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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...
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, but before blair. and then it accelerated under blair of the professional and managerial classes. it became very much a party of the middle class, the urban liberal, the graduate and so on. it was always traditionally that coalition between hampstead and hartlepool, but over the last 30 or 40 years the hartlepool element has been elbowed out and the hampstead element came to dominate. and what they did is they just assumed that the hartlepool's of this world wouldn't have anywhere else to 90, wouldn't have anywhere else to go, that they would always vote labour because they always had. and then obviously, i think brexit was a warning shot, that actually people are not going to do what you want them to do in these working class communities. in terms of the labour party. and then we saw the 2019 election, where so many of these communities voted tory for the first time. but what i would say is for those of us inside the party, as i said, as i've been for 30 years and who lived in working class communitie
, but before blair. and then it accelerated under blair of the professional and managerial classes. it became very much a party of the middle class, the urban liberal, the graduate and so on. it was always traditionally that coalition between hampstead and hartlepool, but over the last 30 or 40 years the hartlepool element has been elbowed out and the hampstead element came to dominate. and what they did is they just assumed that the hartlepool's of this world wouldn't have anywhere else to 90,...
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tony blair could play no tony blair. tony blair could play the guitar. he had oasis in 10 downing street. he's a guy who resonated with the public, a fantastic orator, somebody who switched on the optimism . and switched on the optimism. and the need for change. back in 97, i covered that election. the dying days of the john major regime, mired in sleaze, eating itself, self—immolation. history is repeating itself in that sense, with the conservatives but what you don't have is a blair type figure to get the people really, really excited. so keir starmer is mr magnolia . so keir starmer is mr magnolia. >> well, i don't necessarily agree. i think keir is somebody i'd say, by the way, he's a much better five a side footballer than, than tony blair. though tony might disagree with that, what i would say though is that every politician, every leader is a product of their time. and this is a very different time, from 1997, because in 1997, compared to now, the economy was in a very different position . in a very different position. pubuc in a very different
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— tighter, you are less popular than tony blair was in 1997, have will you persuade people to believe in you? _ you persuade people to believe in ou? , . ., , you persuade people to believe in ou? , .., ., you? the selection is about a choice, you? the selection is about a choice. you — you? the selection is about a choice, you are _ you? the selection is about a choice, you are right, - you? the selection is about a choice, you are right, it i you? the selection is about a choice, you are right, it is i you? the selection is about a i choice, you are right, it is about a choice, you are right, it is about a choice of two different futures. if we have the conservatives back in, nothing will change. we have had 14 years now of failure, nobody is better off now than they were 14 years ago. labour and a vote for labour is a chance to end that chaos, to turn a page, to change for the better of the country, change the better of the country, change the nhs, change public services to make sure the economy is stable and our communities are cared for and to move forward and rebuild our count
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yeah, and tony blair quite wisely said no, because he knew he was going into number 10. he knew he had the keys in the palm of his hands. he's got everything to lose by doing that. and also you made a good point about the six debates. i mean, goodness me, the tory leadership vote. i mean, the first couple of interesting after that was a snooze fest. >> exactly in 2010 that started the tv debate. and you know what? that led to the rise of nick clegg as a credible politician in this country. clegg mania. yeah. honestly he, he his advisers got him better prepared for those tv debates than either the tories or laboun than either the tories or labour. he did extremely well and it really wrecked all the predictions for who was going to win . and that's why we ended up win. and that's why we ended up with a coalition because of nick clegg's very impressive performance at that event. six would be far too many, okay, six would be far too many, okay, six would be far too many, okay, six would be too many because nobody would be too many because nobody would listen for the second o
yeah, and tony blair quite wisely said no, because he knew he was going into number 10. he knew he had the keys in the palm of his hands. he's got everything to lose by doing that. and also you made a good point about the six debates. i mean, goodness me, the tory leadership vote. i mean, the first couple of interesting after that was a snooze fest. >> exactly in 2010 that started the tv debate. and you know what? that led to the rise of nick clegg as a credible politician in this...
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tony blair, tony blair and his ice cream with, with gordon brown was another one. you've just got to be holding two ice creams, looking a bit like a wally. >> you've got to eat like no one's watching. thank you very much indeed, christopher. hope our political editor on board the conservative battle bus . the conservative battle bus. >> well, let's get some more on this idea about education, what it does for us, and perhaps what it does for us, and perhaps what it doesn't. david harkin is the ceo of edtech company 8 billion ideas that helps provide students with future skills. thanks for joining students with future skills. thanks forjoining us. i suppose the big question is there is this huge perception that some university courses simply aren't up to scratch , simply don't up to scratch, simply don't provide the skills that are necessary. what's your take. good afternoon. >> thank you very much for having me, look, i'll begin by saying every student i've ever met across here in the uk and around the world has an amazing imagination . imagination. >> but every stu
tony blair, tony blair and his ice cream with, with gordon brown was another one. you've just got to be holding two ice creams, looking a bit like a wally. >> you've got to eat like no one's watching. thank you very much indeed, christopher. hope our political editor on board the conservative battle bus . the conservative battle bus. >> well, let's get some more on this idea about education, what it does for us, and perhaps what it does for us, and perhaps what it doesn't. david...
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remember 1987 and tony blair's five pledges? keir starmer was keen to say that he is his own man and this is no reprieves of 1997 but why don't we look at those cards side by side? you can see the similarities in presentational style. but there's a big difference. the blair pledges weren't overly ambitious but they weren't overly ambitious but they were quite specific. the starman steps were less specific hence the whispers about whether he being overly cautious —— de keir starmer steps. in 1997, and the bottom right—hand corner, no rise in income tax rates. on the top left of the one today, it talks about keeping taxes, inflation and mortgage is as low as possible. will labour regret not being specific on that? the front page of the daily telegraph tomorrow and the daily express, banner headlines quoting the chancellor saying that taxes will rise under labour. after the launch in essex i travelled to the true blue garrison town of aldershot with the shadow defence secretary george healy. labour recently took control of th
remember 1987 and tony blair's five pledges? keir starmer was keen to say that he is his own man and this is no reprieves of 1997 but why don't we look at those cards side by side? you can see the similarities in presentational style. but there's a big difference. the blair pledges weren't overly ambitious but they weren't overly ambitious but they were quite specific. the starman steps were less specific hence the whispers about whether he being overly cautious —— de keir starmer steps. in...
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i mean, tony blair was very keen on this idea at one point and, and we debated it in parliament and the kind of problems that arise is if you're walking down the road, a police officer stops you, says, where's yourid officer stops you, says, where's your id card ? i haven't got one your id card? i haven't got one left it at home. what does the police officer do ? you take you police officer do? you take you into custody? does he just say, well, do better next time? >> so i mean, if the police catch, if the police catch you for speeding and you don't have your license, you have a producer, you have a producer, you have to go to the station and produce it later. it's not like they're right off you go to prison because you didn't care. >> when we had the debate in the house, i can still remember the tory mp standing up. i said, have you seen the great escape? give me your papers, please. you know, and it was all that sort of talk. yeah. i'm sorry. you're absolutely right. we do all carry them with us. and i have to say, when my kids were young, they used to long to have id cards because, l
i mean, tony blair was very keen on this idea at one point and, and we debated it in parliament and the kind of problems that arise is if you're walking down the road, a police officer stops you, says, where's yourid officer stops you, says, where's your id card ? i haven't got one your id card? i haven't got one left it at home. what does the police officer do ? you take you police officer do? you take you into custody? does he just say, well, do better next time? >> so i mean, if the...
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not blair 2.0 as his six pledges get pred blair 2.0 as his six pledges get ripped to shreds. on my panel tonight, it's telegraph columnist allison pearson, lord shaun bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza. and what does this german politician do next? yeah, yeah. all right, get ready. britain. here we go. suella braverman takes on the palestine protesters . next. palestine protesters. next. >> patrick. thank you. and as you've just been hearing, cambridge university has announced it will host this week's graduation lie—ins elsewhere as a pro—palestine protest camp remains outside the venue. it's hosted ceremonies since the 18th century. protesters pitched tents on a lawn outside senate house yesterday, with graduation ceremonies due to take place there tomorrow and on saturday. but the university says it's taken the difficult decision to hold the event at an undisclosed alternative location . gb news alternative location. gb news were there earlier. patrick and the team as former home secretary suella braverman visited the cambridge for palestine's encampment today
not blair 2.0 as his six pledges get pred blair 2.0 as his six pledges get ripped to shreds. on my panel tonight, it's telegraph columnist allison pearson, lord shaun bailey and ex—labour advisor matthew laza. and what does this german politician do next? yeah, yeah. all right, get ready. britain. here we go. suella braverman takes on the palestine protesters . next. palestine protesters. next. >> patrick. thank you. and as you've just been hearing, cambridge university has announced it...
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and tony blair was there in 1997. you i think you interviewed or somebody did camilla tominey about my book about that the diaries of that era, and we kept delivering results for the first few years. then we hit the buffers of iraq war and so on. and the tories were delivering results until they turned to bofis results until they turned to boris johnson and liz sunak. sorry, liz truss , and we've just sorry, liz truss, and we've just had the disastrous recent years . had the disastrous recent years. >> oh hang on, dennis, you said that the tories were delivering until they turned to boris. bofis until they turned to boris. boris won an 80 seat majority. >> i know , but surely getting >> i know, but surely getting rid of boris was their their terminal mistake that that though is a false illusion. won blair a very, very big majority in 2001 and again in 2005. >> it's a false illusion. he did win in 89. >> no, no he did, he did. but it gives it gives a false hope then that he then opted for the hardest imaginable brexi
and tony blair was there in 1997. you i think you interviewed or somebody did camilla tominey about my book about that the diaries of that era, and we kept delivering results for the first few years. then we hit the buffers of iraq war and so on. and the tories were delivering results until they turned to bofis results until they turned to boris johnson and liz sunak. sorry, liz truss , and we've just sorry, liz truss, and we've just had the disastrous recent years . had the disastrous recent...
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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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yeah, and tony blair quite wisely said no, because he knew he was going into number 10. he knew he had the keys in the palm of his hands. he's got everything to lose by doing that. and also you made a good point about the six debates. i mean, goodness me, the tory leadership vote. i mean, the first couple of interesting after that was a snooze fest. >> exactly in 2010 that started the tv debate. and you know what? that led to the rise of nick clegg as a credible politician in this country. clegg mania. yeah. honestly he, he his advisers got him better prepared for those tv debates than either the tories or laboun than either the tories or labour. he did extremely well and it really wrecked all the predictions for who was going to win . and that's why we ended up win. and that's why we ended up with a coalition because of nick clegg's very impressive performance at that event. six would be far too many, okay, six would be far too many, okay, six would be far too many, okay, six would be too many because nobody would be too many because nobody would listen for the second o
yeah, and tony blair quite wisely said no, because he knew he was going into number 10. he knew he had the keys in the palm of his hands. he's got everything to lose by doing that. and also you made a good point about the six debates. i mean, goodness me, the tory leadership vote. i mean, the first couple of interesting after that was a snooze fest. >> exactly in 2010 that started the tv debate. and you know what? that led to the rise of nick clegg as a credible politician in this...
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tony blair inherited something very nice. people just never forgot. going with the conservatives because something like black wednesday or liz truss isn't going to happen and if it does, they won't forgive it. sonali: it's interesting, when we talk about the burden of the physical state in the u.k., there is an amazing chart on the terminal right now with a top live on the terminal going about the decisions being made in the u.k.. the tax burden is still heading for a postwar high. the chart is significant here. to the point you made about voters, how are they feeling about that? bobby: not well, not good, especially since prices are still high. there was an attempt to try and paper over that a bit earlier, when jeremy hunt announced the production reduction in some taxes, but it didn't really take . most of those, taxes will be higher again next year. the impact was not really felt by most people in britain. it's really hard to pin your hopes on one piece of data and the events of two or three months when people can still feel the pain that they have
tony blair inherited something very nice. people just never forgot. going with the conservatives because something like black wednesday or liz truss isn't going to happen and if it does, they won't forgive it. sonali: it's interesting, when we talk about the burden of the physical state in the u.k., there is an amazing chart on the terminal right now with a top live on the terminal going about the decisions being made in the u.k.. the tax burden is still heading for a postwar high. the chart is...
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tony blair was fighting to gain power from the conservative party. rishi sunak here is disassociating himself from in years of his own party's work and saying he's not liz truss, borisjohnson, but a candidate who can provide true conservativism. find candidate who can provide true conservativism.— candidate who can provide true conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us. _ conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because _ conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because the - conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because the idea i conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because the idea is| conservativism. and the idea is, i vote for us, because the idea is the plan is working. thank you for joining us. speaking of rishi sunak, as we said, discussing things at the first major event of the day, earlier on today, that was in ilkeston. he was answering questions and laying out what another term in office for the conservative party would look like. even though there's more work to do, and i know it will take time for you to
tony blair was fighting to gain power from the conservative party. rishi sunak here is disassociating himself from in years of his own party's work and saying he's not liz truss, borisjohnson, but a candidate who can provide true conservativism. find candidate who can provide true conservativism.— candidate who can provide true conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us. _ conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because _ conservativism. and the idea is, vote for us, because the -...
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as winston churchill asked margaret thatcher asked tony blair asked david cameron. he just wasn't , david cameron. he just wasn't, you know, on the park, i love it, you say, you know, i'm not going to criticise the bloke, but what was he doing ? but what was he doing? >> and then you explain how inexperienced he is. listen, i, i would agree with inexperienced do you think, emma, that perhaps what has happened here to the conservative party and there's no doubt about it, they have literally collapsed. there's no i'm not being partisan . i don't i'm not being partisan. i don't support any of them. do you think that perhaps the issue with getting rid of boris was the wrong thing to do ? the wrong thing to do? >> no, i don't think we can go back to the boris days . >> no, i don't think we can go back to the boris days. i don't think boris is going to be back, and i don't think he'd be the solution right now . solution right now. >> no no no no no no. but not not whether he's a solution. but do you think that they were wrong to get rid of him? because had they done that,
as winston churchill asked margaret thatcher asked tony blair asked david cameron. he just wasn't , david cameron. he just wasn't, you know, on the park, i love it, you say, you know, i'm not going to criticise the bloke, but what was he doing ? but what was he doing? >> and then you explain how inexperienced he is. listen, i, i would agree with inexperienced do you think, emma, that perhaps what has happened here to the conservative party and there's no doubt about it, they have...
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who are old enough to remember will know that that is very reminiscent of the pledge card that tony blair used in 1997. are you just copying what he did back then hoping that it will work this time? ~ , ., . ., , time? well, things have changed very much over many _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years so _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years so we - time? well, things have changed very much over many years so we are - much over many years so we are facing the new challenges of the future. but, look, you are right, the last labour government of the 1997 did have priorities, did deliver on them, we did see big changes including the nhs is a really good example because that did bring waiting lists right down. they have sold since then under the conservatives and the neglect we have seen so i think it is right for us to prioritise now bringing those nhs waiting lists down. but this is a plan for the future, for the new challenges that we face in the 21st century and the 2020s and that is wh
who are old enough to remember will know that that is very reminiscent of the pledge card that tony blair used in 1997. are you just copying what he did back then hoping that it will work this time? ~ , ., . ., , time? well, things have changed very much over many _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years so _ time? well, things have changed very much over many years so we - time? well, things have changed very much...
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we know with the likes of tony blair and david cameron, they were what you might describe as natural campaign is — what you think of this particular election? weill. of this particular election? well, annoyingly _ of this particular election? well, annoyingly for — of this particular election? well, annoyingly for both _ of this particular election? well, annoyingly for both of _ of this particular election? well, annoyingly for both of them, - of this particular election? well, annoyingly for both of them, a l annoyingly for both of them, a criticism for both of them, they lack charisma. rishi sunak is often credited, not credited, discredited for being a bit out of touch with the electorate, for not understanding the real needs of working people, and keir starmer often called a little bit boring, and neither of those people at the moment, a lot of the electorate feel they can capture the imagination, so that will definitely be a hell that they both have to mount to try to win over some of those people. i think what keir starmer wants to do isjust proof that think what keir star
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and it also surpasses the previous high, which took place prior to tony blair's victory for labour in 1997. it comes as the tories trail in the polls, with both main parties continuing their election campaigning today. economic secretary to the treasury bim afolami says a re—elected conservative government would bring economic growth. >> we've been very, very clear about the next parliament, which is a growth in public spending in real terms above inflation every year of the next parliament, and we set out our plans on how we're going to cut the double taxation on work by cutting national insurance and cutting national insurance and cut tax for people and have a better environment for small business. >> but labour's shadow chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones, says chancellor jeremy hunt hasn't been clear about how he'll pay for the tories policies. >> getting into a bit of a habit of announcing unfunded tax cuts. they've already promised to aboush they've already promised to abolish national insurance altogether, costing £46 billion altogether, costing £46 billion a year
and it also surpasses the previous high, which took place prior to tony blair's victory for labour in 1997. it comes as the tories trail in the polls, with both main parties continuing their election campaigning today. economic secretary to the treasury bim afolami says a re—elected conservative government would bring economic growth. >> we've been very, very clear about the next parliament, which is a growth in public spending in real terms above inflation every year of the next...
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no there isn't no. >> i mean, you're absolutely right that tony blair, tony blair really prepared for government. and what was impressive about it was that he had some really big hitters on the on his shadow cabinet all set to go into government. and i think there was a real excitement in the nation that we were having a change. and you're right, it's more a negative vote to the tories rather than a great positive vote for labour, but on the results here, if you were working on on what we've got so far, you would be looking at a kind of labour landslide nevertheless. yeah, you didn't do so well, claire. >> your lot . >> your lot. >> your lot. >> it's nicely put. >> it's nicely put. >> way to go yet. it's all not over until the last ballot has been counted. etcetera etcetera. but. no. do you know what it isn't? it's not been a shining beacon of electoral for success the conservatives so far. but when we spoke not long ago, we were talking about oldham , and i were talking about oldham, and i did a little bit of digging into , the muslim vote and what that meant for labour, and just had
no there isn't no. >> i mean, you're absolutely right that tony blair, tony blair really prepared for government. and what was impressive about it was that he had some really big hitters on the on his shadow cabinet all set to go into government. and i think there was a real excitement in the nation that we were having a change. and you're right, it's more a negative vote to the tories rather than a great positive vote for labour, but on the results here, if you were working on on what...
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the music of the tony blair campaign music blaring in the background. he didn't have an umbrella. he spoke for a few minutes. he looked absolutely soaked and one has to bonder whether is that the first image that you want to announce an election when it's already an uphill struggle? >> i mean, at least we know that tonight for this event he is definitely going to be inside surrounded by supporters. he's not going to be getting drenched again. that is definitely something that has been discussed, people talking about that sense of that being the first image but the overarching kind of sense that they have some understanding of the people that are here tonight about why he has chosen to go now. now the sense that the inflation figure gives a kind of good-news story, it's not necessarily worth waitingo see if there's further good news. might as well go for it at this point and someone else suggested to me that at least now it won't clash with the u.s. election in november either. so i think there is a kind of understanding here among members about why the prime minister has chosen th
the music of the tony blair campaign music blaring in the background. he didn't have an umbrella. he spoke for a few minutes. he looked absolutely soaked and one has to bonder whether is that the first image that you want to announce an election when it's already an uphill struggle? >> i mean, at least we know that tonight for this event he is definitely going to be inside surrounded by supporters. he's not going to be getting drenched again. that is definitely something that has been...
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montgomery blair, postmaster general heard about this and he agreed with that. by the end of the war, there were 49 cities that were getting home delivery. so the civil war is why you get mail delivered at home. it's also why your street has a name and there's probably a street sign in your house has a number, and there are rules about cleaning the sidewalk of snow because all of those things had to happen in order for mail to be delivered to houses. so that the whole mail system that most of us except me enjoys is because the civil war and direct i mean, they would have gotten it too, at some time. but but joseph briggs jumped, the ball now by the end of the war markland had been everywhere that grant had bn. and you could see this and at the very end he was even in near appomattox but one of hisre adventures was when grant approved march to e sea a hsent markland down to atlanta to confer sherman about how to handle all of the mail that would be still coming into atlanta from their families, while the soldiers were on the march completely cut off in less conta
montgomery blair, postmaster general heard about this and he agreed with that. by the end of the war, there were 49 cities that were getting home delivery. so the civil war is why you get mail delivered at home. it's also why your street has a name and there's probably a street sign in your house has a number, and there are rules about cleaning the sidewalk of snow because all of those things had to happen in order for mail to be delivered to houses. so that the whole mail system that most of...
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let's speak tojohn mcternan — who was an advisor to tony blair in downing street. your assessment of the labour performance. i your assessment of the labour performance-— your assessment of the labour performance. i think this shows labour is back— performance. i think this shows labour is back across _ performance. i think this shows labour is back across the - performance. i think this shows i labour is back across the country. performance. i think this shows - labour is back across the country. i was struck yesterday by the police and crime commissioner vote in cumbria, normally the tories pick up cumbria, normally the tories pick up cumbria because the north as labour and the south was live down the tories can devote all across the county but labour holds no parliamentary seats in cumbria but labour got five targets here and it now has a police and crime commissioner on a 22% swing. black bull speaks for itself, 26% swing. blackpool will be the only thing we are talking bitterly because such a massive swing, 26%. we are not talking about because it only the
let's speak tojohn mcternan — who was an advisor to tony blair in downing street. your assessment of the labour performance. i your assessment of the labour performance-— your assessment of the labour performance. i think this shows labour is back— performance. i think this shows labour is back across _ performance. i think this shows labour is back across the - performance. i think this shows i labour is back across the country. performance. i think this shows - labour is back across the...
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job thinking of that request for us to engage the 7 roger, roger, and when i claire, come on quarter. blair, or somewhere around claire. 100 and to clare parent i lost some of the items. i'm sorry. your car is up crazy. your sam i'll shoot for some reason. like if i have some samples but shoot us a lot or less. i flush faster crazy horse on a vehicle apparently disabled. oh yeah, like that right through the windshield. the one tool, 2007 was the 1st time suddenly, a young, the rocky cameraman brought us through the door. he was wailing, and he just said the mirror and sighed, have been killed. us and us helicopter attacked was us after midnight in the us military put out a statement. 12 people had been killed, including tennis civilians who had been identified as being employees of the reuters news service. but that these people have been killed in a 55, an exchange of 5 between us forces and insurgents. and the statement was very categorical, that they had being a 55, a now rocky stall, speak to witnesses, and residents in the area are in several of these witnesses told me that there was n
job thinking of that request for us to engage the 7 roger, roger, and when i claire, come on quarter. blair, or somewhere around claire. 100 and to clare parent i lost some of the items. i'm sorry. your car is up crazy. your sam i'll shoot for some reason. like if i have some samples but shoot us a lot or less. i flush faster crazy horse on a vehicle apparently disabled. oh yeah, like that right through the windshield. the one tool, 2007 was the 1st time suddenly, a young, the rocky cameraman...
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it was at the disposal of the labor conservative party that blair was finally defeated he came and those cases happened, now the process of leaving the representatives. britain has already dissolved the parliament , its last meetings were held, and now about 78 members of the conservative party announced that we are leaving the process, that is, we are no longer in power and from the party, and this was the last time, for example, in 2017, 12 people withdrew in 2019, 32 people withdrawing the last time in 1997 that he was headless. the conservatives lost their power to 72 workers, which means that the conservative party now feels that it needs a series of fundamental changes and is introducing fundamentally new candidates. that the workers, well, the hope of all the polls shows that the worker is ahead, of course, now i will say that almost as it was in your report, the worker and the conservative do not have much difference, and under the pressure of these lobbies, he withdrew and took power this is what mr. starmer entrusted within the party. well, this is not a very good situation in
it was at the disposal of the labor conservative party that blair was finally defeated he came and those cases happened, now the process of leaving the representatives. britain has already dissolved the parliament , its last meetings were held, and now about 78 members of the conservative party announced that we are leaving the process, that is, we are no longer in power and from the party, and this was the last time, for example, in 2017, 12 people withdrew in 2019, 32 people withdrawing the...
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i do not feel that this is 1997 and the excitement around tony blair really ? yeah. yes. i mean, that really? yeah. yes. i mean, that could be right in other words, be right. in other words, the popes are catholic. voters believe themselves in the word so. so do you think if you're rishi sunak sat in your number 10 office tonight, is there a of for hope him? >> there's two chinks, i suppose. a lot of his voters haven't gone to labour as such. they've gone over to reform and the or the apathy party. if he can pull those back, if he can make our people think there's a reason to vote conservative, then then there could be hope. the, the overall the figures from the local elections were not as bad as they could have been. and so there is there's a little bit of hope, or at least that it's not a catastrophe coming down the track, but but how does he win back disgruntled conservatives? because he's been trying for a year and he's not got very far. >> nicholas owen well, yes, a lot of tory traditional tory voters probably not voting at all, isn't it? judging by those figures tod
i do not feel that this is 1997 and the excitement around tony blair really ? yeah. yes. i mean, that really? yeah. yes. i mean, that could be right in other words, be right. in other words, the popes are catholic. voters believe themselves in the word so. so do you think if you're rishi sunak sat in your number 10 office tonight, is there a of for hope him? >> there's two chinks, i suppose. a lot of his voters haven't gone to labour as such. they've gone over to reform and the or the...
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link to israel and gaza and be of a cause of buying opportunity and spoke to the analyst at william blair and she said way too many questions about starbucks she downgraded i wonder if it's the dunkin' donuts remodeling the house people going to do condone it instead of starbucks. >> right he should drink starbucks and lefties bud light. >> amongst the rubble any bargains. >> i salt to that stuck out builders first source sells goods for people who are building houses and they drop 19%. jack: 19 not 90. >> the bulls are saying the concerns about margins and guidance and re-share purchases are overblown and this is a great opportunity for investors that miss the rally it was up 80% over the past 12 months in the other issue shopify and drop 19% in both say the company will spend more and it's raising subscription prices later in the year end potential for market gains both of those could be interesting. >> next week we see retailers reporting earnings and jason furman said it's holding up strong what is that what you're seeing. >> will see what the data bears that you have two big reports
link to israel and gaza and be of a cause of buying opportunity and spoke to the analyst at william blair and she said way too many questions about starbucks she downgraded i wonder if it's the dunkin' donuts remodeling the house people going to do condone it instead of starbucks. >> right he should drink starbucks and lefties bud light. >> amongst the rubble any bargains. >> i salt to that stuck out builders first source sells goods for people who are building houses and they...
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general frances p blair of the famous blair family in washington, d.c., that he awarded the place of honor at the front of the union victory parade through savannah in christmas week of 1865. and yet, as say, they were not only written out of alabama history as a consequence of that they're missing from the big screen histories by bruce catton and all the histories that we read. and to bring it up to more modern times they were omitted. ken burns civil war. and had it not been for that, i they would be as famous as the 54th massachusetts to the famous black infantry unit depicted in the movie glory. mm hmm. so that's that's sort of a capps view. they were written up in the new york times when their their colonel came to new york on a vacation. he was he was lauded for bravery. the times they appeared in the cincinnati papers they appeared in the california papers. it makes it they not to put too fine point on it at center stage associated with the most famous generals on the union side in the final act of the civil war. if the civil war were was depicted the opera they would have bee
general frances p blair of the famous blair family in washington, d.c., that he awarded the place of honor at the front of the union victory parade through savannah in christmas week of 1865. and yet, as say, they were not only written out of alabama history as a consequence of that they're missing from the big screen histories by bruce catton and all the histories that we read. and to bring it up to more modern times they were omitted. ken burns civil war. and had it not been for that, i they...
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let's be honest, this man is another blair. he's a pound shop, blair. and he's about as charismatic as my coffee table. and he likes to think he's like blair. but more than that . but history repeats than that. but history repeats itself, and i'm very concerned . itself, and i'm very concerned. >> okay. david muir, good to talk to you this morning. thank you . you. >> i mean, you could argue that at least having a couple of union flags behind you when you're making a speech is better than being poured upon by the rain and not being able to be heard because, well, i, i have to say, i think playing, things could only get better in the background is just it's just rude . yeah, but somebody should rude. yeah, but somebody should have anticipated that. >> they should have done. but the police should have stopped it. and that is i'm not and i'm not being party political on that. it'sjust not being party political on that. it's just rude. yeah it is. wouldn't do it to whoever. not just rude to the prime minister or the leader of the tory party. >> it's rude to
let's be honest, this man is another blair. he's a pound shop, blair. and he's about as charismatic as my coffee table. and he likes to think he's like blair. but more than that . but history repeats than that. but history repeats itself, and i'm very concerned . itself, and i'm very concerned. >> okay. david muir, good to talk to you this morning. thank you . you. >> i mean, you could argue that at least having a couple of union flags behind you when you're making a speech is...
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tony blair, too, was singled out. tony blair said he didn't think there would be any purpose in a an inquiry back in 1999, talks of corporate manslaughter of a whole civil service departments. it seems as though ultimately it was probably a group of civil servants will never probably know exactly who they were, who decided to sort of play god with blood, which they thought could be infected. but it might be, they thought, worth it if thousands of lives were going to be saved, that is clearly totally unacceptable behaviour. and it looks as though it is quite possible that some sort of corporate manslaughter charge will come to whole civil service departments . but will come to whole civil service departments. but in the meantime, we are expected to hear about the compensation package. today. it could be worth about £10 billion. we're expecting jeremy hunt has already apologised for his part as health secretary when he didn't pay out compensation . didn't pay out compensation. people in ireland, for example, were paid
tony blair, too, was singled out. tony blair said he didn't think there would be any purpose in a an inquiry back in 1999, talks of corporate manslaughter of a whole civil service departments. it seems as though ultimately it was probably a group of civil servants will never probably know exactly who they were, who decided to sort of play god with blood, which they thought could be infected. but it might be, they thought, worth it if thousands of lives were going to be saved, that is clearly...
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roger and claire come on quarter blair. or somewhere around claire. 100 and to clare. aaron, i lost some of the i'm sorry, your car is up crazy. your spam, i shoot for some reason. if i had some samples, but students left for a while. i 1st master crazy horse one a vehicle seriously disabled? oh yeah. look at that right there. the windshield. delightful. 2007 was the 1st time. suddenly, a young, the rock, the cameraman, brought us through the door. he was wailing, and they just said the mere inside of been killed. us and us suddenly helped her attack was us off to midnight and the us military put out a statement. 12 people had been killed, including pennsylvanians who had been identified as being employees of the reuters news service. but that these people have been killed in a 55, an exchange of 5 between us forces and insurgents. and the statement was very categorical, that they had being a $55.00 now rocky stall, speak to witnesses and residents in the area or in several of these witnesses told me that there was no clash
roger and claire come on quarter blair. or somewhere around claire. 100 and to clare. aaron, i lost some of the i'm sorry, your car is up crazy. your spam, i shoot for some reason. if i had some samples, but students left for a while. i 1st master crazy horse one a vehicle seriously disabled? oh yeah. look at that right there. the windshield. delightful. 2007 was the 1st time. suddenly, a young, the rock, the cameraman, brought us through the door. he was wailing, and they just said the mere...
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the issue is that starmer is no tony blair. he's not aspirational. he's not going to have low taxes , he's not going to support business in the way that new labour did . labour did. >> i don't think that's fair at all, actually. >> if you look at labour's plans for business, they're robust. they're saying pro worker but also pro union. and you can be that. also pro union. and you can be that . and then also pro business that. and then also pro business as well. he's talking about a very high level of growth in the economy, which will benefit business. >> what the growth we've got now i mean it's working brilliantly. >> let's keep this government very, very anaemic. let's face it. >> i mean it.- >> i mean , it.— >> i mean , the it. >> i mean , the ons are >> i mean, the ons are predicting potentially 2.5% of growth this year, which would be higher than america. >> well, and you're suddenly believing all the experts from the ons, you know, after years of slagging them off. so, you know, well, they've certainly always underestimated our potential have
the issue is that starmer is no tony blair. he's not aspirational. he's not going to have low taxes , he's not going to support business in the way that new labour did . labour did. >> i don't think that's fair at all, actually. >> if you look at labour's plans for business, they're robust. they're saying pro worker but also pro union. and you can be that. also pro union. and you can be that . and then also pro business that. and then also pro business as well. he's talking about a...
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so blair, a lot of questions asked whether tony blair privatised it. he was responsible for not just bringing the private sector in to provide additional capacity, but but also to use it for challenging the sort of nhs institutions . so in challenging the sort of nhs institutions. so in some challenging the sort of nhs institutions . so in some way, institutions. so in some way, tony blair did do you think, adam, that he did a good or bad job? >> i'm really not a big fan of tony blair, so i'm not going to say he did a great job. i think he ruined this country in many instances. but under gordon brown, the funding structure that he put within the nhs, is it ppi or ppe? >> it was the this was the pfi, pfi, pfi contracts. >> a lot of the funding that nhs trusts get are spent still on these payments. it's still bankrupting the nhs . so a labour bankrupting the nhs. so a labour government help themselves short term and then they've hurt the nhs long term. and i think they could do that again. they could bnngin could do that again. they could bring in someth
so blair, a lot of questions asked whether tony blair privatised it. he was responsible for not just bringing the private sector in to provide additional capacity, but but also to use it for challenging the sort of nhs institutions . so in challenging the sort of nhs institutions. so in some challenging the sort of nhs institutions . so in some way, institutions. so in some way, tony blair did do you think, adam, that he did a good or bad job? >> i'm really not a big fan of tony blair, so...
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. >> reporter: professor graham blair is defending the students' right to protest despite the tactics they've used. >> i think anyone how is worried about college campus needs to come to a college campus. it's 18-year-olds who are learning for the first time how to express themselves. >>> the civil war era ban on abortion in arizona has officially been repealed. k katie hobbs signed the change last night after the state senate voted to repeal the ban on wednesday. the ban allowed abortions only in instances to save the patient's life with no exceptions. a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy replaces the bill. >>> a botat captain has been sentenced to four years in prison over a deadly fire. people died when the boat conception burned. he was found guilty of criminal negligence last year. in addition to his prison sentence, he will threee spend th spend three years under supervised release. >>> a fiery explosion shut down part of i-95 in connecticut. emilie ikeda has the details. >> reporter: with thick plumes of smoke darkening the sky, a nightmarish scene in norwalk, connecti
. >> reporter: professor graham blair is defending the students' right to protest despite the tactics they've used. >> i think anyone how is worried about college campus needs to come to a college campus. it's 18-year-olds who are learning for the first time how to express themselves. >>> the civil war era ban on abortion in arizona has officially been repealed. k katie hobbs signed the change last night after the state senate voted to repeal the ban on wednesday. the ban...
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and in england itself, against this decision of the blair government , one of the most serious issues was raised. it was that the bbc should enter into the conversation with the people more than this. because of a policy or a title called revolving doors. the revolving doors indicate that after world war ii the arena things like politics, economy, technology and media are regularly at the disposal of security institutions. and when security officers retire from, for example, the security field, they enter the media, and when they retire from, for example, the media, they enter the economy field. left door policy. khan in the bbc has now become a subject to look at, investigate, and search to see if the goals that the leaders of public diplomacy in the united states and other countries are referring to are paying attention to. they constantly try to keep the public opinion inflamed like a boiling pot of oil for the interests that they have, for the interests that they have only for baby. not at all. we also have it about reuters, we have it about cn , we have it about even think tanks.
and in england itself, against this decision of the blair government , one of the most serious issues was raised. it was that the bbc should enter into the conversation with the people more than this. because of a policy or a title called revolving doors. the revolving doors indicate that after world war ii the arena things like politics, economy, technology and media are regularly at the disposal of security institutions. and when security officers retire from, for example, the security field,...
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and the trouble is that they've all been blairites since blair. we haven't actually had a real labour man or a real conservative. >> liz truss person. well, your days, many would say that she was to the right. >> yes. unfortunately, the system closed her down, and we didn't have an opportunity to actually see, conservative economics. i would have settled for a social conservative, but but we said, okay, so you know, a conservative economics. and the system closed her down. the trouble is that we're all centrists at the moment . the centrists at the moment. the main parties are centrists. and i agree with you. i think labour in the centre, we would disagree on this, but i think they're incredibly dangerous. i think that's when they can really change this country. >> what are they're dangerous on, migration . you what, you on, migration. you what, you think immigration will go up under starmer, i think it would be hard for it to go up. i think it would be maintained, starmer has spoken about, safe and legal routes. that's his answer. a5 routes. that
and the trouble is that they've all been blairites since blair. we haven't actually had a real labour man or a real conservative. >> liz truss person. well, your days, many would say that she was to the right. >> yes. unfortunately, the system closed her down, and we didn't have an opportunity to actually see, conservative economics. i would have settled for a social conservative, but but we said, okay, so you know, a conservative economics. and the system closed her down. the...