but your breakthrough role as i sort of mentioned was tony blair, which was back in the deal, and thatthrough here, which was the deal, 2003, focusing on the blair—brown relationship and a deal they struck over the leadership. and yet, i was absolutely gobsmacked to see you say, particularly given your subsequent roles, "i can't do impersonations." no, i've never been... you know, i think people assume that i was a kid at school who did impersonations of the teachers but i was never any good at it. in fact, it was sort of a joke that i was terrible at that kind of thing. but you wouldn't say that now? well, i sort of slightly balk when the word "impersonation" comes up because that's not really in any way what i'm trying to do. in a way it's the opposite. i don't want people to be worried about the surface although that is part of the challenge, and i think that's why i party like playing those sort of roles. because you — inevitably if you walk on to a stage or in front of a camera and you say, "i'm playing david frost" or whoever, someone you know the audience is very familiar with,

tony blair, did he — did you ever meet him afterwards? did he ever comment on what you made of him?, well, i played him three times. there was the deal, the one that you mentioned, which was actually the first time i ever played a real person, in that sense. although i played mozart before, but no—one really knows what he sounds like, so you can kind of get away with that. so that was the first time i'd ever

compare that to tony blair?s final pmqs in 2007. and that is the end. heresa may versusjeremy corbyn compare to the age of blair and hague? it was a class act. william hague spotted very early on that tony blair had an alphabetical list of subject headings and it will ring binders, and so he would ask the first question about azerbaijan, and then switch to zoroastrianism or something like that, and it was a masterclass, in many ways. so does this veteran mp have any advice for the new pm? boris johnson roams wild and free, he is an untamed beast on the serengeti plains, i mean, you cannot cage him. so, look out for some fireworks, look out for some fun, but ultimately, look out for a complete lack of dignity from the front bench from the dispatch box. boris johnson's default position is wing it and make them laugh, and he'll say, "ba—ba—ba—ba, i am completely and briefed, i'm totally unspun, boris, what you see is what you get. ba—ba—ba." he accused mrjohnson of throwing together a hard right cabinet and said he was deeply alarmed. if the prime minister

i spoke truth to power when it was tony blair, when it was gordon brown, and i think i speak truth to mandate for a no—deal brexit. and i speak truth to power withjeremy corbyn. he has to ask himself, is he capable of doing the job and rising to the challenge that now presents itself to him? and just look at what has happened in the last few days. where is the strategy? it's not as if we didn't know that borisjohnson was going to be prime minister. where is the strategy? and i've just reached the point of deciding in myself, and it's a very personal decision, this is not about some plot or some other party, none of that, it's a personal decision, i no longer feel that this is the labour party that i have been dedicated to all my life. it's not the party of clement attlee, it's not the party of tony blair or gordon brown, it's not the party of harold wilson and all the leaders that we've had down the years. there has been an official statement in response from the labour party but i'm pretty sure they would argue that mr corbyn has already seen off two conservative prime ministers, dav

said about when it tony blair insisted. . . ? i'm said about when it tony blair insisted...?fficers having to deal with, what new demands do society place in the legal system? there is a real problem with the fact that a lot of the crime you are now dealing with, including crimes of violence, i happening online, through chat rooms, through tweets and controls and so on. if you're serious about tackling that, you're going to need more officers looking at material inside the station and that doesn't equate with the need to throw more officers onto the streets, because they look reassuring. that's the nature of crime that has changed that police have to deal with, but a lot of it is not now happening on the streets, and we haven't come to terms with that is. it's not fashionable with politicians because they know what the public wants to do is see more police officers, because it reassures them. it will not do with crime as it's now happening. bank you very much. in syria, where, according to the united nations, air strikes by the government's armed forces and its allies have ki

it later emerged the newspaper was collaborating very closely with tony blair and his sort of enforcerskeep this kind of thing out of the paper. so where i had failed with my whistleblower, martin was succeeding. but this meant finding koser. around.sked i asked mr. goodman and others, can you have me find this guy? they won't just put you through to a man who does not exist in a place that does not exist. amy: martin, you tried it. >> i naively tried it. amy: the press office at -- >> the nsa. they said, we don't give out names. amy: so you find -- >> i came upon an extension number. that is where you get through. amy: what did you say? .> i put on an american accent sure enough, frank koser. it was like, who's thihis? i said, i'm calling about the gchq memo you sent. click. and go so you got through. martin bright, you're able to move through this story. what was the headline? >> "nsa dirty tricks at the u.n. " amy: talk about what happened. you are the men of the hour. you cnn, bbc, everyone on the line. they want to interview martin bright because you have the story of this memo. yo

when tony blair started talking about national security interests that's supposed to be a card that trumps all others i don't believe the investigation is that it would have led anywhere except to the complete wreckage of a vital strategic relationship for our country in terms of fighting terrorism in terms of the middle east in terms of british interests there. so these things absolutely stunning it seems to be a very expensive way of organizing payment when was not because of the military equipment and now the money. blair came to south africa specifically to lobby the b. the british weapons manufacturers one the biggest contract on our arms deal. and the option that they presented was 2 and a half times more expensive than the plane that the south african air force he wanted to be a nice systems real performance real advantage. as monday was about to step down from public life his successor tabel and betty made the decision to spend around $10000000000.00 for quite scarce public resources. on this weaponry that we didn't need. rather than provide lifesaving medication for the almost 600

. —— tony blair. consequential than to countries going at it. -- tony blair.t leave this? historically it has been important. there have been situations where the us felt we have been closer to britain than to any other continent. but this is notjust over the cables. president trump has been interfering in your policies time and again. he boosted nigel farage, he has talked kindly about boris johnson, notjust recently but going back. he has offended theresa may, told how to do brexit. there is not a leader in nato or a western alliance that is confident that president trump generally believes in the alliance so the context for this makes it more thanjust in the alliance so the context for this makes it more than just an isolated incident. we are in the midst of a leadership election for the next prime minister of the uk. jeremy hunt was very clear that the ambassador would stay on whereas borisjohnson seem to be rather more equivocal. what you make of their differing responses?” equivocal. what you make of their differing responses? i think their responses are

alastair campbell, the former press secretary of the labour party prime minister tony blair. of breaking news. air france ordering 60 airbus jets. these are the jets that used to be known as the c series. a big order coming through from airbus from air france. some suggesting that airbus could look to increase capacity to maybe tillries some of the gaps being left by the max as the result of boeing's problems. the ftse 100 has dipped during the auction process but the ftse 100 being rescued relative to its european peers by the downgrade in the pound that we've just been discussing with alastair campbell. a look at the continental markets -- the dax down 2.2%, the cac 40 down 1.61%. we will carry on the conversation with the financial markets and the reaction to brexit on the cable show. that is at the top of the hour at 5:00 in london. jonathan ferro is in new york, i will be joining him in london. available on dab digital radio and all of your bloomberg devices. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: live from london, i'm guy johnson. taylor: from new york, i'm taylor riggs. time for bl

actually, there is one fantastic thing that tony blair and then cameron followed, change the law and i think it is fabulous. it is an amazing transformation will be 1972, there was the first march for gay rights in this country. 2000 people. is that it? now1.5 rights in this country. 2000 people. is that it? now 1.5 million was an amazing transformation, showing how this country has progressed. ok. our last story is on the front of the sunday express. some are saying it is a private matter, we are talking about archie. one person must 's secret is another person's secrecy. some people have criticised the sussex is for not being more open with the details of the child. two more pictures were published today but the details of who the

and him of going back to the days of tony blairandi him of going back to the days of tony blair and ally three depending one, or potentially three depending on how you counted, so this is a gamble but it is consistent with his character. at heart, boris a romantic who believes that he can bend people and institutions to his will, to his personality, that he can dominate and get things done where others have failed, because they are not powerful enough, they are not committed enough, so this goes to the heart of paris, he thinks he can control parliament, staring down and succeed where theresa may failed —— heart of boris. how do you see things playing out over the next few months, what are your predictions?” out over the next few months, what are your predictions? i think it is all going to hinge on two aspects. one is can boris succeed in getting anything from the european union where theresa may failed? almost eve ryo ne where theresa may failed? almost everyone you speak to says that is virtually impossible, although there are signs that the germans in particular are concerned and

tony blair famously said when when when when it happened to him he went completely white he realized just just how important the job was. and you know this is the johnson is seen as a man frankly for whom everything is a bit of a laugh and again and he has this sort of flippant attitude this part of his appeal to many people but you know if it's a really serious situation he's got himself into not just to do was what things do the nuclear codes but one earth is going to happen to the country over the next 3 months if if it can or can't leave the european union because the last 3 years i mean absolutely disastrous for the u.k. reputation lee. and they and the reputation the country has has as gone through the floor obviously around the world johnson of course was the absolute face of the leave campaign he was very much the reason why the leave won in the referendum 3 years ago and now he's in the position where he's got to deliver it and he said it's going to happen box of the 31st and back to your point without actually spelling out exactly how he intends to do it except through shee

tony blair the british prime minister and guest of honor applauds symbolic of the unwavering alliance between washington and london. the taliban are quickly driven out of kabul and al qaeda is dispersed. some of bin laden disappears. in washington bush appears eager to move on to another war i stand by those words afghanistan is still just a beginning if anybody harbors terrorists or terrorist if they find a terrorist or terrorist if they have terrorist or terrorist i mean i can't make it any more clearly to other nations around the world if they develop weapons of mass destruction that will be used to terrorize nations they will be held accountable. after this speech secretary of defense rumsfeld meets with general tommy franks at central command in tampa florida. franks controls a massive area from africa to asia and leads the war in afghanistan but rumsfeld has something else in mind iraq. he orders general franks to prepare a plan of attack. since his invasion of kuwait in the gulf war and 991 large parts of iraq had been under an international no fly zone. despite iraq's defeat a

tony blair.llot and becomes the new prime minister. he told the bbc that a no—deal brexit is something ‘he could never sign up to'. but conservative mp and boris johnson supporter, dominic raab, said despite mr hamond's decision, mrjohnson has the best chance of uniting the party and delivering brexit. what i think he's worried about is the policy that the government has notionally had of leaving the eu, prefera bly notionally had of leaving the eu, preferably with a deal but if not on wto terms, would actually be enforced under a boris johnson premiership. and that's been the policy as i said for three years, of all conservatives, it was in our ma nifesto all conservatives, it was in our manifesto but the reality is boris johnson is best placed to unite the parliamentary party because he won double the number of mps and the mp rounds of the contest compared to jeremy hunt, he won over half the mps, conservative mps in the house commons and i think, if he wins, as we expect, he will have earned h

donald trump who will i mean if in there was tony blair and george w. bush the british population populations does remember that is really stuck in collective memory and if he goes that way things can go very wrong very quickly for him look at iraq. crisis with iran if he now turns if he doesn't get from these european allies what she wants quickly enough in a military way he might turn to washington and say ok i go was the americans what does that mean that he will adopt is more villager and stance towards iran that he will lose the support and the alliance was paris and berlin and it will be a whole different ball game in foreign policy will he do it nobody you know it is a danger and of course bracks it if he does throw his luck was donald trump and says all we really need is a really quick good trade deal with the united states he can probably have it and he might throw british interests overboard so that is really what is behind this and boris johnson seems to be not principled enough to avoid it let me ask both of you before we run out of time we

when tony blair started talking about national security address that's supposed to be a card that trumps all others i don't believe the investigation is that it would have led anywhere except to the complete wreckage of a vital strategic relationship for our country in terms of fighting terrorism in terms of the middle east in terms of british interests there. so these things absolutely stunning it seems to be a very expensive way of organizing payment when you as a cause of the military equipment and now the money. blair came to south africa specifically to lobby the b. the british weapons manufacturers one the biggest contract on our arms deal. and the option that they presented was 2 and a half times more expensive than the plane that the south african air force actually wanted to be a the system's real performance real advantage. as monday was about to step down from public life his successor tabel and becky made the decision to spend around $10000000000.00 or took quite scarce public resources on this weaponry that we didn't need. rather than provide lifesaving me. cation for the al

tony blair insisted that forces must accommodate these new officers.t a balanced work force i need including civilian staff to do things civilians can do, to invest in supervisory grades and also accommodate new probationers, that would be fine but did not tell mei that would be fine but did not tell me i have got to accommodate all these new officers. what sort of price tag are you putting on this?” am not dead on budgets but i am telling you it has to be a properly balanced investment and what is there already and the investment in there already and the investment in the supervisory grades in the training and trainers and so on to accommodate the new officers that they need and to bring them and at a rate in which the system can then absorb them. if you want to plan that properly rather than say numbers off the top of your head to grab headlines but if you're going to do it with this, it will not help anyone but it might help with coming up anyone but it might help with coming up to the election. marion fitzgerald speaking to me earlier. wildfires ar

bush and tony blair or bill clinton and tony blair, those big meetings were meaningful to the world.een busy brexiting and really can't do anything else and they can't seen seem to do that. so their involvement with major issues around the world is far less and germany and france are picking up the slack. >> i want to read some of it. he said he was inept and all that of. he warns trump could have been indebted to dodgy russians and his systems could wreck the world trade system. and could attack iran. do you think the observations would be that different from any other diplomat? >> right now i'm sure there are several major ambassadors to major countries in washington who have written similar things. certainly about iran where the president ordered an air strike and stopped it before it took place and reversed course. there are a lot of countries who believe that one false step by the united states or iran and we'll be back into the use of force. on world trade, let's remember that the president came into office, this is his decision, he decided immediately to criticize the british

margaret thatcher, tony blair, they carried himself in a certain way area not the way boris does. i think he is the wrong person to be leading the country at this time. >> this goes to show that he has a long way to go to gain particularly the trust of the british people. people know that he likes to make up stories as he goes along and he says what people want to hear. that is something they don't appreciate in a prime minister so many british people are not amused at the moment. >> that was barbara reporting from london. boris johnson once claimed that the chance of him becoming the british prime minister was equal to the chance of finding ellis pratt -- elvis presley on mars. many who know him say that leading the u.k. government has always been his lifelong ambition. here is a look at boris johnson's career and his sometimes bumpy rise to power. >> he no longer has to knock. he now h has the keys to number 10. he started his career in journalism but politics came calling. in 2001, he won a seat in parliament for the conservative party. 2008 came in a challenge. >> therefore of

fear and secrecy, were being called disgruntled blairites, most of them were not even born when tony blair the one mp who reached out to me, was tom watson, the deputy leader of the labour party, who was trying to do something, more than anyone else, was equally turned into the traitorous tom watson, he has to resign. instead of labour turning around and admitting and that leadership office saying, we have a problem, we have not dealt with it properly, we are hiding complaints against people we would like to protect, they came out the next day, all guns fighting, saying, it is everybody else's problem for our own. the labour party says it is tackling anti—semitism and they have increased staff working on cases. jeremy corbyn says he has fought against racism all his life. finally, shaun ryder it's going back on tour with the happy mondays and this time he says he will do it drugs free. you have recently had a hip operation. are you going to be all right staying up for an hour and a half with the tour? i managed it. how do you feel about going on the road again? it is better than ever. we a

relationship is always very closely scrutinized you only have to think of the prime ministership of tony blair for example under the bush administration and the iraq war and you know characterizations that all of being a lapdog so that is something is being very keenly scrutinized right now and a lot of this comes down of course to who the next day will actually be it will be a very tough pick a very tricky want to k. one and of course it wouldn't be a good look if it was seen to be sycophantic ambassador for example in a relationship which has long been and indeed is meant to be conducted on an eye to eye level 2 minutes you're going to get these 2 questions in to you in 2016 president elect trump said publicly that he would like to see the books to your boss nigel for raj in d.c. as the u.k. you ambassador there was unprecedented do you think poisoned the well was for as embassador was concerned all the way back in 2060. right and what we should say of course is that so kim was already on basa tour in 2015 so he already had a bit of a harbinger of things to come today a tweet from farage say

the context of the special relationship, churchill and ronald reagan and margaret thatcher and tony blairif it was to other dealers or to other countries going at it stop you mentioned the special relationship, those are two words that are used so often hear but i'm often doubtful whether they really felt, on your side of the athletic, is it really a thing? and where does it leave this? historically there have been situations where the united states felt ever closer to bridge and to many other continents. what's going on here is notjust this row over the league tables, it is two things, one for britain, president trump has been interfering in politics time and again, he boosted nigel virage, his dog charlie about boris johnson. boosted nigel virage, his dog charlie about borisjohnson. he has offended theresa may, told how to do brexit, the same time, holiday dig alliance, there is not a leader in the western alliance now that is confident that president trump generally leaves in the alliance. the context of this makes it more than just an isolated the context of this makes it more thanjus

tony blair the british prime minister and guest of honor applause it's symbolic of the unwavering alliance between washington and london. the taliban are quickly driven out of kabul and al qaeda is dispersed. some of bin laden disappears. in washington bush appears eager to move on to another war i stand by those words afghanistan is still just a beginning if anybody harbors terrorists or terrorist if they find a terrorist or terrorist if they has terrorist or terrorist i mean i can't make it any more clearly to other nations around the world if they develop weapons of mass destruction that will be used to terrorize nations they will be held accountable. after this speech secretary of defense rumsfeld meets with general tommy franks at central command in tampa florida. franks controls a massive area from africa to asia and leads the war in afghanistan but rumsfeld has something else in mind iraq. he orders general franks to prepare a plan of attack. since his invasion of kuwait in the gulf war and 991 large parts of iraq had been under an international no fly zone. despite.

prime minister tony blair has been talking to r.t. is going underground about her role in a frantic legal battle after she helped release a russian businesswoman facing a decade of hard labor in kuwait martial law moved her business operations to the middle east to 15 years ago and 2017 she was accused of embezzling nearly half a $1000000000.00 by kuwait where she worked for an investment company she was jailed for $470.00 days until her release in may this year after the evidence against it was found to be fake a case garnered wide media coverage especially on our sister channel r.t. arabic and also got the attention of high profile politicians and lawyers in the united states and russia. played a key role in her release and you can watch the interview and for right now on r.t. don't calm. somebody's convicted and absconded marcia who's been under investigation this is been hanging over her head and since 2012 she's been actively pursued by the authorities since 2015 so much so that she's been on bail when she was on bail and her mer

prime minister tony blair has appeared in artie's going underground to discuss her role in a frantic legal battle after she helped release a russian business woman who is facing a decade of hard labor in kuwait. somebody convicted and absconded marcia who's been under investigation this has been hanging over their head and since 2012 she's been actively pursued by the authorities since 2015 so much so that she's been on bail when she was on bail and her american green card expired she wasn't able to go and go to the states become fiction was actually overturned in may and why was it overturned because it was based on fraud and indeed forged evidence and she had not been given the opportunity to put her side of the case so the trial actually was a travesty did not comply with fair trial procedures and finally the court of appeal in kuwait did overturn that decision so she isn't currently on bail awaiting trial there was a big conference here about our british investments and there was a general ease about what was happening to foreign investors in the gulf in relation to the criminali

you served as foreign secretary to tony blair, his contention that him to put british forces into iraq was not it was always good to be as he said in britain's best interest, is that still true today? it is less true. we never did what you noticed has taught us to do, on many occasions we had disagreements but because personal relationships are so because personal relationships are so good and george w bush's administration included some very, very senior and highly respected diplomats. as well as other people in the white house. we were able to resolve these difficulties internally the critical thing about that. was that it occurred in the shadow of 9/11. do we want very close relations with united states? of course we do. any end of the united kingdom that didn't would what —— would need their head examined but that does not, should not has meant that we should do with united states want us to do. which is more difficult to deal with for britain right now? the fact that it has significant differences with donald trump in washington or the fa ct donald trump in washington or the fact

donald trump who will i mean if in there was tony blair and george w. bush and the british population populations dies remember that is really stuck in collective memory and if he goes that way things can go very wrong very quickly for him look at iraq. crisis with iran if he now turns if he doesn't get from these european allies what she wants quickly enough in a military way he might turn to washington and say ok i go was the americans what does that mean that he will adopt is absolutely more villager and stance towards iran that he will lose the support and the alliance was paris and berlin and it will be a whole different ball game in foreign policy will he do it now but you know it is a danger and of course breck's it if he does throw his luck was donald trump and says all we really need is a really quick good trade deal with the united states he can probably have it and he might throw british interests overboard so that is really what is behind this and boris johnson seems to be not principled enough to avoid it let me ask both of you before we ru

tony blair's former director of communications, alistair campbell, has announced he does not want toeing destroyed as a "serious credible political force". he was expelled from the party after admitting voting for the liberal democrats in the european elections. she's an actress, mother and the wife of hollywood actor will smith. and nowjada pinkett smith has become one of the leading online entertainers, with her chat show, which is broadcast on facebook. she reaches millions of people every week with her online series red table talk, which she hosts with her mother and her musician daughter willow smith. she's been speaking to our correspondent chi chi izundu. this is red table talk. red table talk. it's a simple concept, a chat around a table featuring jada pinkett smith, her mum adrienne and her daughter willow. no topic is off—limits. there are some celebrity guests including her husband, actor will smith, where they have talked about their marriage. i think that's the worst i've ever felt in our marriage. wow. i was failing miserably. the red table talk is on a new facebook ser

for tony blair, for example, a majority of 170, you could afford to have as many enemies you like ony people to go around in every division. as we we re go around in every division. as we were just talking on the dup are propping up the conservative party. they have a majority of three. one of theirmps has they have a majority of three. one of their mps has just they have a majority of three. one of their mps hasjust been charged with sexual assault. they are potentially going to lose the bracken rack and by election. there are i’uitioui's bracken rack and by election. there are rumours of the server backbenchers defecting to the liberal democrats. he is majority is so liberal democrats. he is majority is so fragile... i think you are using the wrong word. i don't thinkjeremy hunt is an enemy of borisjohnson. the wrong word. i don't thinkjeremy hunt is an enemy of boris johnson. disappointed friends... hunt is an enemy of boris johnson. disappointed friends. . ij hunt is an enemy of boris johnson. disappointed friends... i think jeremy hunt's problem is he is too much of a nice guy.

you served as foreign secretary to tony blair.o iraq, and the united kingdom could not afford to be anything but the closest partner to the united states. it was always going to to be, as he said, in britain's best interest. is that still true today, with donald trump in the white house? it is less true. we never, everjust did what the united states told us to do. on many occasions we had disagreements, but because personal relationships are so good, and george w bush's administration included some very, very senior and highly respected diplomats, like condoleezza rice and colin powell, as well as other people in the white house, we were able to resolve these difficulties internally. the critical thing about that was that it occurred in the shadow of 9/11. do we want very close relations with united states? of course we do. any government of the united kingdom that didn't would need their head examined. but that does not, should not, have meant that we should do what the united states want us to do. which is more difficult to deal