in true of tony blair. his self-confidence and his sense of destiny and his profound sense of being of christianity and being an instrument. they let any end to a kind of unfortunate humerus. it was a really politically brilliant reader of the public mood and balancing what he wanted to do. with how far he could take the country and he came across this issue very blatantly to make money. plenty came along to say on the whole they tried to act with what was written the right thing to do. his response was he would do it again tomorrow. and that is a tragedy almost better than anyone else. i think one of the things that separates them. i spent a great deal of time and i know the intensity or worse directed at him. to a lot of americans it's absolutely mystifying. he's on our side. he seems so much more capable. after all of the casualties were tiny by historical standards. killed in the first world war. what is a source of that would you say. there was a sense and i think these great powerful democracies shoul

david cameron liked that. >> you mentioned the former premaster tony blair. it's never a good idea to fall out with a famous novelist. your portrayal of the character was devastating. can you reflect on your relationship with tony blair, his legacy and his recent attempted interventions in the debate? >> well, you know, one of the things i think about politics we often think in terms of strengths and weaknesses in terms of politicians. they have traits of character. that was true of chamberlain and every leader and it's true of tony blair his self-confidence and his sons with destiny in a kind of instrument for good lead to a kind of unfortunate hubris. he was a brilliant reader of the public mood and balancing what he wanted to do and how far he could take the country. he came across this issue and made it black and white with no shades of gray in it whatsoever. that was a mistake int and the mistake was then compounded by walking out to the house of commons and going off to make money. then the refusal to take any opportunity. on the whole though he tried t

tony blair paid a number of british prime minister paid a number of visits and on his second visit in two thousand and seven b.p. in the libyan government an oil exploration deal well this month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the biggest ever demonstration in britain against the war in iraq and b.p. is now the biggest foreign player in iraq's oil sector just one of their fields in the south produces almost a third of iraq's oil output and the iraqi government is just invited b.p. to raise production in oil fields in cook recaptured from the kurds joining me.

tony blair, whose government implemented on—the—run letters, fiercely defended them.le to pay for a civil action is a major breakthrough for the families of those who lost their lives here. there is a long legal road ahead, but now, they have hope. seven horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing, one that survived was sefton. in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the horse's recovery captured the public‘s attention. the hyde park campaign forjustice now has renewed vigor, even though the impact and pain of events decades ago still lingers. daniela relph, bbc news, hyde park. in greece, prosecutors have been handled a file naming ministers in connection with a bribery scam. a swiss pharmaceutical company is accused of bribing officers to sell its products at inflated prices at the same time greece was suffering huge budget cuts. the alleged cost to the state was $3.7 billion. the company says it is cooperating with the investigation, and several people on the list have denied any wrongdoing. kenya's main opposition leader, raila odinga, has given his first in

the part of good he would go on to be courted by labour's alleged iraq war criminal leader tony blair that led to the alleged b.p. deal over lockerbie prisoner abdel baset on the ground he convicted of britain's biggest ever terrorist atrocity how did b.p. get itself to get these contracts that is the question because the british deny any quid pro quo between the release of. the contracts b.p. denies it i'm sure so what's the evidence well look in two thousand and four when gadhafi came in from the cold then gave up his nuclear game and. tony blair paid a number of british prime minister paid a number of visits on and on his second visit in two thousand and seven b.p. in the libyan government in an oil exploration deal well this month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the biggest ever demonstration in britain against the war in iraq and b.p. is now the biggest foreign player in the iraq's oil sector just one of their fields in the south.

he would go on to be courted by labour's alleged iraq war criminal leader tony blair that led to the alleged b.p. deal over lockerbie prisoner abdel baset on the ground he convicted of britain's biggest ever terrorist atrocity how did he get itself to get these contract that is the question because the british deny any quid pro quo between the release of mark and the contracts b.p. denies it i'm sure so what's the evidence well look in two thousand and four when. he came in from the cold. nuclear. tony blair paid a number of british prime minister paid a number of visits and on his second visit in two thousand and seven in the libyan government an oil exploration deal well this month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the biggest ever demonstration in britain against the war in iraq and b.p. is now the biggest foreign player in the iraq's oil sector just one of their fields in the south produces almost a third of iraq's oil output and the iraqi government is just invited b.p. to raise production in oil fields in kirkuk recaptured from the kurds joining me now to discuss what has it ti

the city is concerned, in a0 years. 20 years ago when tony blairand a0 years. 20 years ago when tony blair, they had this charm offensive. the new labour. none of that here. jeremy corbyn is clear, he thinks the uk's banking system has a destructive dominance over the real economy and he wants finance to be the servant, not the masters of the british people. the telegraph has said it will send shivers through the banking industry. i was reading a month ago about a meeting he had with his, the shadow chancellor with the institute of directors and the small businesses federation, they are all talking and having these meetings to discuss what life would be like under a labour government. back in the day, a year ago, that would have sounded like a fantasy. now our banking system, which generates about £72 billion worth of tax, it will have to contemplatejeremy corbyn and plans for a national investment bank and a so—called robin hood tax on transactions. chief executive of lloyd's of london, she is a trailblazer her own right and it calling for an overall in the reporting requirements of how g

french newcomer i'm tony blair's all took best actor for his role in the prayer about a young man trying to kick his drug habit. you know i'm such a regime is reviled dogs a futuristic animated film opened the barrel and. bill murray accepted the silver bear for best director on wes anderson's behalf i knew or thought that i would go to work as a dog and come home with. i. and just a reminder of the top story that we're following for you. the u.n. security council has voted to approve a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria russia agreed to back the deal at the last minutes as long as no starting date for the troops that was passed the ceasefire is aimed at allowing desperately needed aid to reach civilians in eastern goes half. don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our off from google play or the apple store that will give you access to all the agents news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use to send us your photos and videos. you're watching the news stay with us. w.'s program

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tony blair, whose government implemented on—the—run letters, fiercely defended them.eland peace process in place today. being able to pay for a civil action is a major breakthrough for the families of those who lost their lives here. there is a long legal road ahead, but now, they have hope. seven horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing, one that survived was sefton. in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the horse's recovery captured the public‘s attention. the hyde park campaign forjustice now has renewed vigor, even though the impact and pain of events decades ago still lingers. daniela relph, bbc news, hyde park. stay with us on bbc news because at the top of the next hour, we will be live in taiwan for more on that 6.2 magnitude earthquake. i am sharanjit leyl here in london, of course you can get leyl here in london, of course you ca n get lots leyl here in london, of course you can get lots more on our website as well. time now for the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. comin

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jail system one which even tony blair's for the lord chancellor charlie for says is in crisis all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first it's exactly one week since the death of a homeless man was reported in the center of the city of bristol in the southwest of england found unconscious just outside a devon is department store emergency services including police and paramedics were called. old but despite their best efforts he died shortly afterwards reportedly he had suffered serious injuries and was in the doorway of the store the thing is that just over a year ago another homeless man michael angle was found dead in the same area it was again covered by the local bristol post newspaper with accompanying similar pictures front by emergency services attended to the man at the scene except things are arguably different today the favorite to be the next british prime minister to much criticism in the elite mainstream media not only questions minority government leaders resume about homelessness in announced a policy on it in the last few days we would give local au

jails and in the past few days tony blair's former lord chancellor charlie for can or has come out to attack the state of justice under minority government leader to raise a major re-offending rates to a probation service he alleges is ceased to function just how bad is it well we're joined by former prison. and now reform campaigner jonathan robinson his latest book on it about his attempts to get the establishment to listen to his concerns about justice in britain is out now jonathan thanks so much for coming on to faulkner alleging all of this about the state of justice in the u.k. what was your experience. fully justified for a short sentence in two thousand and eleven i've never once complained about being sent to prison i was only there for seventeen weeks. or i expected the shawshank redemption. mostly saw multipart from there have been groups like the howard league since what the twenty's.

just a few weeks later in february, he reaches out to tony blair. bushs had never met blairs. different political parties, great friends of the clintons, but he reaches out in february 2001 to tony and cherie blair and inviteds them, couple only -- invites them, couple only, to camp david to be with george and laura. and watching from the sidelines, you see a president, a world leader, reach across to our number one ally, invites them to camp -- not the white house, where it's stuffy and formal -- but to camp david where it's your family room. two couples, no staff. light moment in the world currently, very pleasant weekend. they did a press conference off the hill, very lighthearted, humorous. but just a great start, and i think tony blair visited maybe two or three times since this. flash forward, unfortunately, seven months later and the 9/11 attacks, and what i think is you see this relation started back in good times and the point of developing relationships before you need them, and i think that had a lot to do with why prime minister blair was in in the congressional cha

this seems to be the mistake that tony blair and george bush made.n policy behind them, they thought that bringing democracy in iraq would be fine, it would look something like american democracy, and what he got was a winner takes all. you got the shia majority, who had been suppressed under saddam hussein, suddenly finding they are in the majority, running the government, and they then clamped down on the sunni minority. what about the model in lebanon where you say, sectarianism is here and it is real, but they force power—sharing with all elements represented? if you can, it is great. but it is so hard to get stable power—sharing. look at northern ireland, which doesn't at the moment have a government. if you cannot, you have to say the thrust of the policy in the last few decades is to separate people who can't stand each other. that would be rewriting the map. sectarianism is the most dangerous concept in our part of the world. it is how islamic state, isis emerged, because of sectarian iraq. we have to give stronger roles to the women. tunisia

be part of it he would go on to be courted by labour's alleged iraq war criminal leader tony blair that led to the alleged b.p. deal over lockerbie prisoner abdel baset on the ground he convicted of britain's biggest ever terrorist atrocity how did he get it so to get these contracts that is the question because the british deny any quid pro quo between the release of. tracks i said i'm sure so what's the evidence well look in two thousand and four when. he came in from the cold. nuclear. british prime minister paid a number of visits and on his second visit in two thousand and seven. government an oil exploration deal but if we leave to one side of the deal would eventually end up with a failed state in libya and terror in manchester last year b.p. is still active in what green activists call environmental terrorism in just intruders canada his government just green like the deep water drilling by b.p. off the coast of nova scotia not appreciated much by a grassroots environmental coalition the group marched to a liberal party office where they delivered a letter for justin trudeau ask

jail system one which even tony blair's former lord chancellor charlie for says is in crisis all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first it's exactly one week since the death of a homeless man was reported in the center of the city of bristol in the southwest of england found unconscious just outside a devon as department store emergency services including police and paramedics were called but despite their best efforts he died shortly afterwards reported the he had suffered serious injuries and was in the doorway of the store the thing is that just over a year ago another homeless man michael angle was found dead in the same area it was again covered by the local bristol post newspaper with accompanying similar pictures front by emergency services attended to the man at the scene except things are arguably different today the favorite to be the next british prime in. so much criticism in the elite mainstream media not only questions minority government leaders resume about homelessness in announced a policy on it in the last few days we would give local authoritie

jails and in the past few days tony blair's former lord chancellor charlie faulkner has come out to attack the state of justice under minority government leader to raze m a from re-offending rates to a probation service he alleges is ceased to function just how bad is it well we're joined by former prisoner and now reform campaigner jonathan robinson his latest book on it about his attempts to get the establishment to listen to his concerns about justice in britain is out now to the thanks so much for coming on sir for your alleging all of this about the state of justice in the u.k. what was your experience. fully justified very short since and since two thousand and eleven i've never once complained about being sent to prison i was only there for seventeen weeks. and i expected the shawshank redemption. mostly small multiply from there have been groups like the howard league since with the twenty's saying the kind of thing you're saying to me now why have the bullshits not been listening since then to deliver your books descriptions of the monty python type on the bus is a situation that

tony blair, whose government implemented on the run letters, fiercely defended them.ireland peace process in place today. being able to pay for a civil action is a major breakthrough for the families of those who lost their lives here. there is a long legal road ahead, but now, they have hope. seven horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing. 0ne horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing. one that survived was sefton. in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the most‘s recovery ca ptu red horrific attack, the most‘s recovery captured the public‘s attention. the hyde park campaign forjustice now has renewed vigour. even though the impactand pain has renewed vigour. even though the impact and pain of events decades ago still lingers. there's been a sharp drop in the amount of money councils are spending on services for vulnerable children and families across england. research by huddersfield and sheffield universities has found that overall spending on children's services has fallen by 16% since 2010, despite increasing demand. and it's much worse in the mo

tony blair, whose government implemented it, sought to defend it. not have a northern ireland peace process in place today. welljohn downey was not wanted by police in northern ireland, he was wa nted police in northern ireland, he was wanted by the met police. but a judge ruled that even though his letter was sent by mistake it would be an abuse of process for him to stand trial for the hyde be an abuse of process for him to stand trialfor the hyde park bombing. while the families of those killed in the hyde park bombing can now pursue a civil case, there is no guarantee that it will be successful. it is great news for them, they have gone through all the agonies of the original bomb and then waiting to see if anyone would ever be caught for it, then someone has been put forward as possibly being the bomb, to see that collapse, to then have five different types of legal aid agency. it has been a roller—coaster and a really hard one for them, it does not show up our legal system particularly well. 35 years on a northern ireland is still trying to co

and others would like us to ta ke tony blair and others would like us to take part, we would not know that is why people voted leaves, not because they were hostile to european culture and civilisation because they wanted to ta ke civilisation because they wanted to take back control and that is why it is so vital that we do not treat brexit as a plague of boils but as an opportunity and above all as an economic opportunity that brings me to the loss of the crucial reassu ra nces to the loss of the crucial reassurances that my side of the argument must give. we would be mad to go through this process of extrication from the eu and not to ta ke extrication from the eu and not to take advantage of the economic freedoms it will bring. we will stop paying ever more colossal sums to view the leave—mac eu every year, and as the primus has though, that will leave us to spend more on our domestic properties. —— prime minister. we will be able to take control of our borders, not at the hostel to immigration, farfrom it. we need talented people to make their lives in this country, doctors, scie

but a thumbs down, former prime minister, tony blair making another exit intervention today, writing that there is a whole other political spectrum on this. where are labour now? has been quite a bit of not necessarily entirely singing harmoniously from the same hymn sheet. but what seems to be the case is thatjeremy corbyn is making a speech on monday ahead of the prime minister, getting his retaliation in first, if you like. he's expected to harden up labour's wording on the customs union. says it has always been an option to be a member of a customs union beyond brexit, he is likely to say this is now the viable end point of that process so in effect, he would harden up the labour position, but there is an immediate political position in doing so because the government has to get its trade and customs bill through parliament, there will be a vote on a lot of the detail and an amendment has gone down from conservative rebels effectively saying that the government should sign up to being in a customs union beyond brexit, something which as you were saying jeremy hunt and other numbe

in the last couple of years we have virtually reached tony blair 's 296 we have virtually reached tonyignalling that you think too many people are going to university question what do you think should be the ideal target for how many people should go to university? that is the wrong way of doing it. it is not about having a target, it is about saying that for every young person, what i say is, for too long, i think we see young people... i was talking toa group we see young people... i was talking to a group of sixth form students in southall this morning was one point they made to me, for example, as they made to me, for example, as they have gone through school, university has been talked about all the time that thing they should be doing. they only heard about apprenticeships towards the tail end of 2013, which is too late that it is about ensuring that the routes are available, opportunities are available, but also young people are able to make the choice that suits them in suits their needs. are you concerned the increase in tuition fees has also seen a huge increase in vice chanc

more, you know, i think the most rivetting thing i heard, the most like, oh, my god, is i heard tony blair and jared kushner talking about the problems of the middle east. and i heard jared kushner say -- let me get this right -- dammit, we can solve this problem. [laughter] >> okay. and what was, and what was the former prime minister's reaction? >> he was, i mean, i think he was acting like a man who was trying to cultivate a new client. [laughter] >> okay. did you hear while sitting there in the west wing lobby waiting for someone to come scoop you up and bring you upstairs or around the bend, did you ever hear people talk about the american people or particularly the president's supporters in ways that you found galling, shocking, appalling? >> no. i mean, actually, my impression is that mostly they didn't talk about things outside of the west wing. mostly they were talking, everybody in my experience was almost wholly focused on what was going on in the west wing. so the bannon people were talking about the jarvanka people, the jarvanka people were talking about the bannon people, eve

he is not the only former prime minister, tony blair has his own initiative which he is trying to pushwould say, he did not allow a free vote on my street and he warned us about these things back in the 1990s and many decisions that he took, on the exchange rate etc, proved to be folly so he does not have a very good record on the sort of things. john major is no stranger to have —— having ourformer prime minister intervened on his watch. 0n tuesday's programme we spoke about the catastrophic conditions in yemen, one of the arab world's poorest countries, devastated by civil war. now we have a special report from inside the country, almost three years since the saudi—led coalition launched its first air strikes against the houthi rebels in yemen, sparking an all—out armed conflict. the situation is so bad, the un now says it's become the world's worst man—made humanitarian disaster and right now, more than eight million people across yemen are at risk of starvation. the bbc‘s chief international correspondent lyse doucet sent us this report. high above the arabian peninsula, just off t

tony blair, whose government implemented on—the—run letters, fiercely defended them.s in place today. being able to pay for a civil action is a major breakthrough for the families of those who lost their lives here. there is a long legal road ahead, but now, they have hope. seven horses were also killed in the hyde park bombing. one that survived was sefton. in the aftermath of the horrific attack, the horse's recovery captured the public‘s attention. the hyde park campaign for justice now has renewed vigour. even though the impact and pain of events decades ago still lingers. daniela relph, bbc news. one hundred years ago today women finally won the right to vote. the representation of the people act meant that women over 30 who owned property could at last have their say. it was a right that was fought for and won by the suffragette movement. it was a movement that began in manchester. its leader was emmeline pankhurst. our correspondent elaine dunkley looks back at her legacy. the suffragettes were militant and unrelenting. it was a movement born in manchester. the

that led to tony blair getting a massive majority in 1997., boris johnson? not a leaders of the conservative party, borisjohnson? not a safe pair of hands. there was a sharp intake of breath. he says a lot of things and he has got people in trouble. the iranians lady is injail because of the statement said by borisjohnson ina the statement said by borisjohnson in a way. he is too much of a loose cannon? yes. people liked him before he was foreign minister but now people are not back clean. would you wa nt people are not back clean. would you want him in charge? not at all. when he was mayor of london when he had more freedom and could set his own agenda, he was brilliant. but as a prime minister, he would be very constrained, couldn't bring out his owfi constrained, couldn't bring out his own personality. he will have to work ina own personality. he will have to work in a more collegiate environment and i don't think he would fit in that. i do think he would fit in that. i do think he would connect with the public quite well, but at the same

tony blair, whose government implemented it, sought to defend it.e that, we would not have a northern ireland peace process in place today. while john downey was not wanted by police in northern ireland, he was wanted by the met police. but a judge ruled that even though his letter was sent by mistake it would be an abuse of process for him to stand trial for the hyde park bombing. while the families of those killed in the hyde park bombing can now pursue a civil case, there is no guarantee that it will be successful. it is great news for them, they have gone through all the agonies of the original bomb and then waiting to see if anyone would ever be caught for it, then someone has been put forward as possibly being the bomb, to see that collapse, to then have forward as possibly being the bomber, to see that collapse, to then have five different types of legal aid agency. it has been a roller—coaster and a really hard one for them, it does not show up our legal system particularly well. 35 years on a northern ireland is still trying to come to term

and i pay tribute to tony blair and all those who worked so hard on the good friday agreement.the northern ireland assembly and made sure “— northern ireland assembly and made sure —— make sure we maintain the border. established scotland and wales parliament and assembly. labour believes powers of a devolved policy areas currently exercised by the eu should go directly to the releva nt the eu should go directly to the relevant body involved after brexit. that power is closer to the people. that power is closer to the people. that is the same principle that involves the regional development backs that the next labour government will develop. including a commitment to support the united nations, and a promise to secure peace, freedom, democracy, economic freedom and environmental protection for all. some want to use brexit to turn britain on itself, seeing eve ryo ne turn britain on itself, seeing everyone has a feared competitor. others want to use brexit to put rocket boosters under our current economic systems, insecurities and inequalities was the turning britain into a de—r

host: the so-called special relationship, winston churchill -- and fdr, george bush and tony blair, toe have that with theresa may? guest: we do not. she was worried about classified information being leaked out about a terrorist incident in happened, whot those perpetrators may have been, and donald trump speaking out about that publicly, that was one of the straws that hit the camels back. i think issues with regard to donald trump's tweeting out hate group material from britain was another thing that crossed theresa may. more broadly than that, i think theresa may has been trying -- like many leaders, i admire many leaders -- donald trump is not trying to be barack obama. he is trying to take america first seriously. they say it does not mean america alone, but there is a stridency in that posture that might be useful. i do not find it useful, but it may be useful in some ways in reorienting the way the world need stop right. maybe it does not make sense to rakedhe united states into a lot of relationships that have been the way they have been for generations and out donald trump an

did not reflect reality, and now we know the same thing has happened with fire and theory, blair, thethan tony former prime minister, as soon as the book came out, denied ever saying anything of the sort to michael wolff, as he quoted him in the book. it is just a charlatan's work. host: we would go to tim in ohio. democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: find, thank you. guest: good. caller: i have the comment to say that i really tried to look at things logically and not emotionally, but with the trump thing, it is easy to figure out what ever he is accusing somebody else of doing, that is what he is doing. you bring some charges against them, and they break up false charges against you to fight back. that is the personality, the type of president we have. he will lie, cheat, and steal. he believes the end justify the means, and he doesn't scare the hell after me. as far as fox news, come on, man. talk about fake news. fox news owns that category. i watch it because it is comical. ilife -- my wife cannot stand it and has to turn it off. what the world has come to