. >> and i can remember the first conversation i had with tony blair, and he said this is going to beike nothing we've ever seen. >> dawn had not yet broken over buckingham palace as people began to arrive to pay their respects. young people grieving for a princess they regarded as their own. >> she was young herself. she was fresh. i think she showed that the royal family wasn't something still stuck in the 18th century. >> i remember seeing crowds that were mourning just be very different. there were asian people. there were black people. there were old people. there were younger people. it did not feel like what we had been used to. it was very powerful in that it showed you the kind of people who had built this coalition of love and support around diana. >> the news about diana's death traveled all over the world. it reached every corner of the globe. >> for a country born in rebellion against british royalty, it was a remarkable outpouring of grief in washington for a fallen princess of wales. >> we have experienced shocking deaths before. jfk a perfect example. but nothing like

labour was very mucha— —— tony blair did.ver. it doesn't have _ then it would take over. it doesn't have quite — then it would take over. it doesn't have quite that automatic sensation. ithink— have quite that automatic sensation. i think that's partly due to the fact that — i think that's partly due to the fact that borisjohnson has been kicked _ fact that borisjohnson has been kicked out and there will be a new prime _ kicked out and there will be a new prime minister and the british public— prime minister and the british public like to give new people the crack _ public like to give new people the crack of _ public like to give new people the crack of the whip. i think even ciear— crack of the whip. i think even clear starmer would say he needs to raise his _ clear starmer would say he needs to raise his game. i think labour will have _ raise his game. i think labour will have to _ raise his game. i think labour will have to try— raise his game. i think labour will have to try and break through and really— have to try and

you've got a picture of tony blair, former british prime minister, and president george bush, about thetanding on a poodle because you're saying there that he was a poodle to the americans, and there's a thieving magpie and so on. there's so much going on in your work, and sally shaw, director of this gallery, firstsite, has said, "it's a fantastic show. it's for everybody. it covers geography, history, fashion, textiles, and it's a beautiful—looking show." but are you trying to do too much? i don't think we try to do too much. i think we try to get people to think in different ways. there'sjust so much going on. i understand what you're saying. there's a lot to take in, there is, and we do deal with a lot of diverse issues and narratives. but for us as artists, it's about communicating to as many people as possible and showing those interconnections between past, between present, between history, identity, culture. that's what makes humanity what it is. we're not this defined kind of monolithic existence or experience or single history. and we've always been fascinated by history and t

i think people have mixed views about tony blair. but these are people — views about tony blair.h experience and in some cases, they have been through— and in some cases, they have been through a _ and in some cases, they have been through a similar sort of recession and financial crises and many of the things— and financial crises and many of the things and — and financial crises and many of the things and challenges we are facing at the _ things and challenges we are facing at the moment. we are having this conversation, meanwhile, the prime minister— conversation, meanwhile, the prime minister and the chancellor are both away on _ minister and the chancellor are both away on holiday. so even though everything seems as though it has stopped _ everything seems as though it has stopped until we have a new prime minister— stopped until we have a new prime minister in — stopped until we have a new prime minister in september, there is stuff— minister in september, there is stuff that— minister in september, there is stuff that could still be being done i’i l ht stuff that could sti

you've got a picture of tony blair, former british prime minister, and president george bush, about theis standing on a poodle because you're saying there that he was a poodle to the americans, and there's a thieving magpie and so on. there's so much going on in your work, and sally shaw, director of this gallery, firstsite, has said, "it's a fantastic show. it's for everybody. it covers geography, history, fashion, textiles, and it's a beautiful—looking show." but are you trying to do too much? i don't think we try to do too much. i think we try to get people to think in different ways. there'sjust so much going on. i understand what you're saying. there's a lot to take in, there is, and we do deal with a lot of diverse issues and narratives. but for us as artists, it's about communicating to as many people as possible and showing those interconnections between past, between present, between history, identity, culture. that's what makes humanity what it is. we're not this defined kind of monolithic existence or experience or single history. and we've always been fascinated by history a

. >> when in 97 we got a new and young labor prime minister, tony blair, that was something good forna. >> a new dawn has broken. >> we see diana having meetings with tony blair, the new prime minister, diana, had a plan, the trip to angola was just the start. >> she harbored this ambition to be some kind of ambassador from the country . >> i've got no doubt whatsoever that, had she lived, something would have developed. the labor government, were all about modernization, and energy and a new way of doing things, and, she was in that same space. the royal family, charles would have been seen as the face of conservativism >> she needs to make sure that the narrative around her life, moving forward, was positive. so diana is clever, she wooed the editors of the papers and would invite them over for these cozy lunches at kensington palace. >> however much you are in love with diana and her image, she was a manipulator. she could throw you off your guard with a flutter of the eyelids. it was a tactic. >> she actually phoned her favorite photographers to let them know where she might be.

that does seem to have a pulse, although it doesn't have that kind of inevitability that somehow tony blair5 years ago of a young man who knew what he was doing and had the whole system going with them, it doesn't feel like it's quite caught on there. but they'd better play for the centre because the labour party is 13 points ahead in the polls now. even though the ones who brought them, the conservatives are so used to doing that now, they may not know how to appeal to the centre very easily, they will have to do it if they're --oin to win. yes. just across the channel we see a president beleaguered because he lost his parliamentary majority. whoever becomes prime minister of britain has the security of the big parliamentary majority, that might be deceptive in terms of their power and their ability to get things done? it's difficult to compare the two countries because we have a presidential system, you have a parliamentary one. to think that 160,000 or so people are choosing the next prime minister, it's interesting we are talking about primaries because this is something the french poli

the former prime minister tony blair is calling for every adult to get the new covid boosterjab — that'se i. and also for the governments to reintroduce a requirement to wear facemasks during winter. the guardian has a leaked recording from liz truss while she was a treasury minister, in which she condemns british workers for a "lack of graft". the sun pays tribute to former pop idol star darius, who was found dead in his us apartment aged 41. the mirror reports on ryan giggs�* trial. he is accused of coercive control of his former girlfriend. let's begin, then, with rachel and the lead story on the front of the ft. rachel, every day, we seem to be getting more really bad news on the economy. absolutely. it is freefalling. we feel like the economy is freefalling. we are in a desperate situation. we have got the news today that real levels of wages have fallen at their lowest levels and they have for the past 20 years, and thatis they have for the past 20 years, and that is on top of the situation where even before this, for the pandemic, before the cost—of—living crisis, we already had s

invasion of iraq in july, 2003, a british prime minister, tony blair, told a joint session of the u.s. congress that it is a myth that quote our attachment to freedom is a product of our culture. blair added, ours are not western values, they are the universal value of the human spirit and anywhere, anytime that ordinary people are given a chance to choose, the choice is the same. freedom not tyranny. democracy not dictatorship. well, churchill himself, a historian of distinction and a keen student of history knew better. he knew that not everyone everywhere shares our attachment to freedom or even our definition of freedom. some people prefer piety. or they prefer social solidarity, or they prefer order. there are lots of competing values. freedom is but one. churchill knew our attachment to freedom and the institutions indispensable for making it flourish is the product of a complex and protracted centuries long a culture ration, primarily in the west. especially among those churchill hemmed in his great work, the english speaking people. he seemed to say baghdad or boston, new york

so was, but what we've increasingly seeing and we, we saw it explicitly are referred to in tony blair's memoir, explaining are from, you know, 2004 in the invasion of iraq. that having nuclear weapons allowed him to engage with george bush junior at that point in the invasion on iraq because he saw it as providing freedom of action. now what we've seen this year is that perhaps hiding behind the belief in, in nuclear weapons deterring. president putin, of russia exercised what he thought was going to be freedom of action to invade only to find that he met with resistance and then came vulgar threat. all right, so so, so where does this now leave the more recent un treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, the t p and w. and how is this different? rebecca from the end, pity was just failed. just briefly. the tpm double users or the 2021 entered into force un treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. actually had its 1st meeting of states parties in june and succeeded in a very hard fought atmosphere, but very strongly committed atmosphere to get a strong declaration. and an an ac

have heard of it from john major and tony blairfrom time we have heard of it from john major and tony blair weight staff stop the reality is grim and undeniable, that there are 4 million people, 4 million families who will be spending a quarter of their net income on energy bills. what he is saying is, this leadership race is doing nothing for them. we have a zombie parliament, effectively, my words, not his, because the prime minister knows he is out of a job in three weeks, there is no point of him making any decisions when another person is going to take over. there are allarguing person is going to take over. there are all arguing about what they are going to do when they get into power, and he is saying, he is backed by ed miliband, the former labour leader, the two—tier candidates —— make the two candidates —— make the two candidates should get their heads together and together an emergency budget, fix the crisis is real and there is not a moment to lose. titer? there is not a moment to lose. very briefl , there is not a moment to lose. very briefly. what — there is not a moment to lo

just on her point, remind me of something tony blair said the other week, he said, "if i'm getting intoont of— they believe in flying." laughter the front of the _ they believe in flying." laughter the front of the guardian, - they believe in flying." laughter the front of the guardian, this . they believe in flying." laughterl the front of the guardian, this was something susie was alluding to in her last review, over the fate of zaporizhzhia, the nuclear plant which is literally caught between the firing lines of russia and ukraine secular it's very dangerous when you are having a nuclear plant potentially being shelled and people within the plant, ukrainians being abused and effectively tortured by russian soldiers, and then you have a situation where the russians potentially will try and disconnect it from the ukrainian grid and connected to the russian grid. and there's a concern there that in that period, if that does happen, the cooling required will potentially be only relying on one source of power for that cooling to take place. you don't want to go to the place where you actu

tony blair, former prime minister said biden's actions were quote imbecileic. relations while senator. he has been around nixon. presidencies warned since the '90s said careful planning was needed this is dangerous when you leave afghanistan. biden's team did not make key decisions about evacuation just hours before the embassy fell to afghanistan? they asked for military assistance four days before the taliban took over. what is going on there? seems like a huge lack of prepare race. >> this is the huge lack of preparation. this is the hugest military failure in my lifetime. look on the global stage, russia invading ukraine. china is threatening to invade taiwan. this is all a direct result of biden's failure in afghanistan. the american people wanted the military out of afghanistan. i wanted the military out of afghanistan but to not have a plan and not to have a full accounting of how many people were over there, that needed to be transported to the united states? that is a huge failure on joe biden and secretary blinken. elizabeth: so the president said al

but is remembered as a beloved figure or as tony blair famously put it, as the people's princess.elegraph." welcome on this somber day for so many. the question is, why was diana such a captivating figure for the world? how 25 years later, what are the most lasting parts of her legacy? >> i agree with you and say that it's amazing to consider that it's been a quarter of a century since she died. i think reflecting on it today and speaking to people who knew her best, there's this notion the princess was one of a kind. someone who did make a difference. i was speaking to one of her close friends last week. that was the constant question she was asking, can i make a decision? will this make a difference? rather than making noise, wanted to change the world. equally, beloved because of her sense of humor. she faced trials and tribulations in the royal family. she kept a fun spirit about her. she took the work seriously but not herself. that's why she remains endearingly popular. >> yeah. it's hard to overstate how much attention was paid to the news ofler death. everyone remembers wh

tony blair called his actions imbecile lick. watch the claim that al qaeda was gone. biden: look, let's put this thing in perspective. what interests do we have in afghanistan at this point with al qaeda gone? we went to afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al qaeda in afghanistan as well as, as well as getting usama bin laden and we did. >> well, if al qaeda was gone why did we need a drone strike to take out al qaeda leader al-zawahiri? >> in fact they attacked me. they came out attacking me saying there were only a handful of al qaeda left. there are hundreds, far more than before 9/11, for the president to say al qaeda is gone is just incredulous. >> sit for a second. team, show the misleading statements from the white house on the afghanistan exit. it was completely botched also in the misleading representations and the lying. so you know, the other thing too, congressman, we're seeing from your report, is this true, that the president and his team knowingly misled america about the exit and after the fact even the offices for first lady joe bide

time because legal aid rates have been frozen for such a long time, going back effectively to the tony blairs of the system, criminal barristers say they have lost so much pay in effect we are way behind everyone else in pay going through the public sector system. to give an example of this, i know a veryjunior criminal barrister who has gone through university, getting their law degree, they have debt up to their eyeballs and they are starting a career in criminal work and frankly they can't even pay their rent. they are earning less in the south—east than a plumber and that's why you have so much anger. the offer from the government doesn't match what they feel is a reasonable standard they feel is a reasonable standard they need to earn. irate they feel is a reasonable standard they need to earn.— they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung _ they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung john _ they need to earn. we have heard from hsiung john barristers - they need to earn. we have heard| from hsiung john barristers saying they earn less than the minimum wage in fact. —— we have heard fr

it is the tony blair institute talked about ending gcses.- the tony blair institute talked about endingy good idea to keep _ about ending gcses. it is a very good idea to keep reviewing. i about ending gcses. it is a very - good idea to keep reviewing. there is no straightforward immediate answer to that. we do have to acknowledge and the teaching profession says this is a good thing that youngsters are in education until 18 and at the very least, it is right to review the position of the 16—year—old examination within that, i think most people accept there is a need for assessment, whether it is identical to what it was when it was set up back in the 19805 was when it was set up back in the 1980s is a very good question. and we should continue to review it. what i would say is, please let's engage the teaching profession with that because let's face it, there is one set of people in our society who know well about that and it is the profession itself and you listen to sensible and intelligent views, and we would like to engage in that and shape what will work best for youngsters moving

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