william, now lord hague, was leader of the conservative party.d then to imagine that they would be as they are now, working together to outline what they say should be the country's new national purpose. but they are, and they are here together. so welcome, sir tony and lord hague, to poltical thinking. thank you. thanks. i am still getting used to this. now, how should i think of you? do i think of you as friends, allies, colleagues, partners in crime? i don't know, partners i think in saying what we have been saying about science, innovation, ai, biotech, in our latest reports. we haven't set up a new political party, we are not changing the landscape in that sense, but definitely partners in thinking about what any political party has got to do in the future to realise any of their hopes and dreams. that is quite a journey for you to have taken as individuals. yes, and i think the reason for it is that both of us... you know, we are out having experience in the world, what is happening, i think the single biggest real—world event, leave aside

so tony blair and lord william hague have put their heads together and come up with a plan.sing to sell our nhs medical records to sell our nhs medical records to create personalised eye doctors, as well as a future of new cures and treatments in britain. it sounds all so lovely , doesn't it? so why are we all deeply cynical about this? we'll have a listen to what tony blair said recently , and i also think said recently, and i also think this this issue to do with the technology and the digital infrastructure , i just want to infrastructure, i just want to emphasise how important i think that is, because in the end, you you need the data , you need to you need the data, you need to know who's been vaccinated and who hasn't been. >> some of the vaccines that will come on down the line will be multiple. there'll be multiple shots. so you've got to have the reasons to do with the health care more generally, but certainly for a pandemic or for vaccines, you've got to have a proper digital infrastructure and many countries don't have that. >> and there's a reason for that becaus

when blair said, we need to get rid of this pernicious legislation, i was fired by william hague's conservativey the conservative party from the front and tony blair, who front bench and tony blair, who i knew a little and i knew his wife, cherie blair, very well. and a number of people in the labour party reached out and said, you're obviously very unhappy inside this conservative party there's a home for you in this labour party, this new labour party , if you want to labour party, if you want to come across , we will have you . come across, we will have you. and i did , and that was quite and i did, and that was quite a statement by the labour party because you were representing a safe conservative seat. >> you were , if i may say, much >> you were, if i may say, much as i am an archetypal conservative mp, that a labour party in a previous guise under other leaders would not have been reaching out to. and that was one of the things about tony blair is that he wanted have blair is that he wanted to have as big a tent as he possibly could . could. >> en- en— @ it's a very important >> i think

when blair said, we need to get rid of this pernicious legislation, i was fired by william hague's conservativey the conservative party from the front and tony blair, who front bench and tony blair, who i knew a little and i knew his wife, cherie blair, very well. and a number of people in the labour party reached out and said, you're obviously very unhappy inside this conservative party there's a home for you in this labour party, this new labour party , if you want to labour party, if you want to come across , we will have you . come across, we will have you. and i did , and that was quite and i did, and that was quite a statement by the labour party because you were representing a safe conservative seat. >> you were , if i may say, much >> you were, if i may say, much as i am an archetypal conservative mp, that a labour party in a previous guise under other leaders would not have been reaching out to. and that was one of the things about tony blair is that he wanted have blair is that he wanted to have as big a tent as he possibly could . could. >> en- en— @ it's a very important >> i think

cressida tony blair and william hague sell nhs data. >> oh, sorry. dical advances. it's their opinion we all wanted to see blair and hague in the same headune see blair and hague in the same headline for years, but it's turned out to be the wrong one as this. yeah, it's horrible . we as this. yeah, it's horrible. we will sell the data and you will be happy. it's, it's so like i mean it's it is this is an important distinction which i will say because i'm still not comfortable with it, but it is anonymous, right. >> it's not our data. it's not your they don't go cressida's got a you know, a gammy leg. so that's not what bothers me. >> did a story recently, 5.8 >> we did a story recently, 5.8 million ghost in uk million ghost patients in the uk signed i don't trust signed up to gps. i don't trust them to do it properly . 5.8 them to do it properly. 5.8 million ghosts in the uk gps people who pretend that they've got more patients than they than they have to get money, i did nothing, it is like zuckerberg . nothing, it is like zuckerberg. i trust him to

it, it actually drives it into the hands of william hague with his incredible hostility to europe.duncan smith , then he and duncan smith, michael howard took a full decade over the tories to come back to some intelligence, just as labour, after 2010, has taken us 13 years to get back into the game . so i think this could , if game. so i think this could, if labour has to play its cards well and i think with starmer, sir keir starmer, he is so prudent, so middle of the road, so centrist, so cautious that caution , prudent centrism is caution, prudent centrism is actually where the bulk, i think of the british people are. and i think it could be a long, long road back for the tories. >> i'm so glad you've mentioned prudence and caution because i want to raise exactly the other point. you were in tony blair's government and you know that tony blair, looking back, thinks that mistake was that his greatest mistake was not get on with things during not to get on with things during the first parliament, during his first of three, he first parliament of three, he was so nervous. you know,

william hague, when he became leader of the conservative party.'s always seemed a bit old. >> he's always seemed a bit old. >> even when he was young. he seemed a bit old. didn't he? but he's become a sort of elder statesman now. oh, he has, and very, very well respected. >> he's a very good public speakeh speaker, actually. >> tell what >> very funny. i tell you what you about, um, come parties you talk about, um, come parties when in opposition is a when they're in opposition is a chance raise new chance to raise a new generation. chance to raise a new gerhasn't. chance to raise a new ger hasn't. for the >> hasn't worked for the republicans america . all the republicans in america. all the democrats it. democrats actually has it. >> no, no, they've just >> no, no, no, they've just picked guy again. mind you. >> has it worked for the labour party over here? really? i suppose you could keir suppose you could argue keir starmer's most of starmer's generation and most of his frontbench are stents. ish. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> anyway, look, um

so i think william hague, who. >> , having watched >> yeah, having watched and reported political reportedl leaders christmas messages , leaders christmas messages, followed by their new year's messages , i think we might be in messages, i think we might be in need of a bit of a bit of charisma amiss. charisma wouldn't go amiss. >> but shall we move on? >> but shall we move on? >> move on another story? >> let rise. this one that >> let it rise. this is one that riz. this one wouldn't riz. this is one i wouldn't know. think . think i'm know. i don't think. i think i'm too for now, stephen. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. now, stephen. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. um ow, stephen. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. um thisstephen. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. um this is phen. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. um this is a1en. know. i don't think. i think i'm too stephen. um this is a story but stephen. um this is a story that caught your eye. actually, this is the albanian crime boss who unbelievable only been who has unb

i remember a few months later, william hague was a couple of points above tony blair in the polls.t. i remember to a crushing defeat. i remember 2017, when theresa was 26 2017, when theresa may was 26 points ahead in the election, was going to have a 400 seats and ended up losing and then ended up losing a majority. i remember six majority. i remember about six months before i was elected in 2019, the conservative party was going go. i can be wrong. is going to go. i can be wrong. is your point. no, no, it's your point. no, no, no, it's only a question being wrong only a question of being wrong so they move, they move so much as they move, they move and a lot and they can and they move a lot and they can move quite rapidly. you know, i think as harold wilson said, a week's a long time in politics. well, seven, eight, well, you know, seven, eight, nine, be a long nine, ten months can be a long time. about it's crucially time. it's about it's crucially for people to see ahead of for people want to see ahead of an election real direction of an election a real direction of travel. have

the former labour prime minister and now his one time rival, tory leader william hague, have teamed upthey say making the information available would help develop cutting edge treatments and to ensure the uk is at the forefront of a biotechnology and ai revolution . biotechnology and ai revolution. blair and hague also stressed that the patient data would be anonymous. well, for more on this, let's speak to futurist lawyer, broadcaster, ai guru and good pal of mine, andrew eborn . good pal of mine, andrew eborn. it's a delight to join you yet again and it's a great story. i'll tell you why. it's a great story because it's something i've predicted for a long time. as know, about al. as you know, i talk about al. i talk the future. back to talk about the future. back to the futurist and what it is information power . the futurist and what it is information power. and what information is power. and what they've worked out is i these wonderful machines are solving all sorts of problems. they're working out treatments for diseases haven't happened diseases that haven't happened for long uh,

vaccines covid through to vaccines during covid through to our work on digital id cards, which william hagued they're up there for debate and, you tony, isn't the and, you know, tony, isn't the european he's not the uk european union. he's not the uk government, not the labour government, he's not the labour party. the head of party. uh, he's the head of a really interesting tank . really interesting think tank. um, and really great um, and it does really great work in my view. >> but john, um, the not for profit element of this, there's a bit of a misnomer because blair does get paid very, very handsomely. the institute gets paid very, very handsomely. for example, in 2018, it emerged that the tony blair institute had been advising the saudi government and got paid £9 million in a so—called not for profit arrangement. so blair isn't doing this for charity. blair is doing this for cold, hard cash . hard cash. >> well, not for profit doesn't mean that you work for food, not for profit means, um , you don't for profit means, um, you don't distribute a profit . distribute a profit. shareholders

hague, i not the axis of evil and no—one else. we begin in taiwan, where voters have ignored china's repeated warnings not to vote for william lai fromhe ruling party, the dpp. he will replace tsai ing—wen as president after securing 40% of the vote, though the dpp lost its majority in parliament, making it hard for him to pass legislation. mr lai says he will maintain the status quo in relations with china, which has labelled him a troublemaker and a "dangerous separatist". in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue rather than confrontation when it comes to exchanges with china, and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china claims reunification with taiwan is inevitable despite the vote, and says that it opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from taipei. onto stage, the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china's campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect. china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this

hague, i not the axis of evil and no—one else. we begin in taiwan, where voters have ignored china's repeated warnings not to vote for william lai fromng it hard for him to pass legislation. mr lai says he will maintain the status quo

william brangham reporting to us live tonight from new york. thank you, good to see you. ♪ the international court of justice in the hague heard arguments from southing israel of committing genocide against palestinians in gaza. it's a rare case and could drag on for years. but as nick schifrin reports, south africa is requesting a preliminary ruling, which could have far-ranging implications for israel and the united states. nick: in the depths of gaza's despair, south africa accuses israel of what's been called the crime of crimes. >> the actions show a systematic pattern of conduct from which genocide can be inferred. nick: today, south africa asked the international court of justice to compel israel to stop the war and what it called decades of discrimination. >> the application places israel's genocidal acts and omissions within the broader context of israel's 75 year apartheid. >> the draft convention on genocide is being presented to the general assembly today. nick: it was 75 years ago last month that the u.n. adopted the genocide convention, the first human rights treaty. it was born out of the nazi's final solution, a campaign of systemi

william lai is inaugurated in taiwan. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared in a televised address that nothing will stop israel pursuing the war in gaza, including the international court ofjustice in the hague's highest court heard a case lodged by south africa alleging that israel was committing genocide against the palestinians. that is something that israel strongly denies. this is what prime minister netanyahu said about that. translation: no-one will stop us, not the hague, not the axis - of evil and no—one else. the hypocritical attack at the hague on thejewish state — which was established from the ashes of the holocaust — in the mission of those who came to commit another holocaust on thejews. this attack is a moral low in the history of nations. this is the seen live in tel aviv were thousands, including families of the hundreds of hostages are still being held in gaza. right now, that figure is at about 130, rallying for 24/2 mark 100 days of war with hamas, that's a countdown to the 100 day figure that will be on sunday. israel is keeping up its bombardment of gaza, with the crowded southern cities of rafah and khan younis bearing the brunt of the attack. gaza's health ministry s

hague as south africa goes to the international court ofjustice accusing israel of committing genocide in gaza, something israel strongly denies. you have been amazing, you really have _ prince william