anyouryre to the point, what about your thoughts on the blair thoughts on blair on the blair files?y got files? and that has really got you dan says this have you going? dan says this i have little time or support for blair, and i blame for blair, and i blame him for introducing policies at introducing policies aimed at furthering his own interests, and which are responsible for the political turmoil in which we find ourselves now. no fan of blair there. terry says this starmer is only a blair veneer underneath . he is as awful as underneath. he is as awful as corbyn. bit harsh. i mean, corbyn's gone, um, starmer's back, but the point is we'll start to look at some of these interesting ideas that blair had, or at least blair's advisers had, because some of them sound like the kind of ideas that the tory party should be doing. callum finally says this tony blair. unfortunately, starmer seems to be very much at the behest of the blair foundation . so starmer is just foundation. so starmer is just a hand puppet. vote for him . and hand puppet. vote for him. and if you want to blair do,

uh, elsewhere, tony blair, more revelations from the blair, more revelations from the blair files todayove wimbledon football club to belfast the late 1990s, belfast in the late 1990s, hoping it would be a unifying force in the divided city. >> yeah, there was talk of a 40,000 seater stadium being built, as well as the sporting academy . if the southwest london academy. if the southwest london side moved to the province and changed its name to belfast united , joining us now is the united, joining us now is the sports broadcaster ben jacobs . sports broadcaster ben jacobs. good morning to you, ben. what did you make of this then when this emerged from the blair files . files. >> yes. good morning. well it's interesting because people will equate it to the move to milton keynes. but that came years later. so we're actually talking about the late 90s compared to the early 2000. and from tony blair's point of view, as you say, he felt this would be a unifying force . but it of course unifying force. but it of course treats a club that were looking for investment and the need for a new home

what did the blair government — government. what did the blair government eventually - government.eventually do, want tougher measures today in on border controls and visas? then;r tougher measures today in on border controls and visas?— controls and visas? they 'ust tightened i controls and visas? they 'ust tightened up i controls and visas? they 'ust tightened up the i controls and visas? theyjust i tightened up the administration controls and visas? theyjust - tightened up the administration and they set up the customs control in calais at the other end of the channel tunnel instead of the british end. and that proved to be enough to sort out the problem. you have to remember, tony blair was worried because he was getting 8000 applications for asylum a year and he thought that was out of control. we've seen a5,000 a year coming across the channel in small boats and that is in addition to other irregular arrivals. so the problem is much smaller, but you could see that tony blair was looking towards the same sort of solution is that this government has ended up on. there are going

the blair government — government 20 years ago. the blair government had _ government 20 years ago.lair government had these private - government had these private discussion papers undergo the government did do things on silent policy it did not enact any of these proposals but look at the opposition to the remand plan from sir keir starmer today, to the remand plan from sir keir starmertoday, it's to the remand plan from sir keir starmer today, it's not a moral objection to it, it's technocratic, it's too expensive, it will not work. labour put out a social media are before christmas saying £300 million of british taxpayer money due to rwanda, not a single asylum seeker centre. the implication is if lots of asylum seekers are sent it might be value for money but it's not same, absolutely apparent that the sixth richest country in the world, sub—saharan africa, a dictatorship with human rights abuses should take asylum seekers. the objection is about funds and whether it will work and get the courts, technocratic arguments so if you look at what keir starmer is apparently consideri

blair vote. should tony blair be stripped his knighthood. stripped of his knighthood. that's all coming up after your latest headlines latest news headlines with sophia . sophia wenzler. >> thank you martin. good afternoon . it's 3:02. i'm sophia afternoon. it's 3:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . it's wenzler in the gb newsroom. it's the sixth day in the search for a missing woman who was last seen in norwich city centre . seen in norwich city centre. gaynor lord was last spotted on cctv cameras on friday afternoon. norfolk constabulary say it is likely the 55 year old may have entered the water and underwater . search teams have underwater. search teams have scoured the river, the force says. specialist divers are working in an extraordinarily challenging environment and it will take a couple of days or longer to complete the search of the stretch of the river. miss lord's belongings, including clothing and a mobile phone, were found in a park near her workplace . chief superintendent workplace. chief superintendent dave buckley , from norfolk dave buckley,

files and tony in these blair files and tony blair files is shocking.ially about ignonng thinking potentially about ignoring the echr it does really surprise me, because you look at the wording and it's it could be pretty patel or it could be it could be a conservative home secretary over the last couple of years, word for word, you know this the european supreme court won't like it. >> we'll have to stand up to the echr. you know, blair saying the system so , so system is mad. his words so, so and this is jonathan powell saying that they'll have to stand up to the echr, you know, a senior advisor to blair, a very senior advisor to blair, not junior figure. not some junior junior figure. and that's what is surprising is the extent to which it resembles the extent to which it resembles the exact same conversations we're having 20 years later. yeah, . yeah, yeah. >> yes it does. and it also shows difficult problem shows how difficult this problem is and how successive governments have continued to fail it in one way or fail to handle it in one way or anot

>> good. >> good. >> now, um, tell us all these these blair have out these blair files have come outing with 1 or 2 little interesting things sports wise. >> interesting. so there >> very interesting. so there was from public was a note from the public record office of northern ireland, former pm blair basically wanted and was looking into moving, um, wimbledon fc over to belfast of all places. obviously it didn't happen. um, and quite a while ago now to be talking about it, but quite interesting a lot of people deeming it a publicity stunt, um, which you know, is, is, is quite interesting in itself . um, which you know, is, is, is quite interesting in itself. um, the you know, they did win the fa cup in 1988 and they're now playing in league two. now, interestingly, this was actually discussed about moving wimbledon over to dublin , um, a few years over to dublin, um, a few years earlier. but it was completely scrapped. so it was interesting then that blair then moved on and started talking about moving them over , um, as well. them over, um, as well. >> i think this is fascinating

it was nice to see tony blair, an enormous - to see tony blair, an enormous amount of experience in theto catch up with him very briefly on that. the kenyan president, we have a deep partnership with rwanda which he is committed to, as i. we are both committed to, as i. we are both committed to, as i. we are both committed to making it work. i was able to catch up with him on what i spoke to you about yesterday which was that we are finalising the arrangements we have with them. it was good to check in with him on that, reiterate both of our commitment to making the partnership work. pauland i commitment to making the partnership work. paul and i have forged a strong relationship over this issue, he is keen to work constructively with us, we are keen to work constructively with them. this is such a vital issue for the uk so it is vital we get the details of all of this right but that is what we are doing, we are in the process of finalising it and i look forward to bringing these proposals before parliament and the british public soon. they will make it crystal clear that the wonder is

do you know tony blair?rved in start, well, i served in a government as an adviser under tony blair and i, and i knew him since the 90s from before when he was prime minister >> even then, he is the ideally placed this. mean, he's 70 placed for this. i mean, he's 70 now, so he's been around the block and he knows the middle now, so he's been around the blociinside1e knows the middle now, so he's been around the blociinside out. mm the middle now, so he's been around the blociinside out. he; the middle now, so he's been around the blociinside out. he knowinddle east inside out. he knows the key figures, the big players , key figures, the big players, the in that region . the big hitters in that region. he maintains an office there and for many, many years since not being prime minister, he's been engagedin being prime minister, he's been engaged in the politics of the region. so, you know, he's he's a great asset to this country. and i'm sure these talks will be fruitful . fruitful. >> paul, can i just be fra

labour voters wanting blair.onder what's happened there. so there we have it. the latest round of exclusive polling data for us here at gb news it's time to unpack now with my panel. unpack this now with my panel. let's get their thoughts, shall we? political we? former bbc chief political correspondent john sergeant. we've commentator we've got political commentator suzanne evans and the journalist michael walker. i'll start with you. cost of living crisis . the you. cost of living crisis. the main issue for you or not? >> i think it's the main issue for the country. it's really got to not surprised this to be. so i'm not surprised this has number one. has come in at number one. i think for me, the most shocking thing about the polling data that is only 38% that we've just seen is only 38% of conservatives who voted in the last general election would vote conservative again. is vote conservative again. that is an absolutely shock result for rishi sunak . you know, boris was rishi sunak. you know, boris was immen

tony blair laid the we have esg? tony blair laid the foundations for it. diversity, equality and inclusion? blair laid the inclusion? tony blair laid the foundations for it. why do we have borders? tony blair have open borders? tony blair opened all this , opened the borders. all of this, all of all of the yardsticks by which keir starmer is going to create policy come from tony blair. tony blair should be nowhere near governors. well, tony blair's doing very well at the moment with his institute. >> but notice >> i can't help but notice anywhere wrong to anywhere else. was he wrong to praise thatcher? >> well, there's a lot of failed politicians who are doing very well in the well these days. but in the lords elsewhere. lords and elsewhere. >> true. >> but that's true. >> but that's true. >> i actually am less surprised about thatcher sort of flag about the thatcher sort of flag waving, because i think the thing the thing aside thing you know, the thing aside from sort of economic policy, the thing thatcher the thing about thatcher was that was a particul

and tony blair's most radical plans were never pursued.aims did fall, but the labour government underestimated how many illegal migrants would come once eight eastern european countries joined the eu in 200a. government underestimated how many legal migrants would come once eight eastern european countries joined the eu in 200a. sanchia berg, bbc news. covid and flu are still on the rise in england, with new data showing the number of infections growing — though with less of an impact on the health service than at this covid and flu are still on the rise 0ur health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures and is here. yes, it's always a busy time of year, and with winter viruses spreading, the health system is under growing pressure. the latest figures from nhs england show there was a daily average of 9a2 patients with flu in hospitals last week, nearly six times more than late last month. and patients in hospital with covid numbered 3,620 in england last week, up from about 2,200 the month before. there are also more cases of noro

labour voters wanting blair. wonder what's happened there. so there we have it. the latest round of exclusive polling data for us here at gb news it's time to unpack now with my panel. unpack this now with my panel. let's get their thoughts, shall we? political we? former bbc chief political correspondent john sergeant. we've commentator we've got political commentator suzanne evans and the journalist michael walker. i'll start with you. cost of living crisis . the you. cost of living crisis. the main issue for you or not? >> i think it's the main issue for the country. it's really got to not surprised this to be. so i'm not surprised this has number one. has come in at number one. i think for me, the most shocking thing about the polling data that is only 38% that we've just seen is only 38% of conservatives who voted in the last general election would vote conservative again. is vote conservative again. that is an absolutely shock result for rishi sunak . you know, boris was rishi sunak. you know, boris was imm

was dictating speech. this, that tony blair was dict no, g speech. this, that tony blair was dictno,s dictno, no, no, peech. this, that tony blair was dictno, no, no, no, :h. this, that tony blair was dictno, no, no, no, no. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> that's not how it happened. >> that's not how it happened. >> no, no. >> no, no, no. >> came out with those words. >> i came out with those words. >> i came out with those words. >> i came out with those words. >> i know. i've got other >> i don't know. i've got other queen's stories, people, queen's stories, other people, downing street, balmoral stories. another stories. that's for another time. no. i mean, i'm sure time. no no. i mean, i'm sure somebody wrote it for her and they were very moving. >> but it wasn't tony blair and alastair campbell. >> good god, no . no but the >> good god, no. no but the words were found and it did come down. it always sort of does come down every time . we think come down every time. we think the royal family is in trouble, probably since 1649 when one king lost his head somewhere else, no doubt on whi

the rwanda scheme is different from anything tony blair considered, because rwanda would take over theur newsroom. good morning to hear. we start with your piece, a lot of people drawing parallels between the rwanda policy and what was happening 20 years ago but take us through the differences. of course they saw me proposals, of course they saw me proposals, ideas that were brainstormed behind closed doors and never produced for the public whereas the rwanda policy essay policy. the other big differences of course as i said at the end, the current policy in ss hands over the asylum applications to the government of rwanda, and nothing in those files suggest the tony blair government was looking at doing something like that. at every stage british officials will be considering the applications are making decisions even though those decisions might be being made in a holding camp offshore. what decisions might be being made in a holding camp offshore.— holding camp offshore. what is fascinating _ holding camp offshore. what is fascinating about _ holding camp offshore. what is fascinati

blair never even tony blair isn't actually left 'he was left ny blair never even tony blair isn't actuallyeft wing.|ir never said he was left wing. >> you but would >> well, you know, but he would i say he's left. i think he would say he's left. no, i think he would say he's centrist. say centrist. i think he would say he's of the labour party. >> but don't party. » but >> but i don't think he would ever i'd say overall he would say wing. i don't say he's left wing. no, i don't think he, he really thinks >> i think he, he really thinks he's no, think he's right wing. no, i think he's right wing. no, i think he's adamant that he's not he's quite adamant that he's not left he's never left wing like he's never claimed to be. >> i mean, it depends. i guess we're arguing here what you think of left wing. i'm talking far would say he thinks himself. >> i think he thinks himself as a well, probably. >> i think he thinks himself as a winnersa/ell, probably. >> i think he thinks himself as a winners are. probably. all winners are. >> other >> and the other thing is it shows even this was shows how

blair did it. brown did it. remember, within a few days of becoming minister in becoming prime minister in two thousand he had thousand and seven, he had thatcher street. thatcher into downing street. it's that it's interesting that conservative don't do conservative leaders don't do the . david cameron said the reverse. david cameron said he was the heir to blair, but that was private comment that that was a private comment that was never publicly was leaked. he never publicly came out with that. the difference would with difference, i would say, with starmer and is actually starmer and blair is actually blair a few radical blair did have a few radical policies which he carried out , policies which he carried out, like the minimum wage, like devolution to scotland wales devolution to scotland and wales with starmer , it's difficult to with starmer, it's difficult to see what there is left in his is in his knapsack. that is radical at all. >> and blair had a personality. he did. what happened to starmer's person

all tony blair's. here trying to say it looksl blair's.s well with something we — conversations. that fits well with something we had _ conversations. that fits well with something we had last _ conversations. that fits well with something we had last week- conversations. that fits well with | something we had last week from michael gove who talked about but johnson's decision—making, flip—flopping, taking the opinion of the last person of the room, how he was called a trolley by dominic cummings latterly because he veered from decision to decision. what michael gove said is that his decision—making was gladiatorial, he liked to get the strong argument from each side and weigh them up and thatis from each side and weigh them up and that is how he made a decision. it may be seems that he was being indecisive but was because he was taking seriously bedside.— taking seriously bedside. johnson has had a lot _ taking seriously bedside. johnson has had a lot of— taking seriously bedside. johnson has had a lot of criticism - taking seriously beds

blair., blair, his wife cherie, from, uh, from 19, uh, 98. that one was. that was all right. there was. that was all right. there was of course, i like that. there was, of course , the one, there was, of course, the one, the quite famous one. like he was knock someone out. was about to knock someone out. but minister but here's the prime minister uh, around his loved uh, sent around to his loved ones. obviously that was, uh, rishi sunak one. before that, we all who do you rate most all saw so who do you rate most out that out of all of that one? that that that that one was all right, i think i think fact, right, i think i think in fact, i going to i tell you what we're going to do now a bit of balance. do now for a bit of balance. let's look at the best let's look at some of the best ones, right? johnson ones, right? boris johnson from 2020 dog 2020 is his dog with a dog with a refund. is that no that's not a christmas card. >> not bad >> it's not it's not a bad joke. >> it's not it's not a

blair.rom, blair, his wife cherie, from, uh, from 19, uh, 98. that one was. that was all right. there was. that was all right. there was of course, i like that. there was, of course , the one, there was, of course, the one, the quite famous one. like he was knock someone out. was about to knock someone out. but minister but here's the prime minister uh, around his loved uh, sent around to his loved ones. obviously that was, uh, rishi sunak one. before that, we all who do you rate most all saw so who do you rate most out that out of all of that one? that that that that one was all right, i think i think fact, right, i think i think in fact, i going to i tell you what we're going to do now a bit of balance. do now for a bit of balance. let's look at the best let's look at some of the best ones, right? johnson ones, right? boris johnson from 2020 dog 2020 is his dog with a dog with a refund. is that no that's not a christmas card. >> not bad >> it's not it's not a bad joke. >> it's not it's not

do keep them coming margaret says on them coming in, margaret says on tony blair think former tony blaird butt out of politics. they shouldn't have any politics. any control over our politics. now and lots of you are speaking out. >> we're wrapping on. we're not wrapping. hello. >> um, court case yesterday, 215 year olds have been found guilty of her murder. they haven't been named , though, because they are named, though, because they are 15 years old. william says it's ridiculous for anyone to say that 15 year olds do not know what they are doing, and they can hide behind the law. it's nonsense. can hide behind the law. it's norwilliam . >> william. >> william. >> absolutely, totally agree with what say. i mean, these with what you say. i mean, these two who who were found guilty yesterday, they are evil personified. absolutely evil. um, advocates of the dark web, all sorts of things. um, they should be named. they should be shamed. they should be castigated on this gb views or gb news. com. that's my view. what is your view? you can also tweet at . gb news. all right. tweet at. gb new

jason blair for people who may not know he was a reporter pretty came along and invented stories it's in the book you read about why he had substance abuse problems and when they started investigating him and began looking at his work they realize there were tons of that. i think it was pathological. the paper always assumed you could trust a reporter. the papers readers always assumed they could trust the newspaper. that is what he think he's talking about when he talks about how damaging it was. and i do think it took years for the times you pass that pain is a long time you turn on david letterman and they're making jokes about jason blair if you're out reporting the story somebody wanted to discredit you they'd say you're just another jason blair. the thing about the war is the stakes were higher. i think of that has a long term mistrust i do not want to overstate this because obviously people tend to trust the times of mistrust of theey times on these things they will carry over pete the administration line. some of the stories were exactly as you said. for whatever reason. i thi

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|ing. could have been, it could have bee it was when blair blair had, >> it was when blair blair had,, purple powder thrown at him in tony and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was very and, uh, purple powder thrown at him in tony blair was very calm. uh, tony blair was very calm. i remember the rest of us in the house of commons were rather, rather calm . and, uh, we rather less calm. and, uh, we thought it could have been something nastier. >> but they did show that he was a ready to govern you both a party ready to govern you both say. i mean, you say. i mean, i think you can overplay things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei)lay things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei thought things. say. i mean, i think you can ovei thought there gs. very >> i thought there were very few policies yeah but to policies there. yeah but to cunch policies there. yeah but to clinch deal, you need to clinch the deal, you need to paint vivid primary colours paint in vivid primary colou

and tony blair's most radical plans were never pursued. underestimated how many illegal migrants would come once eight eastern european countries joined the eu in 200a. sanchia berg, bbc news. with summer in full swing in south africa, many are heading to the beach for the holidays — but there is some concern, with great white shark sightings on the rise, and a number of recent fatal attacks. the bbc has been to see the measures being taken to keep people and sharks apart in the water, whilst protecting both from harm. daniel de simone sent this report from cape town. protecting the public from sharks by scanning the waters of cape town. i'm checking for the movement in the water. from here, i have to see whatever is coming, be it fish, sharks, dolphins or whales. here christmas is summertime and great white sharks have been seen this month for the first time in years. a sighting means an alert and the sea cleared of swimmers. men shout. each morning, the team seeks to create a safe bathing area off one beach. there have been fatal shark a

yeah, i think, as you say, know, jayson blair looks like a really huge, -- basic failure. but at some level, you know, when you're working in even an institution as big and powerful as the new york times, relationships do, i guess have to be based on trust. and if someone just completely yeah, you know, refuses to accept that that kind of basic compact, then to some level they'll probably always be able to perpetuate some kind of wrongdoing. whereas i think you make the case that the failures that led up to the iraq war were more routine and more, you know, within, within the paper's kind of organizational principles and structures than than sort of, you know, free one off attacks coming from from someone well outside that if that if that makes sense, that makes it also much more damaging. right. the repercussions of the war in iraq. right. whatever that however much you want to make the times part of why it happened are huge. i talked to one editor who was, um, who was responsible for disciplining jayson blair and he said, you know, he says we had this manual, right? we h

the by by tony blair.uences, you write, you consequences, as you write, you see, still felt, but see, are still being felt, but in you get hawk hawk in a way, you get hawk and hawk to hawk and they can they can talk. and he was the middle east peace envoy. i think achieved peace envoy. i think he achieved nothing. there's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottw0|. there's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottwo state there's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottwo state solution there's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottwo state solution . there's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottwo state solution . and'e's peace envoy. i think he achieved nottwo state solution . and you peace envoy. i think he achieved nottvwheree solution . and you peace envoy. i think he achieved nottvwhere we)lution . and you peace envoy. i think he achieved nottvwhere we are on . and you peace envoy. i think he achieved nottvwhere we are now and you peace envoy. i think he achieved nottvwhere we are nowand jhamas look where we a

before i introduce minister blair, there are a few people who i would like to welcome.cutive director of the world food program, city mccann -- sidney mccann. [applause] i am proud to say she served on the board of directors before being called to national public service. we are proud to have your name associated with the work we do, thank you. we all remember when you first came to halifax in 2010, when you were minister of defense. we look forward to learning from you tomorrow. thank you for being here. [applause] secretary pritzker, welcome to halifax. what you do is vital to ukraine, europe and the world. 2023 marks six years of our piece with women's fellowship that brings female officers to canada and the u.s. for a three week study tour prior to this weekend. with us are officers from the u.k., france, the netherlands, germany, new zealand, australia, the u.s., and canada. members from past years are with this, as well. both nurturing and talented network of leaders from allied countries is something we are proud of, and you will hear more about the fellowship an

tony blair, uh, and said don't and alastair, who said we don't do god ? blair did. yes do god? that's the point. >> that's the point. >> yes. and so therefore saying thatis >> yes. and so therefore saying that is not really exactly correct. >> but of course we have to remain if you remain true to who we are in our religion, in our thoughts, then we must be true to our people as well. when we're elected. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> khalid mahmood, thank you so much for joining >> khalid mahmood, thank you so much forjoining me. much for joining me. >> thank you. i love >> thank you. thank you. i love to be part continue your love with me of listening to gb news radio. or it wasn't me. >> i can't in all of it. things above. >> i then chatted with lord wolfson of tredegar . he's wolfson of tredegar. he's a conservative peer and also a commercial lawyer. he told me about his jewish faith . tell us about his jewish faith. tell us about his jewish faith. tell us about why you chose tredegar as your title for the house of lords ? lords? >> well, i mean, like many jews in this cou

tony blair considered radical solution to solve the issue.ssue of illegal migration when he was prime minister a detention camp on the isle of mull, and breaking into national law were among measures on migration presented to the former prime minister. he even considered a nuclear option of removing migrants to safe havens. in third party countries such as turkey , south africa and such as turkey, south africa and kenya. such as turkey, south africa and kenya . hmm. such as turkey, south africa and kenya. hmm. uh, given blair is said to be close to keir starmer pulling the strings, some would say is labour's opposition to the rwanda plan just a tad hypocritical ? um, coming to you hypocritical? um, coming to you first on this one, paul. uh it is hypocritical, surely. i mean, it is. they've done everything they can to stop the rwanda plan and slated it every opportunity they were doing it in 2022, 23, 24. their idea shows how much the axis has shifted on the left that actually, once upon a time, many people on the left , many people on the lef

and this idea that starmer really blair that starmer isn't really blair because his he understands hisew doesn't have that kind of new labour that kind of labour vision, that kind of thatcherite that tony thatcherite labourism that tony blair associated with. like blair was associated with. like it or loathe i mean, some it or loathe it. i mean, some people on the left it, but people on the left hated it, but it's who is keir starmer? it's like, who is keir starmer? what he actually stand for what does he actually stand for ideologically, is just ideologically, or is he just another politician? this ideologically, or is he just artheer politician? this ideologically, or is he just arthe trouble. politician? this is the trouble. >> of course that's >> well, of course that's absolutely. i go back to absolutely. but i go back to what i said earlier on really labour are better at bet is just to say as little as possible about all these things. they're, they're coasting along. can there been an occasion they're coasting along. can there a, been an occasion they're coasting along. can there

that's a lie. >> the tony blair government . >> the tony blair government.s if you stop lying. i'm not lying. stop lying. let's look at the details. >> let's look at the details of tony policy tony blair's immigration policy from 1998 onwards when tony blair invited the g8 economists. we saw an absolutely stratospheric increase in legal migration into this country. one, i would add, john, which paved the way for the brexit referendum. and it hasn't ever stopped since it got out of control in the 1990s. it's continued to do so, admittedly, under the conservative government. i'm saying the legacy of de facto open borders, which i think we basically still have as has has continued for decades, moving it on to the present day. the labour party today are saying this is years of failed tory policy which many people no doubt you would agree with. but the big question is what would the labour party now do about it ? do about it? >> i'd like to talk about the 1948 decision of the attlee government to actually invest in the atomic bomb. have the nuclear deterrent from

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now, blair has become an advocate for americans living with disabilities. joining president biden at the white house, in october, to recognize the 33rd anniversary of the americans with disabilities act and to advocate for new legislation for disability rights and pay equity. >> i'm here before you today as a proud disabled woman with my cane -- [ applause ] >> and my service dog scout by my side. our laws and policies must reflect that our disabled lives are not of lesser value. >> selma blair, welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you >> thank you for being here. you were diagnosed five years ago with multiple sclerosis. you are in remission now how are you doing so much? >> i am in remission which is a very safe to be, as far as diagnosis goes, but i do have, even though there is no evidence of current infection, i do have the leftover, because i did have it for many years and dbtd know and it leaves some burn areas, some scar tissue and all of that, and in the basil ganglia movement and some of it looks a little different than others with ms, and there

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now, blair has become an advocate for americans living with disabilities. joining president biden at the white house, in october, to recognize the 33rd anniversary of the americans with disabilities act. and to advocate for new legislation for disability rights and pay equity. >> i'm here before you today as a proud disabled woman with my cane -- [ applause ] >> and my service dog scout by my side. our laws and policies must reflect that our disabled lives are not of lesser value. >> selma blair, welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. you were diagnosed five years ago with multiple sclerosis. you are in remission now. how are you doing, selma? >> i am in remission which is a very safe place to be as far as diagnosis goes, but i do have, even though there is no evidence of current infection, i do have the leftover, because i did have it for many years and didn't know and it leaves some burn areas, some scar tissue and all that. mine in the basal ganglia movement and some of it looks a little different than others with ms, and

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blair did exactly this. we know starmer sees blair know that starmer sees blair regularly.pering his ear all whispering in his ear all the time. yeah. this is straight out of the tony blair manual. you reach out to traditional tory voters, any one you know, keir starmer ain't no margaret thatcher quite right. and anyone who thinks they are has never met the bloke thinks he is has never met the man. yeah quite completely agree. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you both. >> thank you both. >> yeah. she stuck to her guns. of course, mrs. thatcher, unlike keir what i mean. keir starmer, i say what i mean. >> and i mean what i say. let us know thoughts morning. know your thoughts this morning. >> and in just a moment, we're going talking to an going to be talking to an international rights international human rights lawyer why thinks lawyer to tell us why he thinks this extra money might see planes this is planes taking off. this is britain's newsroom news. planes taking off. this is britan's newsroom news. planes taking off. this is brita brighter.room news. planes taking off. this i

blair: watching you last night.ng to stick to being high on me. >> what made you get rid of that joint? >> watching you last night. from now on, i'm going to stick with getting high on me. >> s so this shihirt, i wanted find a way to pay homage to norman lear. "facts o of life" wawas part ofe normrman lear fafamily. >>>> it's abouout four teeeenags trying to find their way with the guidance of this wise older woman. >> divorce, virginity. >> s snake and i i slept togoge. >> class, wars on the regular. >> blair, you're not prejudiced, you're just a snob. >> teach me to be common jo! bring me dowown to your level! >> a show like "facts of life" is the beginning of the very special episode. >> i never think my best friend is white. i just know my best friend is natalilie. >> when yoyou look at t tootie natalie,e, you're lolooking at friendship and love that supersedes race. >>>> the norman lear shohows in '70s may have been teaching us lessons, but it wasn't so overt. >> i'm looking for blair warner. >> you musust be h

newly—released state papers show the former prime minister sir tony blair was keen on an idea to relocatewas intended to help the peace process by having a club which could attract support from both catholic and protestant communities. mark simpson has this report. a brand—new sports stadium in belfast, with a premier league football team. that was the plan 25 years ago — to help bring people together as the peace process improved. the idea of turning wimbledon fc into belfast united fc was discussed openly at the time. what the state papers released today show is the extent of the political i would be quite helpful our opening it will be august 2000 would and that would be at belfast united. what the state papers released today show is the extent of the political discussions behind the scenes. mo mowlam, as secretary of state, was not keen on the idea — in fact, she used the phraseology that she didn't think it was a particularly safe proposal. by contrast, the prime minister, tony blair, was extremely enthusiastic, and he wrote in the middle ofjuly 1998 that he thought it would be excel

but like blair, he wanted like tony blair, he wanted everybody to go school.lly just giveaway basically it's just a giveaway program middle class, program to middle class, i totally agree. program to middle class, i totilly agree. program to middle class, i lolii mean,a. program to middle class, i lolii mean, all you have to do >> i mean, all you have to do really just there really is just sit there and talk world you've really is just sit there and talkit world you've really is just sit there and talkit made. world you've really is just sit there and talkit made. right.)rld you've got it made. right. >> that's that's no, but >> that's that's all. no, but that's question go that's one more question to go and corkers and we've got some corkers pubescent dart champions, separate bedrooms . separate bedrooms. >> and precisely when is lewis going to die i >> -- >> and i -_ >> and i do no exercise. could you just leave your nose hairs alone? >> right. welcome back to headliners let's kick off with the telegraph story, where lewis is going to try and hit a bullseye.