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people said, you know, tony blair is the master. you know, i'm the heir to blair. that was where the problems started. and now , you problems started. and now, you know, 14 years later, we didn't do enough to turn that around. that's not to say , by the way, that's not to say, by the way, that, you know, we've achieved nothing. we haven't we have achieved brexit as a major reluctantly. >> but it's been done. >> but it's been done. >> we got out of we got out of the european union. we've delivered huge amounts of trade deals. we've joined the cptpp, we've delivered big education reform. the school results in england are a lot better now than the school results in scotland on the snp. so it's not to say we've had no achievements, but i think and what my book says is we should have done more to take on the blair consensus and that is at the heart of the problems we face. and by the way, keir starmer just wants to double down on that stuff. he wants to outsource even more power. he wants to listen to international courts. >> the argument the other lot are worse isn't v
people said, you know, tony blair is the master. you know, i'm the heir to blair. that was where the problems started. and now , you problems started. and now, you know, 14 years later, we didn't do enough to turn that around. that's not to say , by the way, that's not to say, by the way, that, you know, we've achieved nothing. we haven't we have achieved brexit as a major reluctantly. >> but it's been done. >> but it's been done. >> we got out of we got out of the european...
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yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's _ in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's first _ in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's first government, . in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in| tony blair's first government, and actually a number of the tributes have made reference to his independent thinking. tony blair said that himself, he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, always pushing at the frontier of new ideas. perhaps he spent a lot longer actually rather than a minister as a chair of different select committees, backbench committees of mps, and as you say, his particular passion was welfare. he spoke passionately in the house of commons a number of times about food poverty, about conditions for his constituents in birkenhead. and that really was his life work. he published many pamphlets and leaflets and reports looking at welfare, looking particularly at the issue of food poverty. and a number of the tributes, i think it is worth saying, are coming in from across the p
yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's _ in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's first _ in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in tony blair's first government, . in 1997. yes, a minister briefly in| tony blair's first government, and actually a number of the tributes have made reference to his independent thinking. tony blair said that himself, he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, always pushing at the frontier of new ideas. perhaps he spent a...
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how how is blair to starmer? john >> well, very close, anybody who saw last summer at saw them on stage last summer at tony's, the institute's, annual conference. you saw chemistry, you saw that this wasn't the first time they'd been speaking to each other. they speak to each other a lot, as far as i can gather, in the way they react to each other and look, peter, peter, is always going to be an influential, political figure labour party figure in the labour party because he's a great political strategist. so tony. and strategist. so is tony. and you'd to be a crazy labour you'd have to be a crazy labour party leader in the modern day to ignore the advice of the soul, the wisdom of peter and tony, but he's his own man. he's changed the labour party himself. it wasn't anything to do with any blairites the way that keir took the labour party back from the hard left, the way that he's taken us from our worst election defeat since the 30s to being on the verge of a landslide bigger than tony's landslide. look, there'
how how is blair to starmer? john >> well, very close, anybody who saw last summer at saw them on stage last summer at tony's, the institute's, annual conference. you saw chemistry, you saw that this wasn't the first time they'd been speaking to each other. they speak to each other a lot, as far as i can gather, in the way they react to each other and look, peter, peter, is always going to be an influential, political figure labour party figure in the labour party because he's a great...
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i was reading a tribute from sir tony blair. he was of- from sir tony blair. he was of course a minister in tony blair's government in 1997. he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, but always pushing out new ideas. he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he? he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he?— believed in, wasn't he? he was, and ma be he believed in, wasn't he? he was, and maybe he wasn't _ believed in, wasn't he? he was, and maybe he wasn't who _ believed in, wasn't he? he was, and maybe he wasn't who people - believed in, wasn't he? he was, and| maybe he wasn't who people thought he was. he did not want to means test everybody, he was omitted to contributory benefits and a decent pension system. and he was true to those beliefs —— he was committed and consistent throughout his life. and he went into the lords as a crossbencher. he was prepared to fall out with the labour party if need be, even though he was a labour mp. �* ., , ., ., ., need be, even though he w
i was reading a tribute from sir tony blair. he was of- from sir tony blair. he was of course a minister in tony blair's government in 1997. he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, but always pushing out new ideas. he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he? he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he?— believed in, wasn't he? he was, and ma be he believed in, wasn't he? he was, and maybe he wasn't _ believed in,...
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this is even in the days of blair. labour pulled it of tony blair. labour pulled it often would get there or thereabouts with tories. but thereabouts with the tories. but now, it's now, for the first time, it's polling trusted by the polling as more trusted by the pubuc polling as more trusted by the public defence than the public on defence than the tories. you think blair's tories. do you think blair's involved advising sir keir involved in advising sir keir starmer? this, to me, feels like blair's are all blair's fingerprints are all over it. >> i mean, i think that, yeah, i think he talks to tony, but do you think he talks lots of you think he talks to lots of people i mean, you people as well? i mean, you know, mandelson always know, lord mandelson is always somewhere in the, in the background offering, offering his advice, sometimes inappropriately. it's about his weight but when he said he weight loss. but when he said he should lose a few which should lose a few pounds, which probably endear him , probably didn't endear him, maybe weren't ret
this is even in the days of blair. labour pulled it of tony blair. labour pulled it often would get there or thereabouts with tories. but thereabouts with the tories. but now, it's now, for the first time, it's polling trusted by the polling as more trusted by the pubuc polling as more trusted by the public defence than the public on defence than the tories. you think blair's tories. do you think blair's involved advising sir keir involved in advising sir keir starmer? this, to me, feels like...
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is tony blair really in charge of the labour party? let's talk about first, it's your weather and it's annie shuttleworth . shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update should stay dry for many of us through the rest of today , but there will be some of today, but there will be some heavy rain starting to arrive hggyv rain starting to arrive the heavy rain startinrr to arrive the south—west as iiii�*atv�*! rain startinrr to arrive the south—west as this heavy rain startinrr to arrive the south—west as this area into the south—west as this area of low pressure is arriving with these weather fronts, that's bringing the heavier rain we've seen across parts of cornwall so far today, and that will continue to push northward throughout the evening. so parts of devon, dorset, cornwall , of devon, dorset, cornwall, possibly south wales will see some heavy outbreaks of rain through this evening . and then through this eve
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tony blair never seems strings? tony blair never seems to be too far away. he's hovering in the background. is he the puppet master? and more to the point does this closer ties mean death by a thousand treaties? is it brexit being undone on the quiet? >> yeah, that's my real worry, martin. i'm not so worried that that tony blair will be the prime minister and keir starmer if labour were to win in name only. but tony blair's clearly a huge figure in the in the labour party. and what he says is listen to by the leader of the labour party. but look, i've got really bad news for you and for your viewers and for anyone who voted for brexit. and that's that. this argument is never going to go away. it would be nice to think that we'd clarified it, closed it down. that's it. i know it took five years and endless wrangling, but look, in fairness , the question look, in fairness, the question of what should our relationship be with countries on the continent in the eu is always going to be a topic of debate . going to be a topic of debate. now, here's my worry that w
tony blair never seems strings? tony blair never seems to be too far away. he's hovering in the background. is he the puppet master? and more to the point does this closer ties mean death by a thousand treaties? is it brexit being undone on the quiet? >> yeah, that's my real worry, martin. i'm not so worried that that tony blair will be the prime minister and keir starmer if labour were to win in name only. but tony blair's clearly a huge figure in the in the labour party. and what he...
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but always likes of cherie blair always the likes of cherie blair seem this on what seem to approach this on what can the welfare state do? what can the welfare state do? what can the welfare state do? what can the distribution money can the distribution of money be, rather than those more imaginative reforms which would make a much bigger difference? >> but why do we have to have one or the other? i think that i'm 100% with you on the housing point. absolutely. should rip point. absolutely. we should rip up and change it up planning law and change it and big in and actually do something big in relation but if you're relation to that. but if you're going need to now, going to what we need to now, i'm going to have my liz truss moment here. if what we need. she was right. we need growth for the economy. and what we need to do is some quite drastic things. we need to cut all of the kind of zombie economy of businesses that aren't doing anything, waste and anything, and the waste and we need big projects need to have big projects that will retrain reskill will and retrain people, reskil
but always likes of cherie blair always the likes of cherie blair seem this on what seem to approach this on what can the welfare state do? what can the welfare state do? what can the welfare state do? what can the distribution money can the distribution of money be, rather than those more imaginative reforms which would make a much bigger difference? >> but why do we have to have one or the other? i think that i'm 100% with you on the housing point. absolutely. should rip point....
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yes >> compared blair, doesn't >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort much. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish much. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish owlish:h. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish owlish donnish rather owlish owlish donnish figure. was a terrific campaigner. >> i want to ask you about this because he had a very carefully cultivated image a man of the cultivated image as a man of the people. he smoked a pipe in people. so he smoked a pipe in public. but i think one of boris johnson's private. johnson's cigars in private. indeed, in indeed, he went round in a gannex to look like an gannex mac to look like an ordinary chap. in fact , he was ordinary chap. in fact, he was smoking cigars and having affairs. does this change the view of what type of person he was? >> i don't think so. i mean, that's the image bit, and politicians have always had had image creators . and in harold image creators. and in harold wilson's case, it was joe haynes. so joe, for instance, turned down a knighthood that was offere
yes >> compared blair, doesn't >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort much. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish much. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish owlish:h. this >> compared to blair, he doesn't sort owlish owlish donnish rather owlish owlish donnish figure. was a terrific campaigner. >> i want to ask you about this because he had a very carefully cultivated image a man of the cultivated image as a man of the people. he...
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and was blair's cabinet. and blair was obsessed with id cards. he's never given it up. he wants all of europe have the blair of europe to have the blair card, and he'll just be to card, and he'll just be able to scan and you a vaccine scan you and give you a vaccine and that. it's all and things like that. it's all what of course, what he wants. so of course, blunkett and the blunkett is pushing this and the way they're going to push it is, blunkett is pushing this and the wacourse,'e going to push it is, blunkett is pushing this and the wacourse, byioing to push it is, blunkett is pushing this and the wacourse, by saying push it is, blunkett is pushing this and the wacourse, by saying we've it is, of course, by saying we've got all illegal that all these illegal migrants that undocumented all these illegal migrants that undocument�* so on. and that's a workers and so on. and that's a clever way to push it through and support from it the and get support from it on the right well. and that's right as well. and so that's what basically what right as well. and so that's
and was blair's cabinet. and blair was obsessed with id cards. he's never given it up. he wants all of europe have the blair of europe to have the blair card, and he'll just be to card, and he'll just be able to scan and you a vaccine scan you and give you a vaccine and that. it's all and things like that. it's all what of course, what he wants. so of course, blunkett and the blunkett is pushing this and the way they're going to push it is, blunkett is pushing this and the wacourse,'e going to...
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on the welfare side of things, it was tony blair, of course, that asked him to go away and think the unthinkable. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did. >> he did. >> tony, have we listened to him? would things be very different now? i think they would. >> i think the welfare system would be different . it'd be a would be different. it'd be a lot less complex. i think we'd have a ten piece starting rate of tax, which he helped to introduce . gordon brown wanted introduce. gordon brown wanted to reverse it. he then attacked gordon brown. that was just one of the clashes between him and gordon brown when he went into government, not as social security secretary, which blair wanted to appoint him as. brown wouldn't have that because he knew field was a very, very quick thinker, very , very quick quick thinker, very, very quick with the numbers and the detail. and brown wanted to be that person who had the policy detail in the room, and he didn't like to be gainsaid. this was the apogee of new labour in the late 90s,
on the welfare side of things, it was tony blair, of course, that asked him to go away and think the unthinkable. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did and got sacked for it. >> he did. >> he did. >> tony, have we listened to him? would things be very different now? i think they would. >> i think the welfare system would be different . it'd be a would be different. it'd be a lot less complex. i think we'd have a ten...
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i think he is no tony blair. i think he is no tony blair, think the tony blair, but i think the circumstances around are very different. have different. people have significantly in significantly less trust in politicians. think it's hard politicians. i think it's hard to them for that. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem for that. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem case. at. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem case. and that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem case. and hat politicians. i think it's hard to
i think he is no tony blair. i think he is no tony blair, think the tony blair, but i think the circumstances around are very different. have different. people have significantly in significantly less trust in politicians. think it's hard politicians. i think it's hard to them for that. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem for that. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem case. at. that politicians. i think it's hard to certainlyiem case. and that politicians. i think...
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higher immigration numbers than even tony blair dared to try. you know, diversity built britain coin highest taxes since the 40s by some metrics. what is right wing? what is conservative? david, tony blair actually tried to get those numbers down before. so saying that he was going for higher numbers isn't is actually false . he. is actually false. he. >> no, no, i'm i'm saying the same point as you i'm saying the tories have gone i've had higher immigration than even blair would dare to do or would have done. >> but no, but the idea is that it almost feels like you're trying to say that he would have wanted more when actually he didn't want more. >> no, i'm saying because someone said it to me and i'm copying it, is that the tories are kind of they've they've copied the blair agenda, but they're so bad and don't understand it that they've done it recklessly, whereas blair takes it so seriously that he did it well and carefully. he would never have done it so recklessly, because then, you know, it'll ruin it. whereas the tories don't even unders
higher immigration numbers than even tony blair dared to try. you know, diversity built britain coin highest taxes since the 40s by some metrics. what is right wing? what is conservative? david, tony blair actually tried to get those numbers down before. so saying that he was going for higher numbers isn't is actually false . he. is actually false. he. >> no, no, i'm i'm saying the same point as you i'm saying the tories have gone i've had higher immigration than even blair would dare to...
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president blair or president. you know the wrong names. but when you look at ireland , which has had a very ireland, which has had a very good succession of presidents and also if the all you get is the family of the president, you don't get all the hangers on that our royal family does. and you know , as for bringing in you know, as for bringing in a lot of money, i still maintain that money would come into the into the country regardless of whether we had a monarchy. >> but what about the what about he's really trimmed it down, hasn't he? >> he's trimmed it down. he's trimmed it down too much, i think i think i think they need enough people on the balcony. >> i am happy to volunteer my services as part of the royal family. there you go . family. there you go. >> you got to. why do we need them all? why do we need them all? bring back prince andrew. what? what else? >> oh, there's so many duties and there aren't enough people to go around. >> now, michael, i agree with you. i think people would still come to the uk because it's a great de
president blair or president. you know the wrong names. but when you look at ireland , which has had a very ireland, which has had a very good succession of presidents and also if the all you get is the family of the president, you don't get all the hangers on that our royal family does. and you know , as for bringing in you know, as for bringing in a lot of money, i still maintain that money would come into the into the country regardless of whether we had a monarchy. >> but what about...
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president blair or president. you know the wrong names. but when you look at ireland , which has had a very ireland, which has had a very good succession of presidents and also if the all you get is the family of the president, you don't get all the hangers on that our royal family does. and you know , as for bringing in you know, as for bringing in a lot of money, i still maintain that money would come into the into the country regardless of whether we had a monarchy. >> but what about the what about he's really trimmed it down, hasn't he? >> he's trimmed it down. he's trimmed it down too much, i think i think i think they need enough people on the balcony. >> i am happy to volunteer my services as part of the royal family. there you go . family. there you go. >> you got to. why do we need them all? why do we need them all? bring back prince andrew. what? what else? >> oh, there's so many duties and there aren't enough people to go around. >> now, michael, i agree with you. i think people would still come to the uk because it's a great de
president blair or president. you know the wrong names. but when you look at ireland , which has had a very ireland, which has had a very good succession of presidents and also if the all you get is the family of the president, you don't get all the hangers on that our royal family does. and you know , as for bringing in you know, as for bringing in a lot of money, i still maintain that money would come into the into the country regardless of whether we had a monarchy. >> but what about...
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and blair labour government. and yes, they said it would deal with immigration. it would deal it would make the welfare system more efficient. it would make interfacing with, public services easier. then they said it was going to stop organised crime. it was going to stop terrorism as if, you know , the terrorism as if, you know, the one, the one group of people that you can guarantee are going to be able to get themselves a counterfeit id card, are going to be organised crime. i mean, it is a, it's a basic it's a top down assault on our liberties in, in the most benign way you can look at it, it's to make the administration of us easier. yeah. that's the most benign way you can look at it. and then you can look at it in some less benign ways. >> you could argue that with a global population growing enormously every year, maybe humanity needs some sort of organisation . maybe we need a organisation. maybe we need a little filing system. we are we are organised enough. >> the last thing we need is an obligatory id card, it's the mark, not of a free country. it's v
and blair labour government. and yes, they said it would deal with immigration. it would deal it would make the welfare system more efficient. it would make interfacing with, public services easier. then they said it was going to stop organised crime. it was going to stop terrorism as if, you know , the terrorism as if, you know, the one, the one group of people that you can guarantee are going to be able to get themselves a counterfeit id card, are going to be organised crime. i mean, it is a,...
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they must look at tony blair and how he blair and think, how did he manage his finger on the manage to put his finger on the pulse of britain in a way that we can't? now we just can't? now >> well, i think that that, keir starmer is not tony blair, and although he's taken an awful lot from the new labour playbook, we're in a different, different time. i mean, the thing about tony blair, i think, was that a the economy was much better. so there was there was more he could do, he had some fairly solid foundations, a sort of political behind political philosophy behind everything he did, which was the third way, nicking policies from left and right. but he third way, nicking policies from left and right . but he actually left and right. but he actually had something that people, people could, could admire. >> but starmer, who i don't think is a bad man at all, is really, really dull. i mean, he was terrible at prime minister's questions yesterday. leaden, unfunny and rishi sunak wiped the floor with him. >> well, i don't think pmqs yesterday was actually a great one. anyway i mean, rishi
they must look at tony blair and how he blair and think, how did he manage his finger on the manage to put his finger on the pulse of britain in a way that we can't? now we just can't? now >> well, i think that that, keir starmer is not tony blair, and although he's taken an awful lot from the new labour playbook, we're in a different, different time. i mean, the thing about tony blair, i think, was that a the economy was much better. so there was there was more he could do, he had some...
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they must look at tony blair and how he blair and think, how did he manage his finger on the manage to put his finger on the pulse of britain in a way that we can't? now we just can't? now >> well, i think that that, keir starmer is not tony blair, and although he's taken an awful lot from the new labour playbook, we're in a different, different time. i mean, the thing about tony blair, i think, was that a the economy was much better. so there was there was more he could do, he had some fairly solid foundations, a sort of political behind political philosophy behind everything he did, which was the third way, nicking policies from left and right. but he third way, nicking policies from left and right . but he actually left and right. but he actually had something that people, people could, could admire. >> but starmer, who i don't think is a bad man at all, is really, really dull. i mean, he was terrible at prime minister's questions yesterday. leaden, unfunny and rishi sunak wiped the floor with him. >> well, i don't think pmqs yesterday was actually a great one. anyway i mean, rishi
they must look at tony blair and how he blair and think, how did he manage his finger on the manage to put his finger on the pulse of britain in a way that we can't? now we just can't? now >> well, i think that that, keir starmer is not tony blair, and although he's taken an awful lot from the new labour playbook, we're in a different, different time. i mean, the thing about tony blair, i think, was that a the economy was much better. so there was there was more he could do, he had some...
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prescott for blair was for him. she for tony blair was for him. she is two houses rayner now but she bnngs is two houses rayner now but she brings out working class credibility to a leader who slightly lacks it. she gives that breadth to the labour party. needs angela rayner party. he needs angela rayner politically, so whether he wants to see the legal advice once he wants to see her damaged through this issue, which it could be relatively in scale of relatively minor in scale of things , but it's beginning things, but it's beginning to fester haven't fester because they haven't deau fester because they haven't dealt with it. because she was at peak rayner and they thought maybe they could just move on. and that's going to be and i think that's going to be a fundamental learning for this labour get into labour party. if they get into power and there's a big if there there is a general election, we haven't. this is the kind of thing you have to deal with. well, and something that well, and it's something that the conservatives haven't been deaung
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when america wage peace, my conversation from the archives with bill clinton, tony blair, and virginia in northern ireland. >> but >> first, the incredible journey of yusef salaam falsely convicted at 15 from the central park five to new york city councilman >> we will hoping that a person who became the future president of these united states would equally say, you know what, i took out a full-page ad in 1989, colon for your death >> i'm sorry >> 2024. so far, mba...
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yeah, i was just reading a tribute from sir tony blair. of course, he was a minister in tony blair's government in 1997, where he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, but always pushing at the frontier of new ideas. he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he? he was. and i think maybe he wasn't who people thought he was. he wasn't kind of the new groom wanting to means test everybody. he was committed to contributory benefits and a decent pension system, and he was true to those beliefs. and i think it perhaps was a bit of a surprise, but he was consistent throughout his life. and, and he went into the lords as a crossbencher, again, was prepared to fall out with the labour party if needs be, even though he was a labour mp. yeah, and i think that again is a sign of him being very principled. if there were things he believed in very strongly, he stood by them. he had had two terms, actually, as chair of the work and pensions committee when he was in the house of commons, and those
yeah, i was just reading a tribute from sir tony blair. of course, he was a minister in tony blair's government in 1997, where he said he was an independent thinker, never constrained by conventional wisdom, but always pushing at the frontier of new ideas. he was prepared to stand up for what he believed in, wasn't he? he was. and i think maybe he wasn't who people thought he was. he wasn't kind of the new groom wanting to means test everybody. he was committed to contributory benefits and a...
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blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing trouble? >> i've said many, many times that actually the labour party is not either left or right. i have always thought it's something in between those two things. and that means you can look and you know, harold wilson and blair are good examples of how they looked at becoming prime minister in a very different way to how those who didn't become prime minister tended to. look, if i may say that. and i wasn't just talking about what happened in 2019. there's other instances before that as well that didn't work out. so i think there is good, policy at the moment in terms of what we've seen today on the policing , and i and what we've seen today on the policing, and i and i think what we've seen today on the pol
blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing trouble? >> i've said many, many times that actually the labour party is not either left or right. i have always thought it's...
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under tony blair's government. he was urged to think the unthinkable, famously by tony blair on welfare reform. the labour didn't quite like what they came up with. i mean , he was up with. i mean, he was basically a true free thinker , basically a true free thinker, he didn't like food banks. he fought very hard for getting more money for the poor. he thought he worked hard on the food bank agenda . yeah, i food bank agenda. yeah, i certainly a few times when i was at the telegraph , a truly great at the telegraph, a truly great man, respected across the board and much missed and lots and lots of anecdotes across the board today of members of the pubuc board today of members of the public who said that they approached him on a train or in the streets, both in, in birkenhead or in london, on his way down here. >> and all of them said that he always took the time to chat to them about politics, was convivial, was always impeccably dressed , even in his final years dressed, even in his final years when he was clearly
under tony blair's government. he was urged to think the unthinkable, famously by tony blair on welfare reform. the labour didn't quite like what they came up with. i mean , he was up with. i mean, he was basically a true free thinker , basically a true free thinker, he didn't like food banks. he fought very hard for getting more money for the poor. he thought he worked hard on the food bank agenda . yeah, i food bank agenda. yeah, i certainly a few times when i was at the telegraph , a truly...
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also coming up tensions, blair and the disputed south china sea after chinese coast guard ships pommel philippine vessels with water counted. plus, ukraine stops, issuing passports to military age. men in an effort to boost troop numbers. this says keep software is set facts on the battlefield and can.
also coming up tensions, blair and the disputed south china sea after chinese coast guard ships pommel philippine vessels with water counted. plus, ukraine stops, issuing passports to military age. men in an effort to boost troop numbers. this says keep software is set facts on the battlefield and can.
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"frank was an extraordinary individual, who spent his life frank field was a minister in tony blair's government but only briefly. his principles made him independent—minded, some times uncompromising. he quit labour whenjeremy corbyn was leader, saying the party had become a force for anti—semitism in politics, thenjoined the lords. we need more frank fields. they're the grit in the oyster. i loved frank and i think he did a terrificjob, both for his constituency and raising issues, often cutting edge issues, which were controversial. frank field, praised today as a man who made a unique contribution. softly—spoken, generous, one of parliament's nicest people. paying tribute to field. he was under tribal _ paying tribute to field. he was under tribal politician, - paying tribute to field. he was under tribal politician, he i paying tribute to field. he was i under tribal politician, he would work with anybody on the cause cared about and after a long and distinguished careerjob poverty in the 1970s and people always respected them, even if they did not always agree with them bu
"frank was an extraordinary individual, who spent his life frank field was a minister in tony blair's government but only briefly. his principles made him independent—minded, some times uncompromising. he quit labour whenjeremy corbyn was leader, saying the party had become a force for anti—semitism in politics, thenjoined the lords. we need more frank fields. they're the grit in the oyster. i loved frank and i think he did a terrificjob, both for his constituency and raising issues,...
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blair his father was a tory association chairman . was not association chairman. was not unsympathetic to some right wing causes. unsympathetic to some right wing causes . adopted conservative causes. adopted conservative spending plans. starmer moving into this category. is there any backlash from the left in the party? are they concerned? are they causing trouble? >> i've said many, many times that actually the labour party is not either left or right. i have always thought it's something in between those two things. and that means you can look and you know, harold wilson and blair are good examples of how they looked at becoming prime minister in a very different way to how those who didn't become prime minister tended to. look, if i may say that. and i wasn't just talking about what happened in 2019. there's other instances before that as well that didn't work out. so i think there is good, policy at the moment in terms of what we've seen today on the policing , and i and what we've seen today on the policing, and i and i think what we've seen today on the pol
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and every conversation had and every conversation i had with blair and gordon brown with tony blair and gordon brown in the 5 6 years in in the last 5 or 6 years in government, the first thing they asked me was, what's what's the perception of asylum and immigration in your constituency 7 immigration in your constituency ? because they were concerned genuinely about tackling the numbers . and we did, you know, numbers. and we did, you know, look, look at it in 2004 or 5. and the numbers were high. look at numbers by 2010. and they at the numbers by 2010. and they were significantly . were down significantly. >> i'm pretty sure back in the day, i think blair day, i think tony blair suggested offshoring offshore processing. >> we looked it and i was >> we looked at it and i was part of that, but it was for processing. it wasn't for leaving there permanently. leaving them there permanently. i one of the i think that's one of the fundamental the fundamental problems with the rwanda . rwanda scheme. >> would that be a deterrent, chloe? processing them offshore, maybe somewhere maybe you know
and every conversation had and every conversation i had with blair and gordon brown with tony blair and gordon brown in the 5 6 years in in the last 5 or 6 years in government, the first thing they asked me was, what's what's the perception of asylum and immigration in your constituency 7 immigration in your constituency ? because they were concerned genuinely about tackling the numbers . and we did, you know, numbers. and we did, you know, look, look at it in 2004 or 5. and the numbers were...
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yeah >> blair. when blair had, had initiated that. but why is shoos her out of everybody. >> that's such a strange. yeah. yeah, i guess she's she's available. >> well, perhaps that's part three of the mirror's expose. we'll see tomorrow. finally the daily star, scott. and, you've got about 30s to race through the slug war. yes. >> apparently, king kim jong un's favourite imperialist launched his war on slugs. un's favourite imperialist launched his war on slugs . alan launched his war on slugs. alan titchmarsh, who i guess is not a fan of north korea , the article fan of north korea, the article implies, also is not a fan of slugs. they are never going to be his friends, he says. never. and, king charles agrees that him to him, slugs are a quote , him to him, slugs are a quote, pain in the bum. >> put them there. >> put them there. >> he he names specifically hostas. and i know that is a fact. we had hostas and you can't the slugs just go through them. >> but the wildlife trust wants people to appreciate slugs for what they are. >> ad
yeah >> blair. when blair had, had initiated that. but why is shoos her out of everybody. >> that's such a strange. yeah. yeah, i guess she's she's available. >> well, perhaps that's part three of the mirror's expose. we'll see tomorrow. finally the daily star, scott. and, you've got about 30s to race through the slug war. yes. >> apparently, king kim jong un's favourite imperialist launched his war on slugs. un's favourite imperialist launched his war on slugs . alan...
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frank field was a minister in tony blair's government but only briefly. his principles made him independent—minded, some times uncompromising. he quit labour whenjeremy corbyn was leader, saying the party had become a force for anti—semitism in politics, then joined the lords. we need more frank fields. they're the grit in the oyster. i loved frank and i think he did a terrificjob, both for his constituency and raising issues, often cutting edge issues, which were controversial. frank field, praised today as a man who made a unique contribution. softly—spoken, generous, one of parliament's nicest people. lord field, who died today at 81. 0n the loose without their riders. the military horses gallop through the streets of central london. one of them collides with the side of a taxi. all the animals have been recaptured and are being treated by a vet. 0ur correspondence has the latest. 0n the loose without their riders. the military horses gallop through the streets of central london. one of them collides with the side of a taxi. the bbc understands t
frank field was a minister in tony blair's government but only briefly. his principles made him independent—minded, some times uncompromising. he quit labour whenjeremy corbyn was leader, saying the party had become a force for anti—semitism in politics, then joined the lords. we need more frank fields. they're the grit in the oyster. i loved frank and i think he did a terrificjob, both for his constituency and raising issues, often cutting edge issues, which were controversial. frank...
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in _ greater than that secured by tony blair in 1997. it's possible that the accounting will improve, the inflation — the accounting will improve, the inflation rate has come down significantly from its december 21 hi. interest rates are high, but there's— hi. interest rates are high, but there's an _ hi. interest rates are high, but there's an expectation the bank of engiand _ there's an expectation the bank of england will begin to reduce them in the coming months, people will surly be grateful— the coming months, people will surly be grateful for that, paying less for their— be grateful for that, paying less for their mortgages, for instance, but again— for their mortgages, for instance, but again i'mjust for their mortgages, for instance, but again i'm just not sure how much they are _ but again i'm just not sure how much they are going to reward the conservative party for it. i fear now _ conservative party for it. i fear now that — conservative party for it. i fear now that the party itself has even begun— now that t
in _ greater than that secured by tony blair in 1997. it's possible that the accounting will improve, the inflation — the accounting will improve, the inflation rate has come down significantly from its december 21 hi. interest rates are high, but there's— hi. interest rates are high, but there's an _ hi. interest rates are high, but there's an expectation the bank of engiand _ there's an expectation the bank of england will begin to reduce them in the coming months, people will surly be...
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and the only substantial, than tony blair did in 97. and the only substantial , truthful the only substantial, truthful reason why he's removed as prime minister was because he didn't eat a piece of cake that was brought to him at his desk, for which he received a fixed penalty notice . that is the only penalty notice. that is the only element of truth the whole element of truth in the whole saga. we'll get into boris johnson. >> we're going to get into the plot in a moment. >> why would he come if mps >> why would he come back if mps removed in the way he. removed him in the way he. >> but he's hinting that he would one day want to come back and the conservative. and remember the conservative. but you're suggesting, i mean, the coming back as the idea of him coming back as vice the party? vice chairman of the party? >> honestly, that is. >> honestly, that is. >> you're saying only >> so you're saying he'd only come be party come back if he could be party leader prime leader and by association, prime minister >> no, you said that i didn
and the only substantial, than tony blair did in 97. and the only substantial , truthful the only substantial, truthful reason why he's removed as prime minister was because he didn't eat a piece of cake that was brought to him at his desk, for which he received a fixed penalty notice . that is the only penalty notice. that is the only element of truth the whole element of truth in the whole saga. we'll get into boris johnson. >> we're going to get into the plot in a moment. >> why...
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would under anything _ example, or that blair would under anything wau gordon brown was in power— anything wau gordon brown was in power and — anything wau gordon brown was in power and downing street for some and i power and downing street for some and i we _ power and downing street for some and i we are in a situation where we have _ and i we are in a situation where we have got— and i we are in a situation where we have got several former prime ministers, _ have got several former prime ministers, theresa may, boris johnson, — ministers, theresa may, boris johnson, liz truss, they are also knocking — johnson, liz truss, they are also knocking around and they cannot shut up. knocking around and they cannot shut up they _ knocking around and they cannot shut up. they are — knocking around and they cannot shut up. they are sounding off on whatever— up. they are sounding off on whatever they can think of every five minutes because they all seem to want— five minutes because they all seem to want to — five minutes because they all seem to want to still be relevant. used to w
would under anything _ example, or that blair would under anything wau gordon brown was in power— anything wau gordon brown was in power and — anything wau gordon brown was in power and downing street for some and i power and downing street for some and i we _ power and downing street for some and i we are in a situation where we have _ and i we are in a situation where we have got— and i we are in a situation where we have got several former prime ministers, _ have got several former...
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was saying, because tony blair was kind of ish and he appealed kind of posh ish and he appealed to, you know, your sort of hedge fund managers. and yet, john prescott, we're seeing the footage here, the famous footage of him, which really played into that stereotype that he was a thug like, you know, dragged up from streets. he was there from the streets. he was there to offset the blair public school cabinet, which was huge . school cabinet, which was huge. >> well, working class politicians are so noticeable in this country because there are so few of them. and if you look at what's happened in the house of over the last 30, 40 of commons over the last 30, 40 years, the data on mps, the years, from the data on mps, the share of mps from working class backgrounds has collapsed to a historic low. i believe there's only 7% of mps, are from working class backgrounds. meanwhile, the number of mps who belong to the number of mps who belong to the university class, who belong to the more elite university class oxbridge or russell group, university cities has never been higher. the number
was saying, because tony blair was kind of ish and he appealed kind of posh ish and he appealed to, you know, your sort of hedge fund managers. and yet, john prescott, we're seeing the footage here, the famous footage of him, which really played into that stereotype that he was a thug like, you know, dragged up from streets. he was there from the streets. he was there to offset the blair public school cabinet, which was huge . school cabinet, which was huge. >> well, working class...
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his old commandant, sir tony blair, made the same claim two years ago. the former leading lights of new labour have long compulsory have long desired compulsory identification documents, but britain never been a papers. britain has never been a papers. please society. i've always loved the quotation from the historian a.j.p. taylor , who historian a.j.p. taylor, who wrote that until august 1914, a sensible , law abiding englishman sensible, law abiding englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state beyond the post office, and the policeman . office, and the policeman. however, the world has changed in order to deal with the challenges of this century, such as mass illegal migration. is it time to sacrifice freedom for administrative efficiency and bow down to po faced officialdom? well i've got my panel still with me. jerry hayes and bill rammell , jerry england and bill rammell, jerry england free rather than england sober , free rather than england sober, i do not. >> well, i'm not in favour of england being sober, but
his old commandant, sir tony blair, made the same claim two years ago. the former leading lights of new labour have long compulsory have long desired compulsory identification documents, but britain never been a papers. britain has never been a papers. please society. i've always loved the quotation from the historian a.j.p. taylor , who historian a.j.p. taylor, who wrote that until august 1914, a sensible , law abiding englishman sensible, law abiding englishman could pass through life and...
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blair was the, the slick former lawyer. and prescott, of course , lawyer. and prescott, of course, the more authentic, working class voice that balancing act really worked for new labour in the late 1990s. is there a risk now that that same sort of leader, deputy leader situation could be undermined by this scandal? i i think there is a risk and i think the reason there's a risk is because he's abundantly clear that angela rayner can speak to a whole group of voters, that keir starmer can't speak to. >> actually, when you present them to voters in a focus group as a package, they're actually much more positive about either of them individually. much more positive about either of them individually . and she of them individually. and she does give keir starmer something else. we know that people say about keir starmer. you know, he's a bit lawyerly . i'm not he's a bit lawyerly. i'm not sure how in touch he is, he's not perhaps that exciting. and actually angela rayner brings something else , which is why, as something else, which is why, as i say, i think it
blair was the, the slick former lawyer. and prescott, of course , lawyer. and prescott, of course, the more authentic, working class voice that balancing act really worked for new labour in the late 1990s. is there a risk now that that same sort of leader, deputy leader situation could be undermined by this scandal? i i think there is a risk and i think the reason there's a risk is because he's abundantly clear that angela rayner can speak to a whole group of voters, that keir starmer can't...
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i voted for blair three times. of course they made mistakes , huge they made mistakes, huge mistakes, particularly unchecked mass immigration in. but like under thatcher, those blair administrations were based on sensible levels of taxation , law sensible levels of taxation, law and order, education, a well funded nhs aspiration, social mobility, a powerful city of london, a booming services sector and solid economic growth. and both thatcher and blair won three back to back victories and that did not happen by mistake . well, as we happen by mistake. well, as we sit here, 14 years after david cameron's 2010 victory at the fag end of a tory government, you would expect a clamour for change and a jubilant excitement at the idea of prime minister keir starmer. but it's not there. of course it's not. have you ever met a keir starmer fan ? you ever met a keir starmer fan? finding one is harder than playing a game of where's wally? and i'm not even sure that there's much of an appetite for labour's policy agenda either.
i voted for blair three times. of course they made mistakes , huge they made mistakes, huge mistakes, particularly unchecked mass immigration in. but like under thatcher, those blair administrations were based on sensible levels of taxation , law sensible levels of taxation, law and order, education, a well funded nhs aspiration, social mobility, a powerful city of london, a booming services sector and solid economic growth. and both thatcher and blair won three back to back victories and that...
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. >> the blair witch project is making a comeback. how the film that introduced a wide audience to a new style of movie making is getting another look in china are now frozen for these two companies. general atomics aeronautical systems and general dynamics. taiwan is buying tanks made by general dynamics to thwart a possible invasion by china. general atomics builds defense machines, including predator drones. beijing says these arms sales violate america's one-china policy and undermine china's sovereignty. so far, no response is yet from the biden administration, the defense contractors or taiwan. >> all the major federal antitrust case against apple is getting a new judge. in a court filing, the judge the original judge, recused himself from the case over a potential conflict of interest. he did not give a specific reason, and he came without a request, and it came without a request from apple or the justice department. the case will now be handled by the us district judge, julian neals in new jersey. the lawsuit alleges apple mon
. >> the blair witch project is making a comeback. how the film that introduced a wide audience to a new style of movie making is getting another look in china are now frozen for these two companies. general atomics aeronautical systems and general dynamics. taiwan is buying tanks made by general dynamics to thwart a possible invasion by china. general atomics builds defense machines, including predator drones. beijing says these arms sales violate america's one-china policy and undermine...