emergence of tony blair and tony blair is, yeah, okay, absolutely. front and center with the, with global is, uh, with the a obviously the you, the leaders and, you know, easily uh, begins eventually as the backs along. so i mean, is it still you do, i think is quite likely that'll be re living the glory days of the late ninety's in the early as of as a century. so it is, this kind of intervention is um and mentality will continue. now the question is, what, how, how does the public respond to that? but now we're, so we've seen in the u. k, the saint frances in the united states, there is real, real protest. and what's different about these protest um, as opposed to the uh, fraudulent bogus protest of 2020, of the summer of george floyd. it is that these protests are about something, there is a, there are there against them. each dimension on, on behalf of israel, they're against, there's an unconditional support for the, for risk atrocities. and that demanding that the, the institutions distance themselves divest from isr
uh, it's quite likely that it will mean the uh, the fact the re emergence of tony blair and tony blair is, yeah, okay, absolutely. front and center with the, with global is, uh, with the a obviously the you, the leaders and, you know, easily uh, begins eventually as the backs along. so i mean, is it still you do, i think is quite likely that'll be re living the glory days of the late ninety's in the early as of as a century. so it is, this kind of intervention is um and mentality will continue....
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k. above is quite likely that it will mean the uh, the fact the reemergence of tony blair and tony blair is yes. okay. absolutely. front and center with the, with global is, uh, with the a, obviously the he, you, the leaders and you know, easily uh, begins, eventually as the backs along somebody is still here. do i think it's more like it'll be reliving the glory days of the late ninety's in the early as of as a century? it um so it is, is this goes into eventually us mens mentality. so we'll continue. now the question is, what, how, how does the public respond to that? and now we're, so we've seen in the u. k, this evening, frances, in the united states, there is real, real protest. and what's different about these protest um, as opposed to the uh, fraudulent bogus pro test of 2020, the summer of george floyd. it is that these protests are about something there they are. there are there against them. is it mentioned on, on behalf of israel, they're a, gave us as an unconditional support for, for risk atrocities and demanding that the, the institutions this, those themselves divest from
k. above is quite likely that it will mean the uh, the fact the reemergence of tony blair and tony blair is yes. okay. absolutely. front and center with the, with global is, uh, with the a, obviously the he, you, the leaders and you know, easily uh, begins, eventually as the backs along somebody is still here. do i think it's more like it'll be reliving the glory days of the late ninety's in the early as of as a century? it um so it is, is this goes into eventually us mens mentality. so we'll...
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blair is yes. okay. absolutely. front and center with the, with global is with the a obviously the you, the leaders and you know, is the, uh, begins eventually as the box allows me, is it still you do, i think is quite likely that'll be re living the glory days of the late ninety's and the early, early, early as of as a century. so it is this go intervention is um and mentality. it will continue. now the question is what, how, how does the public respond to that? but now we're, so we've seen in the u. k with a new friends in the united states. there is real real protests then. what's different about these protest um, as opposed to the uh, fraudulent bogus protest of 2020 of the summer of george floyd is that these protests are about something they're, they're, they're, they're against them. each dimension on, on behalf of israel, they're against this one on condition of support for the, for risk atrocities. and that demanding that the, the institutions this, those themselves divest from israel. tha
blair is yes. okay. absolutely. front and center with the, with global is with the a obviously the you, the leaders and you know, is the, uh, begins eventually as the box allows me, is it still you do, i think is quite likely that'll be re living the glory days of the late ninety's and the early, early, early as of as a century. so it is this go intervention is um and mentality. it will continue. now the question is what, how, how does the public respond to that? but now we're, so we've seen in...
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it tony blair, particularly over foreign policy. it happened to david cameron over environmental policy and gay marriage. so the longer you're in power, the more , perhaps scepticism you face from the electorate. but, i mean, that's just a fact of politics in every country. but the thing that good leaders do is, listen, i think tony blair was good at that most of the time. and i think keir starmer showed he's good at listening to people and not trying to railroad through policies and blindly. >> all right, peter edwards, i'm going to bring in the panel. now, david, i'm going to start with you. i wonder that the rhetoric you had earlier about the uni party and saying, there's no real difference between the two, you know, peter, they set out his case for laboun do peter, they set out his case for labour. do you still think that? >> yeah, i do, i still think there isn't much difference in terms of policy between what i call the fake conservatives and laboun call the fake conservatives and labour. i mean, they're both adherent to the ne
it tony blair, particularly over foreign policy. it happened to david cameron over environmental policy and gay marriage. so the longer you're in power, the more , perhaps scepticism you face from the electorate. but, i mean, that's just a fact of politics in every country. but the thing that good leaders do is, listen, i think tony blair was good at that most of the time. and i think keir starmer showed he's good at listening to people and not trying to railroad through policies and blindly....
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tom: how results compared to last year leading up to tony blair's victory in 97. any results you will scrutinize? lizzie: the two key races, actually it is not definite that they are going to lose. they're both conservatives and labor is trying to take those seats. they represent the bar of success if conservatives hold on and labor facing areas. the team is projecting confidence and street is more at risk because the prime minister's decision to cancel high-speed rail, dramatic decision in the autumn. we will await results. we get street tomorrow. tom: he spoke out against that decision. there had been speculation in westminster that the tories did badly, soon back would be full durable to a run. it's early days and there is a caveat. do we have a sense as to whether the prime minister is safe? lizzie: you're never safe, plotting has been going on for months. the rebels wanted to show that a change of leader could make sure they are not wiped out in the general, but the prime minister could claw his way through even if they lose half the seats, if they hold on to
tom: how results compared to last year leading up to tony blair's victory in 97. any results you will scrutinize? lizzie: the two key races, actually it is not definite that they are going to lose. they're both conservatives and labor is trying to take those seats. they represent the bar of success if conservatives hold on and labor facing areas. the team is projecting confidence and street is more at risk because the prime minister's decision to cancel high-speed rail, dramatic decision in the...
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it would be a larger labour victory than tony blair's landslide in 1997. it will be the largest win by any party in modern parliamentary history, except for 1931. 18 members of that current conservative cabinet would go , and some prominent would go, and some prominent members outside it as well. the likes of sir jacob members outside it as well. the likes of sirjacob rees—mogg, likes of sir jacob rees—mogg, joanna. the only hope for rishi sunak now is surely some kind of labour implosion, isn't it? >> yeah, and i mean the chances of that clearly. i mean, i know that labour have gone through that labour have gone through that thing this week, but nowhere near anything that the conservatives have gone through kind of consistently. and i think that that's the problem with the conservatives even though they've called this election, it's almost as if they're just addicted to attracting scandal or things going wrong. and i think that even if it's something that it isn't specifically the conservatives fault, just people looking around, reading the newspapers
it would be a larger labour victory than tony blair's landslide in 1997. it will be the largest win by any party in modern parliamentary history, except for 1931. 18 members of that current conservative cabinet would go , and some prominent would go, and some prominent members outside it as well. the likes of sir jacob members outside it as well. the likes of sirjacob rees—mogg, likes of sir jacob rees—mogg, joanna. the only hope for rishi sunak now is surely some kind of labour implosion,...
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former tony blair adviserjohn mcternan had this to say on newsnight last night. >> is there any tory mp that you wouldn't welcome in the party? >> i'd love jacob rees—mogg to be a member of the parliamentary labour party . labour party. >> well, the labour party has seemingly drawn the line at allowing nigel farage into the party. however, i'm joined now by the man himself, party. however, i'm joined now by the man himself , john by the man himself, john mcternan. john, thank you very much for joining mcternan. john, thank you very much forjoining me , some people much forjoining me, some people in the labour party are very cross with you for saying this, even though it seemed to me you were quite clearly joking. jokes are dangerous in politics, aren't they ? aren't they? >> oh, look, some people shouldn't be in politics if they can't take a take a joke. and nobody should be in politics who can't make fun of themselves, in my view. >> well, no, i think i think that's right. but thank you for the invitation. it may not surprise you to know that i'm not going to take it up, but do yo
former tony blair adviserjohn mcternan had this to say on newsnight last night. >> is there any tory mp that you wouldn't welcome in the party? >> i'd love jacob rees—mogg to be a member of the parliamentary labour party . labour party. >> well, the labour party has seemingly drawn the line at allowing nigel farage into the party. however, i'm joined now by the man himself, party. however, i'm joined now by the man himself , john by the man himself, john mcternan. john,...
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tony blair famously said , i want 50% of young people said, i want 50% of young people to go to university . that's to go to university. that's great, i support that. what about the other 50? what about the forgotten 50? we need to be prioritising apprentices, so those young people who don't go to university can get those highly paid, secure jobs that we are creating here in lancashire how. >> now. >> jake berry, just finally, the labour party today has sent out their attack dog, darren jones, to claim that the conservative party has an enormous black hole in its spending plans. this is what he said. >> well, look, the conservative party has set out a number of policies in this first week of the general election campaign, which is over £70 billion of unfunded spending commitments. and it's for the conservative party to answer the question, how are you funding these commitments ? as we've said it commitments? as we've said it today, there is a real risk of unfunded policies affecting directly family finances, as we've experienced after liz truss and kwasi kwarteng lost darren jones, saying
tony blair famously said , i want 50% of young people said, i want 50% of young people to go to university . that's to go to university. that's great, i support that. what about the other 50? what about the forgotten 50? we need to be prioritising apprentices, so those young people who don't go to university can get those highly paid, secure jobs that we are creating here in lancashire how. >> now. >> jake berry, just finally, the labour party today has sent out their attack dog,...
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and for all the talk we had from blair, from mandelson about diversity, this isn't diversity. you're finishing up with whole areas of our towns and cities that are completely unrecognisable as being english, and i think that's undeniable. so all i was stating was a deep sense of unease, and that's why you know, for rishi sunak as prime minister, to be to be allowing 1.2 million people a year to settle here, i think integration on that scale is literally impossible. so labour started it. the conservatives have made it worse. now the reaction, of course, there are those that will scream and shout. there were those that will say it's islamophobic or it's racist. well, i just think when they use words like that, it's because they don't want to have the debate. they don't want to talk about it. they're losing the argument. i can tell you that if you look on gb news website, you look at newspaper national newspaper websites and see the reaction from joe public. it's been overwhelmingly in support. >> there has been a lot of criticism, as you'd expect . you criticism, as you'd expect
and for all the talk we had from blair, from mandelson about diversity, this isn't diversity. you're finishing up with whole areas of our towns and cities that are completely unrecognisable as being english, and i think that's undeniable. so all i was stating was a deep sense of unease, and that's why you know, for rishi sunak as prime minister, to be to be allowing 1.2 million people a year to settle here, i think integration on that scale is literally impossible. so labour started it. the...