tony blair was the prime minister of great britain for quite some time.try completely. he is still around, in a way and he's now announced we need vaccine passports right away. >> the paper we are putting out today is the same -- we should establish between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. both here and at home, if we do have to adjust some of the freedoms because of the rising pressure from new variance, it's important to ensure that those people who are vaccinated to have the maximum freedom they can. and i think that could also be done for travel as well.im >> is it acceptable to turn down the vaccine do you think? >> unless you got a good medical reason, my view is no. >> tucker: you have to give up your freedoms. nigel farage, the leader of the brexit movement, we are happy to have him on tonight. nigel, great to have you tonight. telling us that our freedoms are over if you don't obey tony blair, then you can't travel anm do all kinds of other unspecified things we were once able to do and took for granted. what is going on? >> it's fascinating in t

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well, i'm a broker piece of the senior africa and the list of the tony blair institute. sir, thank you for sharing your views with us. thank you very much for having phil. ahead in this news, our action from the european championship and the penalty said that changed the momentum between france and switzerland. that's coming up in fort ah, the news? the news with me ah ah, not for football here is andy with the sport. who's while we've had to send say snow last 60 matches of footballs. european championship, both games will level $33.00 after non few minutes. let's start with france versus switzerland, which is just finished, switzerland taking the lead in this one for me in bucharest. bob, i had a friend, harris affair of h. ricardo rodriguez, the missed a penalty july. the switzerland, early in the 2nd amendment shifting immediately carrying benjamin school to quit goals to turn the game on its head for the world champions and pool company to decide to be out so many friends, $31.00 up switzerland. i was digging into the energy reserves came up with 2 goals, and i got

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we had a long—run of prime minister's, people at tony blair and gordon brown, even david cameron where a minister if the social media or the press didn't like you. or if somebody criticised you. or if you are caught doing anything not 100% perfect. we're stuck with good people not wanting to in government. because of the scrutiny and restrictions on their lives. we really need to be that little bit more tolerant and when you are more tolerant you have a much easier and more contented society, it's easier to take tough decisions than the ministers are given a little bit more, not rope but more credit for what they do or are able to go ahead and help us and help govern the country well. i'm really, really sorry that matt has gone. the opposition absolutely reek of piety and hypocrisy, it's awful. meanwhile, it's not very clear what they would have done differently or how they would have behaved differently if they had been in government, and quite sure we would not have vaccinated at the rate we have recently and matt hancock in particular and to some extent boris should take the credit

tony blair, thank you so much. _ enlightened interest. tony blair, thank you so much. first major cruise ship allowing american passages since the pandemic began. according to cnn, there are 500 passengers on board and more than 95% of them are fully vaccinated. it is not clear what the vaccine status is of the two passengers who have coronavirus but they are said to be asymptomatic and self—isolating on the ship. that cruise ship sailing around the caribbean and departed from saint martin on saturday for a cruise. regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease in people who are genetically vulnerable — according to a study. researchers at the university of sheffield say the number of high profile athletes who have developed the disease is not a coincidence. the scientists say nobody should stop exercising as a result of the study, but they hope the findings could lead to ways of screening people who may be at higher risk. i'm joined now by dr nicholas cole, head of research at the mnd association. thank you forjoining us. why would there be

i'm old enough to remember when some of us thought, how are tony blair and george w.h going to get along because blair and clinton were pals and similar in their outlooks and, perhaps, blair and bush invaded iraq together, sadly. i think there are these personal differences but certainly reliances are so strong they will transcend those differences. boris johnson is a master mover with power. like benjamin netanyahu, he was one of the leaders who early on congratulated biden, didn't indulge in trump's election, and he knows what he has to do to get ahead. boris johnson doesn't stick to principles. he sticks boris johnson's own personal agenda. >> we have a fabulous flash back to 1998. you know where we're going. the dutch documentary crew filmed an oxford union debate in which you debated against boris borison boris johnson. >> just because he's a very good speaker, and he does a little laugh, it doesn't make what he says right. nobody seems to notice tony blair promised their tax wouldn't go up under his government and yet taxes are rising -- will rise under this par

tomorrow morning at 9am on bbc one, the health secretary matt hancock, and former prime minister, tony blairoodnight. as we've been hearing, the g7 group of leading economies has reached a deal on taxing multinational companies. finance ministers from the group, meeting in london, have agreed to a minimum tax of 15%. the chancellor, rishi sunak said that it will mean firms pay "the right tax in the right places". earlier i spoke to paul monaghan, chief executive of the fair tax foundation — a uk based non—profit organisation that accredits companies which pay their fair share of tax. i asked him if he agreed with the chancellor that the deal achieved the principle of fairness. i don't think we're at fairness but we're certainly, following today, are looking at a fairer tax system. i don't want to belittle what happened today, it is a really significant move that will raise substantial sums of money. what would it take to make it fair in your estimation? i know you want the g20, when they meet, to go further than the g7. today was a great start but 15% can be raised to 21% and there is a lot

it was often reported to tony blair wanted to leave a strong legacy and part of his legacy, most perhaps launching a nuclear power program that would solve the problem of global warming and insulating a few lofts. bringing in a few small wind turbines on land, doesn't have that same impressive sound too, as launching a huge nuclear power program. successes were equally enthusiastic in 2009 gordon brown called for a nuclear plant to be built. christine and in 2010 david cameron's new coalition government gave those plans, the cruise lines. and the germans looked fit to give the ass me another chance. the nuclear industry knew that mecca was rethinking her previous position. and then when the c d, u and the liberal party, the f d p for the government, they actually agreed to go back on the decision and not to face out nuclear energy . currently, the parts of the, the basic idea at the time was to use nuclear power plants for as long as you're technically feasible with them longer act the resulting additional income. and then use this tax for finance, changes for the energy policy landscape

in fact, she will know that nearly 25 years ago, it was a labour prime minister, tony blair, who said13 years of labour government, was there a plan for social care reform? no, there wasn't. we are the government that are going to bring forward social care reforms. who you are, rich, poor, - young or old, you should be the founding principle i of the nhs — no matter who you are, rich, poor, - young or old, you should be able to access the care - you need — is fundamentally undermined by the way we treat people with dementia _ at the moment, where people i who are wealthy are able to pay expensive care home fees, i but people of limited means find they're cleaned out| of absolutely everything when a loved one gets dementia. where it is true that some people who suffer from dementia need care for very many years, and this is extremely costly, and that is one of the things we want to address as part of our social care reforms. if you get cancer, the nhs will take care of you, the taxpayer will fund your treatment. if you get dementia — broadly speaking, that is not the case. it's been sa

okay, well you're on the same side as tony blair and eligible criminal launch res may gordon brown, and david cameron, obviously, maybe maybe a comfortable about that. i suppose is a need link really, between vis and the vaccine apartheid that has been alleged by all the britons giving vaccines to the global stuff. i mean, china exported half of all the vaccines it produced to have a 40 countries around the world. why, why should, why should britain be giving the vaccine out to poor countries rather than vaccinating? it's under 18 year olds starting to 2 issues. first of all, we knew there was going to be a massive problem at the very beginning of the panoramic. in the hope that people discovered, we didn't know that the time, but we knew that when treatment and vacuum, we discovered there's going to be a math problem. why? because we have a pharmaceutical industry way more interested in profiteering based in a handful of countries. mostly rates countries. and if you didn't have one of those, if you didn't have the mechanism the means to make these faxing big, pharmaceutical companies c

also speaking on the andrew marr show, the former prime minister, tony blair, says people who've beend should be offered greater freedoms from coronavirus restrictions. i think it's uncertain at the moment, and the paper we are putting out today is the saying we should really distinguish between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. so both here at home, if we do have to adjust some of the freedoms because of the rising pressure from new variants, then it's important at least to ensure that those people who are vaccinated have the maximum freedom they can. and i think i can also be done for travel as well. as you've got a good medical reason, my view very clearly is no, and i think that's why it's important to give people a real incentive to get vaccinated. because if you are vaccinated, the evidence is absolutely clear, it reduces the risk of transmission and it reduces the risk of hospitalisation or death. so would you make them mandatory? i don't think you can make them mandatory, but i think this is what we are suggesting today, by making it clear that, for example, if you are vacc

and that's certainly what happened was often reported this tony blair wanted to leave a strong legacy. and that part of his legacy, most perhaps launching a nuclear power program that would solve the problem of global warming and insulating a few lofts, bringing in a few small wind turbines on land. doesn't have that same impressive sound to it as launching a huge nuclear power program. successes were equally enthusiastic in 2009 gordon brown called for a nuclear plants to be built crossing chain. and in 2010, david cameron's new coalition government gave those plans, the green light. and the germans looked fit to give the ass me another chance. the nuclear industry knew that medical was rethinking her previous position. and then when the c d, u and the liberal party, the f d p for the government, they actually agreed to go back on the decision and not to face out nuclear energy . because it was the basic idea at the time was to use nuclear power plants for as long as was technically feasible. with them longer acts the resulting additional income and then use this tax to finance chang

you may remember under tony blair's government, wondered the people something to be 40000 or 500,000 a year. and the effect on the country was very noticeable. and for poor people they found themselves competing in the job market, competing for housing competing for social services with a lot of people who had recently arrived. that was certainly part of it. it was strong in areas that had recent very rapid immigration. you could say is that xenophobia by definition? by all other measures pulling data and other things as well is very un- xenophobic. a lot was said about hate crime and violence turned out to be either fictitious or vastly exaggerated after the brexit vote. the u itself is in studies of attitudes to people in other races and show the british are in fact in the whole of europe the least racist the least regards to questions of attitudes to people from outside. think that is pretty clear. >> has the flow of labor been interrupted? is there worker shortage in the certain industries? other countries take up position certain kinds? is england having a problem with that now?

go back to the referendum, everyone topped about it, tony blair talked about it, john major talked abouthey should have seen this coming and they say that we can be pragmatic about it, find a way round but we have to be very mindful that there are two sides to this story. but it is about trust in the end and emanuel macron does not sound like a person who is trusting the uk on this and it does not sound like he is going to compromise, but someone will have to compromise somewhere. 0k, will have to compromise somewhere. ok, that's the serious stuff. we will come back to the serious stuff because there are a lot more announcements to come, but i will just frame this behind us, this incredible harbour behind us. the most perfect sailing day. this is incredible, one of the deepest harbours in the world, we have watched sailing boats go out during the course of the day and we are about to see the red arrows. 0f about to see the red arrows. of course, the red arrows have not been able to display very much because when you have read arrows in a display, what you get? big crowds and, of course,

healey says, because asjohn healey says, late survivor of the labour party, junior minister under tony blaird they might go off when all their exley doing is flying between the two countries and often not hanging around for very long. yes, absolutely. although to be honest, ifind this yes, absolutely. although to be honest, i find this story pretty confusing. it seems to battle over the place, i cannot work out whether this is a result of the tradition period being extended, at 1.1 thought it was brexit —— at 1.1 thought it was brexit —— at 1.1 thought we should be dropping with was because of brexit, so i'm not quite sure where this comes from, but i'm very interested, so i will be finding out more tomorrow. is be finding out more tomorrow. is definitely want to read about, and maybe some pigeon fans can enlighten us, the difficulties they are having. i do recall a taxi driver in blackpool telling me he did not like the little conference come blackpool because of the conference delegates did was stay in their hotels and go from reception to reception, but that we can to be in blackpool if y

bush with tony blair. can we get chemistry going between biden and boris johnson? they'll talk like fdr language of the four freedoms and the atlantic charter and our two countries are the citadels of global democracy while it's under threat today from authoritarian governments. >> kaitlyn, the president says one of the goals of this trip is to bring like-minded nations back together. how is that message going to be received by the various parties he's set to meet? >> reporter: well, i think that's going to be one of the struggles. it's not just enough really for him to come to these summits, to the g7, to go meet with nato allies and not be donald trump. of course, everyone understands a lot of these allies are wary of the four years they just had with him, but they also want to look at the reality here and the fact that the way presidential elections are done in the united states, that you can see how quickly leadership can change and how quickly alliances can be undermined, even after decades of partnerships as we saw with former president trump time and time ag

you may remember this, under tony blair's u government the official prediction i think it was a wonderthousand people would come from europe to britain looking for work et cetera. and it turned out to be something like 40000 or 500,000 a year. the effects on the country was very noticeable. and for poorer people they found themselves competing in the job market, competing for housing, competing for c social services with a lot of people who had recently arrived. that was certainly part of it. : : as strong in areas that hate crime and violence turned out either fictitious or exaggerated after the brexit vote. the eu, to other races to show that in europe the least racist, the least enough of it of all in regards to questions of attitudes to people about vibes. >> has the flow of labor been interrupted and is there a worker shortage in certain industries, hotels? there is a stereotype that immigrants from other countries take up positions in certain kinds of -- does england have a problem with that? have the numbers changed? >> lots of people in the eu would leave, they continue to arri

bush, the white house i covered, went and met for the first time with tony blair and they bonded over colgate toothpaste. i don't expect there to be a colgate toothpaste moment but there were questions whether the two of them could get together and look what happened? for better or worse, they became linked to one another. >> so there is going to be presented later today a new atlantic charter. and, obviously, this harkens back to fdr, but what's different this time and what's notable and our colleague steven collins pointed out this morning is that even fdr didn't have to face the unraveling democratic values at home when he was crossing the atlantic that time, right? and so biden faces this unique challenge of having to present the united states as renewed, refreshed, united overseas while domestically this all remains at home. >> that's right. and it's all about having moral authority at the end of the day because, as i mentioned, whether it was bush who certainly had his problems on the world stage, particularly as the iraq war happened and then went bad, he did have that moral au

. >> you mentioned to tony blair earlier but you are acquainted with the current prime minister, aren'tu? >> i regret that he occupies and our relations poisoned the british politics and it's hard to say why they don't want to go into politics i wrote three or four years ago to become the prime minister. because it is a middle sized country and we should sort of muddle through somehow. nothing important gets done in the world. >> is it fair to say that britain has punched above its weight for several years? has punched above its weight for several years? >> britain has tried to but i don't think that it really does. most americans privately think we've lost our sense of direction. i just don't think that it is important enough realistically but they will cling onto their lives. >> david in rochester new york. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. it's an honor to speak to you, sir. i have all your books in the library and two quick questions. one leads to the other. i've been collecting for years a series of books published in the 70s in england called the valentine illustrated history of

that was tony blair talking to me a little earlier on.ders are dozing to tony blair. this is all the ceremony and the pageantry of the stuff that we we see at these events. the question of course is what they actually going to decide when they sit down and the discussions about whether it is climate change, the state of the world economy, the vaccines? that is the stuff that is going to matter. clearly, the optics are important. as it is called in the jargon, the presentation. on a basic level, they want to have images of them getting on together and chatting, so they can send a message to the world that multilateral cooperation is back after the divisive unilateralism of the beginning of the pandemic, when every country basically did its own thing. the divisive period of donald trump, when he decided that he thought politics should be all about transactional relations between one nation to another and not getting together. these images that we are seeing today do matter, but equally, the substance is important as well. and we were seeing

and other ex world leaders _ and tony blair and other ex world leaders have put forward a g7 burdenf the most sensitive _ good research, but some of the most sensitive data shared with gps by patient _ sensitive data shared with gps by patient incompetence of years ago, potentially when in a state of vulnerability, such as termination of pregnancy, matters of domestic or sexual— of pregnancy, matters of domestic or sexual abuse issues, substance abuse or alcohol— sexual abuse issues, substance abuse or alcohol abuse, that is set to be shared _ or alcohol abuse, that is set to be shared with— or alcohol abuse, that is set to be shared with nhs digital and potentially used by commercial interests, and yet hardly anyone knows _ interests, and yet hardly anyone knows about it. and the hours about safeguards. — knows about it. and the hours about safeguards, patient confidentiality, so given— safeguards, patient confidentiality, so given the secrecy, given the haste _ so given the secrecy, given the haste and — so given the secrecy, given the haste and the difficulties in opting out, has

peter: you mentioned tony blair earlier when you got your and your equated with current prime ministerren't you . max: yes. [inaudible]. i bitterly regret i'm afraid that he occupies the office. i am afraid our relations with europe poisoned with these politics. we are going to be hard and unhappy face for think the democracy is generally a very short of talented people freighted is very hard to say why peoplen' don't want this but boris johnson in the end i'm afraid that he not is not a serious person. i would've forsaken it because of the seriousness and i am afraid that i won't change my view about that . the leadership of the united states. [inaudible]. written these tasers the middle sized country prayed and no doubt we should metal somehow but we will worry much more about who is in charge of the united states. because the united states always the leader of the west and we in europe, everybody whom i respect mike's america for the strategic leadership. in america takes the lead, it's important. [inaudible]. peter: is a fair to say sir max hastings for britain is punched above its

tony blair joins us with his views on what we are seeing at the g7 at 9:00 a.m. u.k. 10.f you have any questions of your own for august, please send them. cornwall not looking as sunny as advertised, but we are there, we are live on the ground. guy johnson live from cornwall next. ♪ ♪ >> the economy is in very good shape. balance sheets, corporate balance sheets, are in good shape. we are about a year away from full employment, may be a little longer if job growth surprises to the downside. we've got fundamentals driving the economy, as well as fiscal policy, monetary policy. it will be a problem, a wasted opportunity that there will be a few million people, more than a few, that don't get vaccinated. people can count on 18 months a very strong growth in the u.s. anna: that was adam posen on the recovery from the pandemic. investors got a look at just how the economy, the u.s. economy, is faring, with may cpi topping estimates, driven largely by categories associated with a broader reopening of the economy. the data boosted stocks and sent treasuries rallying, suggesting

remember, tony blair and bill clinton, changing presidents. s more about the relationship that is more about the future. but the relationship that is more about the future. �* ., the future. but also, something we've spoken — the future. but also, something we've spoken about _ the future. but also, something we've spoken about a _ the future. but also, something we've spoken about a lot - the future. but also, something we've spoken about a lot and i the future. but also, something i we've spoken about a lot and you've alluded to, northern ireland, the border protocols, and joe biden has been very clear about his own irish heritage and also his concern about what is happening when it comes to border controls and the relationship since brexit. border controls and the relationship since l“exit-— since brexit. people can be frivolous — since brexit. people can be frivolous about _ since brexit. people can be frivolous about his - since brexit. people can be frivolous about his irish i since brexit. people can be i frivolous about his irish roots,

. >> you mentioned tony blair, your acquainted with the current prime minister aren't you. >> he workedin the telegraph and i regret that he occupies office and i'm afraid i relations with europe would poison british policies and were going through very unhappy phase, the democracy generally are very short and talented people and out of reaches and it's very hard to say why these people want to turn to politics, boris johnson in the end. i wrote three or four years ago that they achieve the ambitions to become the prime minister but would've forsaken very serious country, i'm afraid nothing is happening the leadership of the united states with the leadership of britain, britain is a middle size country and losing charge of the united states, however, you dress it up the united states as always for the leader and we look to europe, everybody who i respect we look to america for strategic leadership and ms. america takes the lead and nothing important it's on in the world. >> is it fair to say that britain has punched above its weight for several years. >> choice. they tried to but i don'

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i am joined by matt hancock the health secretary, to talk about that but also tony blair, the formerom the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. graham satchell is there this morning. good morning. unfortunately because of covid, it means the veterans are not able to travel to northern france this year so they are going to be here in staffordshire. you can see all the chairs laid out for them. they are expecting about 100 veterans. then there are these larger screens that you can see up so they will be able to watch the events in northern france, live. as you say, the memorial commemorates not only those who died on the day itself, but the more than 20,000 british servicemen who died liberating northern france. with us this morning is paul harris whose grandfather george hanks was one of those, that is right, isn't it paul? maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather. iie maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather.— maybe you could tell us a bit more about your grandfather. he was 'ust about your grandfather. he was 'ust a farm worker. fl about you

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