well, it de-ends centre, rfps of tony blair? well, it depends how _ centre, rfps of tony blair?you — centre, rfps of tony blair? well, it depends how you define _ centre, rfps of tony blair? well, it depends how you define the - centre, rfps of tony blair? well, it| depends how you define the centre, and the trouble is that in this country, the centre has been moving quite a lot. if you look at where the centre ground is, what do the majority of motors support? they support things like massive investment to deal with the climate emergency which labour did, it miliband put forward pretty bold proposal today which was welcome. they also back nationalisation of utilities. even conservative voters back that. they back higher tax on the highest earners. they back investment in the nhs. and other public services. they back an increase in minimum wage and an increase in minimum wage and an increase in minimum wage and an increase in pay for public sector workers. that is the centre ground if you look at what the majority population agrees that. that is a long way away from kier starmer

tony blair entered downing street with a landslide victory. ah, blair came to office with an enormous majority. so i think it would have been quite natural that the palace might have been a little bit skirt as to what he was going to do with it. as it were, and he knew he was very, very cocky when he started out he, he walked to the state opening of parliament holding his wife's hand, which made the state procession look slightly sort of antiquated. at least that was in pression to the whole new labour. it was always new in a new cool baton. here it was all, everything was going to change. things were going to apparently get better during their 1st audience. elizabeth cuts herself confident, prime minister, down to size. when tony blair 1st became prominent his very 1st audience with the queen, he told me the queen said, ah mister bla, welcome to 1st audience as prime minister. of course, my 1st brand minister was winston churchill. and he went and bought then and he said that put me my place straight away. oh, just 3 months after blair takes o

tony blair entered downing street with a landslide victory. ah, blair came to office with an enormous majority. so i think it would have been quite natural that the palace might have been a little bit skirt as to what he was going to do with it as it were. and he knew he was very, very cocky when he started out. he, he walked to the state acting of parliament, holding his wife's hand, which made a state possession look slightly sort of antiquated. at least that was him fresh and it was all new labor. it was always new in a new cool baton. here it was all, everything was going to change, things were going to apparently get better during their 1st audience. elizabeth cuts her self confident, prime minister, down to size. when tony blair 1st became prominent his very 1st audience with the queen, he told me the queen said, ah mister bla, welcome to 1st audience is prime minister. of course, my 1st brown minister was winston churchill. and he went from ball then. and he said that put me my place straight away. oh, just 3 months after blair takes of

there were lots of echoes of tony blair in it, i were lots of echoes of tony blair in it.deliver. were lots of echoes of tony blair in it, iwill deliver. she were lots of echoes of tony blair in it, i will deliver. she did not say what _ it, i will deliver. she did not say what she — it, i will deliver. she did not say what she would deliver. she made a strange _ what she would deliver. she made a strange quip, not equipped, her comment— strange quip, not equipped, her comment about boris johnson delivering from gf to carlisle fell flat, delivering from gf to carlisle fell flat, so _ delivering from gf to carlisle fell flat, so i— delivering from gf to carlisle fell flat, so i was not massively inspired _ flat, so i was not massively inspired by the speech, but she has to deliver. — inspired by the speech, but she has to deliver, and more than 40% of party— to deliver, and more than 40% of party members, a majority of tory mps, _ party members, a majority of tory mps. did _ party members, a majority of tory mps, did not vote for her, she has -ot mps, did not vote for her, sh

john major government seems lack luster. britain is yearning for a fresh start. 43 year old tony blair is the labor parties new hope he promises to change things and indeed, on the 2nd of may 1997. tony black enters downing street with a landslide victory. ah, blair came to office with an enormous majority. so i think it would have been quite natural that the palace might have been a little bit skirt as to what he was going to do with it as it were. and in a he, he was very, very cocky when he started out he, he walked to the state opening of parliament holding his wife's hand, which made the state procession look slightly sort of antiquated. at least that was him fresh. and it was all new labor. it was always new in a new cool baton year. it was old. everything was going to change. things were going to apparently get better during the 1st audience, elizabeth cuts herself confident, prime minister, down to size. when tony blair 1st became prominent his very 1st audience with the queen, he told me the queen said, ah mister bla, welcome to 1st audience as prime minister. of course, my 1s

he saw tony blair in the pictures earlier on to tony blair and to some of his ministers when they were in government. prince charles was writing letters to them, asking them to change policy on matters on matters that he cared about. a took a 10 year fight for some of the media to get those letters released. and what for a little cash up, those letters was released. the rest with them put under very much lock and key. so we don't know how much influence he's been trying to take over the day to day governing of the country while he was prince of wales in an interview a couple of years ago he at she admitted yet no, actually when i am king, i'm gonna have to stop that because it's unconstitutional and said that there is this kind of separation of royalty and, and politicians that is supposed to be relatively strict. that of course has always been relatively fluid. i mean, we also know from reporting over the last few years that there were various different interventions from the royal house while the queen was still in charge and also to the families benefits on regulations that wouldn't

tony black enters downing street with a landslide victory. ah, blair came to office with an enormous majority. so i think it would have been quite natural that the palace might have been a little bit skirt as to what he was going to do with it as it were. and he knew he was very, very cocky when he started out. he, he walked to the state opening of parliament holding his wife's hand, which made the state procession look slightly sort of antiquated, at least that was the impression, tbs, old, new labor. it was always new in a new cool baton year. it was all, everything was going to change, things were going to apparently get better. during the 1st audience, elizabeth cuts herself confident, prime minister, down to size. when tony blair 1st became prominent his very 1st audience with the queen, he told me the queen said, ah mister bla, welcome to 1st audience as prime minister. of course, my 1st grand minister was winston churchill. and he went and bought them. and he said that put me my place straight away. oh, just 3 months after blair takes office. pr

it was really tony blair who coo that. so in many ways people at the time were saying he saved the reputation of the royal family. i think it's fascinating today to see all of those historical political figures taking their place at this really extraordinary, and as you keep saying, we've never seen it televised. for royal nerds like myself, savannah, this is really exciting. >> you don't have to be a royal nerd to feel the electricity of this moment and the privilege of witnessing it. that is the throne room inside st. james palace, never before broadcast on live tv. we know in a moment king charles iii having officially been declared the king will take that throne for the very first time. it strikes me. this is a first. getting to have a camera inside that meeting, open to the public to see now. it was queen elizabeth who had the first televised coronation back in 1952. >> reporter: it's clearly a first. we've been saying that throughout the morning. it's unbelievable to be seeing these pictures, as you said as well, to

the former prime minister sir tony blair.aritable causes, one of the most notable being the prince's trust which he set up in 1976 to help improve the lives of disadvantaged young people. a man who benefited personally from the prince's trust and is now an ambassador for it is golden globe and emmy award nominated uk actor david aurelio. i wanted to ask you about the prince's trust because the prince's trust as i understand it, you are a successful actor now, but it's what got you started? yes. you are a successful actor now, but it's what got you started?— it's what got you started? yes, it is what got _ it's what got you started? yes, it is what got me — it's what got you started? yes, it is what got me started _ it's what got you started? yes, it is what got me started as - it's what got you started? yes, it is what got me started as a - it's what got you started? yes, it - is what got me started as a teenager living on a council estate in islington, london. isimply living on a council estate in islington, london. i simply

supporters know he isn't tony blair.e last general election they won one seatin last general election they won one seat in scotland. that is just one of many reminders as to why that snowy summits, if you like, for labour is still a long way off. chris mason, many thanks. the labour mp rupa huq has apologised to chancellor kwasi kwarteng after describing him as "superficially" black. her remarks at a fringe event at the labour party conference were criticised and she was suspended from the parliamentary party pending an investigation. the tory party chair jake berry called her comments "racist" and "disgusting". royal mail workers are to stage a further 19 strikes in the next two months in a deteriorating dispute over pay and conditions. the communication workers union announced that the action in october and november will be a mixture of single days and rolling action. royal mail say the company is losing £1 million a day and needs to change. two pipelines that carry gas from russia to europe have suddenly sprung a numb

we have prime minister tony blair, sir tony blair, who was prime minister for this queen from 1997 foring, long relationship. so tony blair, welcome to the program. we've seen your incredibly moving statement on the passing of the queen and i think i just want to ask you first to describe for us how you first came upon her, and you talked how she's been in your life all your life, from which you were a flag-waving kid? >> yes. i wlehen i was just a child and was brought up in the north of england and she visited the city and i remember her, watching her being driven through the streets, and then, of course, the next time i really was anywhere close to her was when i became prime minister. and she was -- we used to then have a weekly audience. she was immensely gracious and kind, sympathetic. you know, we would have good discussions. she was one person, an interview, you could have complete confidence and say whatever you needed to say, ask whatever you wanted to ask, and, you know, the thing about her which i think is the most important thing in understanding why it is such intensity o

tony blair institute chief economist. thank you for joining us.his is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is time for the bloomberg business flash. shares of banko generali was halted following a bloomberg report. we learned that the president -- the parent is exploring a deal with guggenheim. generali is said to consider selling to media banca to help finance a potential deal. london has revised down its outlook. the second largest movie theater change expects that admissions will remain below pre-pandemic levels. it is embarking on chapter 11 bankruptcy meetings in the u.s.. shares of arrival dropped as it tries to raise tax -- capital to build its products. in the u.s. the company but -- but the company is primarily based in the u.k.. that is your latest business flash. guy: thank you very much. we are counting you down at the end of the session. that put you on hundreds into today and just going on .4%. 69.08. above that level stocks are under pressure. that is where the pain is being felt. but still a positive performance. the dax and cac are having a better

in his speech, keir starmer won't just talk about emulating the likes of tony blair in 1997.ictories of the past like 1945 under clement attlee. 0r past like 1945 under clement attlee. or 19 six defour as well. here is why labour thinks it can win. —— 1964 as well. it thinks the public is ready to listen to an alternative message about how to prosper the economy. that's why they are increasingly feeling confident about their prospects. that's not a guarantee, however. labour has a lot of ground to make up from the last general election when it fell to that historic low in terms of seats. it also knows that it is possible the government strategy does pay off and that tax cutting and cutting regulation leads to the economic growth that liz truss has promised. 0ne growth that liz truss has promised. one other thing to bear in mind, there are some here who are a bit nervous that the labour position at the moment and its apparent popularity is almost by default. not because the party has captured the public imagination but because a lot of people are unhappy with the government an

care sturmer is no tony blair, liz truss is — draw.is quite _ draw. care sturmer is no tony blair, liz truss is quite lucky _ draw. care sturmer is no tony blair, liz truss is quite lucky in _ draw. care sturmer is no tony blair, liz truss is quite lucky in that - liz truss is quite lucky in that sense. it was herfirst liz truss is quite lucky in that sense. it was her first shot, liz truss is quite lucky in that sense. it was herfirst shot, so sense. it was her first shot, so you expect everybody to be behind her, everybody to be cheering her on hopefully for her team that she will be keeping that performance up. that is that old parliamentaryjoke about the enemy is behind you. at some point, she will start getting more difficult questions rather than softball questions from her own mps. more broadly, the media are being very kind to her at the moment, that is what is called the honeymoon period which will probably go until next month. number ten will inevitably be hit by crisis after crisis. the big question will be can she build a p

for tony blair, it happens just a few months ago after prince philip died.standing rift between the royal family and tony blair. over his government's decision to get rid of the royal brittani and. government could do some of this as well. because the cost of renewing it was seen as so huge. >> it was favored by -- >> it was favored by prince philip. and i think that that cost a whole lot of consternation in the royal family. if you have liz truss, or whoever's prime minister, and you have got the british people suffering, you might just encourage the new king that maybe this would be a good gesture to open up this particular famous house, buckingham palace or one of the other minor palaces. so that you can you are not seem to have this vast amount of real estate around the country. >> i certainly would like to have it, at the very least. john and gentlemen tim in clive, stay with us. coming up we are going to talk about all of the work that went in to what we will see for the next ten days. it is called operation london bridge. we are going to take you insi

here are just a couple of cases. 2002 exactly 20 years ago, ex-british prime minister tony blair wasisiting a ranch in texas for the summer with then us president bush jr. on the sly, on a false pretext, they decide to attack iraq. nothing has been announced yet, but back in england, blair writes a letter to bush literally with an oath. loyalty i'll be with you, no matter what happens. that is, loyalty to american president bush is a priority, so that it doesn't happen, you hear. so in march next year, iraq was attacked together and averaged in iraq in as a result, half a million people died. leaders of saddam hussein's country were born or isis appeared. both reasons why the united states and britain resorted to aggression were not confirmed. weapons of mass destruction were not found in iraq. and hussein's connection with the salqaida was not discovered later by the commission. on the investigation of the iraqi adventure. it was headed by cern john chilcott and concluded that the real reasons for the war were not softly, but in essence. this means that prime minister tony blair dec

that was tony blair. he only recently got the power on the back of a landslide. liz truss was not elected by the country but by her own party. she was always facing headwind. she does not need to crisis manage. the death of princess diana lead to an upsurge of republican, a criticism of the royal family. the queen herself had to go on tv to reassure people. tony blair and his fixers behind the scenes did a good job to calm things down. that is not the situation now. it is a very different moment of universal grief and moving onto the next stage. liz truss is going to have a difficult and sensitive period over the next 10 days, but this is not crisis management of that sort. alix: such a wonderful perspective. truly appreciate you having -- truly appreciate having you on the show. coming up, more on the queens legacy. roger barker of the british institute association institute of directors will be joining us. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: welcome. we are live at buckingham palace as the u.k. and the world continues to mourn the passing of queen elizabeth ii. over last

promising _ back to gordon brown and tony blair promising a — back to gordon brown and tony blair promising revolution and so on. it is a smart policy but i — revolution and so on. it is a smart policy but i am not sure people will think— policy but i am not sure people will think it _ policy but i am not sure people will think it is _ policy but i am not sure people will think it is something new they haven't— think it is something new they haven't heard before but it gives him something interesting to say at the party— him something interesting to say at the party conference which starts in liverpoot— the party conference which starts in liverpool today.— the party conference which starts in liverpool today. lucy, how important is it for labour— liverpool today. lucy, how important is it for labour to _ liverpool today. lucy, how important is it for labour to seize _ liverpool today. lucy, how important is it for labour to seize this _ is it for labour to seize this opportunity is there is a huge backlash in many sectors of society against government tax cuts announced on friday? it’s aga

government urging him to take action. various different ministers, not just tony blair, on agriculture, on medicine related issues and environmental questions. these are made public and we're very embarrassing because it's not really a line that the british monica supposed to cross. so it'll be interesting to see now years the monarch, whether he, what kind of balance he can strike and how much of that he can do in can, in concert with the government. because we've got a brand new government as well. and so you've got these 2, are a big movers coming into powerful positions within the u. k. at the same time, at a period of massive uncertainty. it's all to play for, for it. it's really, it's remarkable. now we know that king charles will be monarch, not just of britain, not just of the united kingdom, but also the head, a state of 14 other commonwealth countries. what is his standing like? i'm a strategy and obviously i want to have some opinions there myself, but you know what is standing like within those countries? i think i it's, it's difficult to tell from, within those countries,

the iron lady equally difficult, was her relationship with tony blair. ah ah, neither he nor her latest prime minister barak johnson were born when she held her 1st audience in 1950 to wave the rest of us in britain love this. we love the idea that once a week, the prime minister, even if we voted for it, has to go a bow than the to somebody. that's his greatest significance of all. but once a week, powerful prime minister with all his connections and everything has to go and give an account, has to literally bow the knee to somebody who represents something bigger than him . during the audience, the queen listens more than she talks, but she's always well prepared and guides the conversation by asking the right questions. ah, ah, during her euston, elizabeth spent many carefree summer in the countryside. she is a conscientious, modest down to earth gown. ah, i think the secret to understand. elizabeth 2nd success is to realize she was not born to be a queen. ah, for the 1st 11 years of her life, she was royal. she developed all the reverence for royalty

and looking at tony blair. think about that keep calm and carry on we saw during princess diana's funeral and the young men that walked behind it. there is no time for grief the president and the priority is the crown and the stability keeping things moving in this grieving process is very public for these individuals because the duty takes the primary purpose even in this moment. >> absolutely. when princess diana died it was shocked and the old my goodness what has happened? we don't have that this time with the 90 six-year-old woman who frankly was almost a freak of nature and i mean that in the nicest possible way still working the day before she died. it's funny that it reminds you of those moments when bridge and went into morning the last time for princess diana promptly. but king charles and camilla are of course a force to be reckoned with but they are a popular force. and what we see happening here it is in the pump but it is the ceremony. standby for the pump because after the coronation with them pr

and obviously the period when tony blair was in opposition and there was a certain obsession about spin and i kind of thought it was all lunacy. i mean, you know, alastair had a job to do and jonathan haslam, when he was withjon major and gus 0'donnell, had a job to do. and they did theirjob to the best of their ability. and they're going to say, "i think you got the story wrong." and you say, thank you very much for, you know, and you listen to why and you think, well, do i believe that? do i think that squares with the the contacts i've had with various people? if it does, i'll take it. and if it doesn't, i will ignore it. i think much more serious today is the problem we have with fake news, where absolute falsehood can take hold via social media that i think whether a spin doctor is a bit aggressive or not seems to me kind of yesterday's story. and on that point, i should say thatjamie angus, a former senior bbc news executive, on the issue of emily maitlis' monologue for which the bbc, the bbc retracted, said senior managers and news could see immediately why it couldn't be allowed

carefully sketching a line, lifted straight from tony blair.ut embracing what came before. we recent past, but embracing what came before. ~ ., recent past, but embracing what came before. ~ . , ., before. we are the party of the centre ground. _ before. we are the party of the centre ground. once _ before. we are the party of the centre ground. once again, - before. we are the party of thei centre ground. once again, the political wing of the british people. applause. say it loud and believe it. britain will deal with the cost of living crisis. britain will get its future back. this is my committal to you, the national mission of the next labour government, and together with the british people, we will do it, thank you conference. applause. after years in the doldrum, years of fighting among themselves, labour and keir starmer are starting to believe they may be able to win. there is a confidence in the air, but they still have a massive mountain to climb. i have told everyone he is there, he is passionate about this country and he has the pla

a very bad pastiche of the tony blair years. >> do ordinary people care about this kind of internal fightingt is pretty clear with the conservatives are doing. the way he was treated will not do that. whatever his merits. jeremy corbyn did certainly well in the general election. that was somebody they wanted to see. they wanted to see the arguments about jeremy corbyn. >> it does have an effect. he has to publicly address all of this and try to unite his party. can he do that? >> i am not sure that he does have to address it. obviously journalists have to ask him about it. but i think he will steer the conversation away from it. to say this was yesterday's news. he was not helped by the factions in the labour party. the british people did not want him around. they did not want his party -- what his party was offering, for a number of reasons. kia starmer will make that a point. to look at dividing lines. his job has become a lot easier in the last couple of weeks. when boris johnson was prime minister, he was very unpopular at the end. his main attack against boris johnson was on competence

tony blair was succeeding john major.ajor's permission, so we have been able to get a lot organised before the prime minister actually took office. find organised before the prime minister actually took office.— actually took office. and so, presumably _ actually took office. and so, presumably to _ actually took office. and so, presumably to some - actually took office. and so, | presumably to some degree, actually took office. and so, - presumably to some degree, this rests on the cooperation of the outgoing administration will stop yes, it does. find outgoing administration will stop yes. it does-— outgoing administration will stop yes, it does. and it's a convention that when — yes, it does. and it's a convention that when there _ yes, it does. and it's a convention that when there is _ yes, it does. and it's a convention that when there is a _ yes, it does. and it's a convention that when there is a general - that when there is a general election coming up, the prime minister of the day usually authorises discussions b

this huge attachment to duty and decency and dignity. >> tony blair speaking to chris young. pouring in from celebrities around the world. among them, daniel craig. as james bond, faked jumping from a helicopter alongside the queen for the 2012 london olympics. he called the queen's legacy, incomparable. he said, she will be profoundly missed. and helen mirren, who won an oscar for pretraining queen elizabeth said "we mourn the women, who with or without the crown will see the epitome of nobility. ♪ ♪ >> t? >> oh, yes please. >> even pennington bear, who recently visited buckingham palace for tea with the queen, tweeted out, thank you for everything. i'm becky anderson. our live coverage, here come outside of buckingham palace continues after this short break. don'n't go away. ♪ ♪ rk to deliver your cacar as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing, with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer, because our customers love it. see for yo

tony blair, forced johnson, john major there. fair scotland there. all of these people of course, contribute to what is going to be, we hope, as successful reign for king charles iii. he has got big shoes to fill. there's no denying that. he knows that more than anyone. but what they're also playing out here, is the wisdom of experience. you can at least say, even if you are worried about what comes next. that charles has learned from the master. if not the mistress. in having observed his mother's reign. and how well she did it in 70 years. >> when you talk about tradition, rebecca, my understanding is that when the invitations went out, they were even told the dress that was expected. nothing in this transition has been left to chance. >> no, and it's very important that they look the part as well. i think it will be too easy to wear the wrong kind of tie. or to go to the wrong shade of a day dress. and the whole aesthetic. it's very important that these things look exactly as we'd expect. >> and as you look over at this crowd. what comes to mind f

. ♪ >> sir tony blair with his insignia arriving with other people who have come by coach to be here.hat here it was going to be largely household and people who were friends perhaps of the queen, that is all true. it is still a state funeral. there will also be representatives who have come down here, particularly the politicians. the prime minister will be here. some of the foreign royals, particularly the royal families. there has always been a close link between royal family in britain and other royal families. for instance, the queen of denmark, who now is the last serving woman monarch in europe. ♪ >> the procession has now entered the long walk for a journey of a mile or more through here up to the castle. dismounted cavalry. the escort party escorting. ♪ >> i can't tell you what extraordinary seems there have been in windsor the past weekend. the crowds here for the walk part of what has been a constant two and fro of people bringing flowers, bringing their children, as we heard so often when people work explaining why they were visiting the queen lying in state, they just wan

dealt with no fewer than 15 prime minister's including sir winston churchil margaret thatcher, tony blairoris johnson. as head of the commonwealth, she became the most traveled monarch in history as head of state of 15 countries. the queen's death comes just over one year after the loss of her hband, the duke of edinburgh for over 70 years. the queen was last seen by the public in this image taken at val morrow on tuesday to become the new prime minister. the queen's death will be the deeply by her family, the people of the u.k. and the people of the commonwealth and beyond. buckingham palace and asked the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth the second, the longest reigning monarch in the history of the united kingdom and the commanding presence in british life over a span of eight decades. she died at balmoral at the age of 96. charles has become king charles the third. it was at half past 6:00 this evening that buckingham palace released this formal statement. the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. they will remain there this evening with the consort and will return to

for example, tony blair just said at one time, yes, that here we are in great britain together with theand uh, the grandiose global american power is strengthening, including the british influence here is the story of cancer and the personal history of tony blair, for whom iraq was actually the end of his once brilliant political career, showed that this was not the case. here is andrew when it should. so i don’t see that the uk is now acting exactly as global i have known for 100 years. and, of course, i rarely happen, i don’t agree, but here i just totally disagree with what he said, just maybe, because lately i have been reading a lot about china , about england, about the usa and especially relations between the usa and england firstly. in the general opinion of all leading specialist analysts and so on britain ended as a great power in the fifty-sixth year of the suez crisis. and who drove the last nail into the coffin of this great power, nikita sergeevich and the president, the eisenhower crisis, yes, when the secular channel really nationalized us and suddenly they three states

in fact, some pressure from prime minister tony blair at the time, for them to do things, for example, over buckingham palace here, if the monarch is in residence, then the only flag that should fly over buckingham palace is her flag, but after the death of diana, they agreed, for example, to have the british flag, the union jack at half-staff there in order to grieve the death of diana. she has struggled to change at times but she's also been brilliant at modernizing in a careful way, i suppose, you could say. that's something extraordinary because, of course. just think about the photograph of her this week with the new prime minister, liz truss. that's something she combines with this incredibly long experience, 70 years. those meetings with the prime minister stay confidential. they don't get shared. there is, of course, in the most recent episode of "the crown" there is a depiction of the meeting between the queen and margaret thatcher. margaret thatcher, who is no longer with us, and whether or not that meeting was entirely accurate, we may never know because those things don't

queen of denmark and the emperor of japan, but also former prime ministers like john major and tony blair. and of course senior members of the royal family. king charles was a member of the order of the garter for many years at when he was just the prince. he will know decide who joins the order the garter so that it's all that history built in to windsor castle. you remember back in the 19 ninety's, there was a huge fire here at the queen described in her annual address at christmas as a and his horrible is in latin, a horrible year and part of it was the fired at windsor castle. the government controversially decided it would pay for repairs. many people questioning why at that point the richest woman in the world wouldn't pay for repairs to her own private palace. but the government stepped in and paid for those repairs. feeling that they were obligated to do, so there was public fundraising for that. and the queen never forgot that. but this became as some weird the public could visit. does that so de got to see a little bit behind the cotton of the queen's private life. here at winds

the prime minister back then. labor is tony blair, pull brennan, i'll jazeera liverpool, japan as former prime minister sions are bay has been honored in arrest a funeral with world leaders joining current prime minister for me, o casita, and paying tribute. bay was assassinated in july, while campaigning in parliamentary elections. but many opposed the expensive funeral following revelations about based on the part of the ruling parties, ties to the controversial unification church. rob mcbride reports now from tokyo. just a warning of rob's report contains flash photography. the remains of shinto bay were carried into the venue by his widow lucky i accompanied by the current prime minister to me, o casita, whose decision it was to go ahead with this controversial state funeral. more than 4000 guests, including many dignitaries and world leaders, they heard casita the tribute to his friend and mental prime minister ave read well after all that you have done for our nation, and thank you. most sincerely, may you rest. etomo p ave served as prime minister twice coming to power a 2nd time

this 33 point lead with only half right we could still see the kind of victory for labour that tony blairing tories that you can come and see the detail in the poll is that the leader is fuelled by voters switching directly from conservatives to labour so almost 70% of those who backed in 2019 would now back labour. and it was extraordinary moment because you usually would expect a new prime minister especially with the unpopularity of borisjohnson to get somewhat of a poll bounce especially when she is just on a spending package of hundred billion to help with energy bills. i think people could see the turmoil in the market and are worried about mortgages and they simply think, the government has lost the plot. h0 they simply think, the government has lost the plot.— has lost the plot. no honeymoon oorl lit has lost the plot. no honeymoon poorly lit back. _ has lost the plot. no honeymoon poorly lit back. at _ has lost the plot. no honeymoon poorly lit back. at all. _ has lost the plot. no honeymoon poorly lit back. at all. we - has lost the plot. no honeymoon poorly lit back. at all. we

queen dealt with no you than 15 prime ministers, the first instant turtle to margaret thatcher, tony blairis johnson. as head of the commonwealth, she became the most traveled commonwealth in history, head of state of 15 countries at the end of her reign. ♪ the queen's death comes just over a year after the passing of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, her consort for more than 70 years. over the decades, the queen was greeted by millions of people world wide and met her subjects at thousands of engagements in the u.k. and well beyond. she was last pictured at bal moral -- at balmoral on tuesday, asking liz trust to become prime minister. now, as the crown passes to a new king, king charles iii, the queen's death will be felt by her family and millions around the world. good evening. the reign of the logotype and serving monarch in the history of the united kingdom has come to an end the death of queen elizabeth ii. buckingham palace made the announcement just after 6:30 this evening. the queen was 96 and passed away at balmoral in aberdeen ship. members of the royal family made the journ

the prime minister back then. labor's tony blair pull brennan al jazeera liverpool mounts japan country has honored its longest having prime minister with arrest. a funeral in tokyo. sions ave was assassinated in july, but his death is proved as controversial as his legacy, with thousands protesting against his funeral. why reports from toko and just wanting to report contains flash photography. the remains of shinto bay were carried into the venue by his widow. lucky i accompanied by the current prime minister to me, oh casita, whose decision it was to go ahead with this controversial state funeral. more than $4000.00 guests, including many dignitaries and world leaders, they heard casita the tributes to his friend and mental prime minister orbit. rest, well, after all that you have done for our nation, and thank you, most sincerely, may you rest in eternal peace. ave served as prime minister twice coming to power a 2nd time. as japan was recovering from the 2011 earthquake concern army. and that was really the spirit that prime minister did bring to japanese politics, opt fukushima di

but interestingly, today we heard from not just former prime ministers here, sir tony blair, the labor prime minister, david cameron, the conservative, both putting out statements as well as the current prime minister liz truss but also the first minister of scotland, she put out a statement today saying very, very concerned about the health and the welfare of the queen. she transcends all of that kind of earthly political partisanship because frankly, constitutionally, she is not allowed to be political nor is prince charles. but by doing that, she sort of cocoons this country in a sort of bubble that pretty much to this day has prevented it from spinning off into over partisan divide. right? you cover politics in westminster. it is bad but it's not as bad as other places. at some point -- some point to the queen as the unifying glue. >> without question. as you outline britain has been buffeted and challenged by trying to redefine its place in the global order. brexit was a huge part of that but also with the political turbulence we've seen over the last years and with these friction

moment, right when the popularity of the monarchy was at its lowest, the labour prime minister tony blair said, we can't allow scotland to devolve because there will always be a monarchy. elizabeth rose to the occasion and gave a wonderful speech, a highly regarded speech in which she indicated deep sympathy for diana and her grandchildren, but also indicating that she would be happy to remain as monarch over evolved scotland. at that moment, the popularity of the monarchy began to rise again. it was a key moment in which elizabeth rose to the occasion and her own charisma became a symbol of unity for the british people. whether charles can rise to the same level of popularity or charisma to be a symbol of unity remains to be seen. kristen: i'm sorry, we are almost out of time. since you bring up charles, managing his family relationships with prince harry has got to be a piece of that. i was wondering, do you see any sort of change in the public views of harry and meghan or how the royal family relationship is. >> it is difficult to know the depth but there has been an upsurge in popular

in 2003 and the same very similar point view expressed, then the former british prime minister tony blairhey were at war with their own creation. plus , there is one more nuance, just in the fourteenth year it was happening in syria, it is completely incomprehensible that there was a civil war on the one hand, on the other hand, part of the territory was not under the control of any of the groups, but was under control, just by the islamic state and starting these are the bombings and military operations against isis. obama in this way and in his person the united states tried. project force on the syrian conflict, the united states of america decided to launch an operation against isis from the territory of iraq, where they had the appropriate military infrastructure, and subsequently the russian federation, at the request of the outside, and the authorities in damascus, began a corresponding operation against isis in syria and despite the presence of significant contradictions between washington and moscow, these coordinated actions made it possible to destroy a very large infrastructur

conference, but when kier starmer gave his speech this afternoon from betting about 97 is that tony blair literallyjust bumped into him at the mirror conference party and he is competent and he is decent, and all these unassuming and important qualities that you don't get in rock stars, and we certainly haven't had in politics as of late. to be frank, i think that something that most people are going to buy into in a lot of ways, a bit of calm, a bit of order will be very much welcome right now, and when he actually announced in his speech where he starts talking about going for solar, where he starts talking about going forsolar, going where he starts talking about going for solar, going to gigabit factories, creating jobs, clean energy by 2030, you know, within five or six years starting within 100 days of power, setting up this amazing idea of the state owned investment vehicle, throwing the money that the taxpayer has and the power the taxpayer has into something which is a massive growing industry and saying, look, someone has got to be a world leader in batteries, someone's got to b