blair and she is saying, "tony, look, it's you!" and the two of us are just standing there, kind of looking at each other, not quite knowing what to do. and then people said, "so tony, what do you think of michael's performances?" and he said, "um, i've never seen them. never seen them." seriously? yeah, and then people went away and then he talked to me in detail about scenes within each little thing. so, you know. 0k. now, the second time you played him was in the queen, which is of course the queen played by helen mirren, and you have been refreshingly honest because this was sort of your breakthrough international role about the reaction to her, and the other more subdued reaction to you. yeah, so i sort of started, i would say to peter morgan, who wrote it, i said, "look, you keep writing these things that's about two people. and the other one is always more interesting. why do i always play the boring one?" and i've always thought, well, certainly at that time the things that he was writing about often were about — and i don

blair and she's saying, "tony, look, it's you!" laughter and the two of us are just standing there, kind of looking at each other, not quite knowing what to do. and then people said, "so tony, what do you think of michael's performances?" and he said, "um, i've never seen them. never seen them." seriously? yeah, and then people went away and then he talked to me in detail about scenes within each little thing. laughter so, you know. 0k. now, the second time you played him was in the queen, which is of course the queen played by helen mirren, and you have been refreshingly honest because this was sort of your breakthrough international role about the reaction to her, and the other more subdued reaction to you. yeah, so i sort of started, i would say to peter morgan, who wrote it, i said, "look, you keep writing these things that's about two people. and the other one is always more interesting. why do i always play the boring one?" and i've always thought, well, certainly at that time the things that he was writing about often were a

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

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

compare that to tony blair's final pmqs in 2007. and that is the end. so how did theresa may versusjeremy corbyn compare to the age of blair and hague? it was a class act. william hague spotted very early on that tony blair had an alphabetical list of subject headings and ring binders, and so he would ask the first question about azerbaijan, and then switch to zoroastrianism or something like that, and it was a masterclass, in many ways. so does this veteran mp have any advice for the new pm? boris johnson roams wild and free, he is an untamed beast on the serengeti plains, i mean, you cannot cage him. so, look out for some fireworks, look out for some fun, but ultimately, look out for a complete lack of dignity from the front bench from the dispatch box. boris johnson's default position is wing it and make them laugh, and he'll say, "ba—ba—ba—ba, i am completely and briefed, i'm totally unspun, boris, what you see is what you get. ba—ba—ba." and he will probably do that. it was back to downing street for a final appearance outside number 10.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

blair and him of going back to the days of tony blairandi him of going back to the days of tony blair and i reminded him of going back to the days of tony blairand i reminded him, you know, tony blair had a majority of almost 200. boris has a majority of one, or potentially three depending one, or potentially three depending on how you counted, so this is a gamble but it is consistent with his character. at heart, boris a romantic who believes that he can bend people and institutions to his will, to his personality, that he can dominate and get things done where others have failed, because they are not powerful enough, they are not committed enough, so this goes to the heart of paris, he thinks he can control parliament, staring down and succeed where theresa may failed —— heart of boris. how do you see things playing out over the next few months, what are your predictions?” out over the next few months, what are your predictions? i think it is all going to hinge on two aspects. one is can boris succeed in getting anything from the european union where theresa may failed? almost

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

blair for example under the bush administration and the iraq war and you know characterizations that all being a lapdog so that is something is being very keenly scrutinized right now and a lot of this comes down of course to who the next boss is it will actually be it'll be a very tough pick a very tricky one a key one and of course it wouldn't be a good look if it was seen to be sycophantic ambassador for example in a relationship which has long been and indeed is meant to be conducted on an eye to eye level we are 2 minutes here want to get these 2 questions in to you in 2016 president elect truong said publicly that he would like to see the books it's your boss nigel raj in d.c. as the u.k.'s ambassador there was unprecedented do you think poisoned the well was far as ambassador was concerned all the way back in 2060. right and what we should say of course is that kim was already on bassett during 2015 so he already had a bit of a harbinger of things to come today a tweet from farage saying that it is time for a break here ambassador to be installed that said that is not how dipl

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

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

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

blair for example under the bush administration and the iraq war and you know characterizations that all of being a lapdog so that is something is being very keenly scrutinized right now and a lot of this comes down of course to who the next ambassador will actually be it will be a very tough pick a very tricky one a key one and of course it wouldn't be a good look if it was seen to be sycophantic ambassador for example in a relationship which has long been and indeed is meant to be conducted on an eye to eye level 2 minutes held here want to get these 2 questions to you in 2016 president elect trump said publicly that he would like to see the books it's your boss nigel for raj in d.c. as the u.k.'s ambassador there was unprecedented do you think poisoned the will was for as embassador was concerned all the way back in 26. right and what we should say of course is that kim was already on buses or in 2015 so he already had a bit of a harbinger of things to come today a tweet from farage saying that it is time for a break as a tear ambassador to be installed that said that is not how d

prime minister tony blair has appeared on artie's going underground to discuss her role in a frantic legal battle after she helped release a russian business woman who was facing a decade of hard labor in kuwait marcia moved her business operations to the middle east 15 years ago. in 2017 she was accused of embezzling nearly half a $1000000000.00 by kuwait where she worked for an investment company she was jailed for $470.00 days until her release in may this year after the evidence against her was found to be fake her case garnered y. media coverage especially on our sister channel r.t.r. back on the attention of high profile politicians and lawyers in the u.s. and russia cherie blair played a key role in her release and you can watch her interview unfold later on r.t.l. on our website. somebody convicted and absconded marsha who's been under investigation this is been hanging over her head and since 2012 she's been actively pursued by the authorities since 2015 so much so that she's been on bail when she was on bail and her american green card expired she wasn't able to go and go t

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

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

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

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blair for example under the bush administration and the iraq war and you know characterizations that all being a lapdog so that is something is being very keenly scrutinized right now and a lot of this comes down of course to who the next day will actually be it'll be a very tough pick a very tricky one a key one and of course it wouldn't be a good look if it was seen to be a sycophantic ambassador for example in a relationship which has long been and indeed is meant to be conducted on an eye to eye level 2 minutes here want to get these 2 questions to you in 2016 president elect trump said publicly that he would like to see the books it's your boss nigel suraj in d.c. as the u.k. ambassador there was unprecedented do you think poisoned the well was for as ambassador was concerned all the way back in 26. right and what we should say of course is that kim was already on bassett during 2015 so he already had a bit of a harbinger of things to come today a tweet from farage saying that it is time for a break as a tear ambassador to be installed that said that is not how a diplomatic appo

blair picked up carried on and finished with an excellent deal in the good friday agreement. you cannot infringe that and risk returning to the problems we had before which 3000 people were killed. i've never seen you, i talk to you several times in the past, but i never seen you sell exercise and so passionate and even angry, are you at a point where you are prepared to say to your own party which you say you have been in since 16, that if the party elects a prime minister who in the and it connects toa minister who in the and it connects to a meeting on october 31 with no deal if necessary, are you saying i will recommend to conservative mps that they bring down that prime minister? i don't necessarily think that's the way it all about. there are some things i think someone has to secondly did with the absurd suggestion of bypassing parliament by proroguing. there are things like that that should not be permitted to happen. i made my view perfectly clear, i believe direction in which we, i had no personal ambitions, clear, i believe direction in which we, i had no personala

blair, it is even more consequential than if it were two other leaders, in two other countries going at it. you mention the "special relationship" there, those are two words that are used so often here but i'm often doubtful whether they're really felt on your side of the atlantic. is it really a thing and, if so, where does it leave this? historically it has been very important. historically it's been very important. there have been situations in which the united states felt we were closer to britain than to many on the continent. but what's going on here is notjust this row over the leaked cables, it's really two things — one for britain, and president trump has been interfering in your politics time and again. he boosted nigel farage, he's talked highly about boris johnson, notjust recently but going back, he's offended prime minister theresa may, told her how to do brexit, and at the same time, the whole atlantic alliance, there is really not a leader in nato or in the western alliance now that is confident that president trump generally believes in the alliance so the context

blair picked up carried on and finished with an excellent deal in the good friday agreement. you cannot infringe on that and risk returning to the problems we had before in which 3000 people were killed. i've never seen you, i talked to you several times in the past, but i never seen you so exercised and so passionate and even angry, are you at a point where you are prepared to say to your own party which you say you have been in since 16, that if the party elects a prime minister who in the end commits to leaving on october 31 with no deal if necessary, are you saying i will recommend to conservative mps that they bring down that prime minister? i don't necessarily think that's the way it will evolve. there are some things i think one has to deal with the absurd suggestion of bypassing parliament by proroguing. there are things like that that which should not be permitted to happen. i made my view perfectly clear, i believe the direction in which we... i have no personal ambitions, not politics and i'm not going back into politics, there is nothing the government can offer m

donald trump who will i mean if in there was tony blair and george w. bush the british popular populations does remember that is really stuck in collective memory and if he goes that way things can go very wrong very quickly for him look at iraq the crisis with iran if he now turns if he doesn't get from these european allies what she went on quickly enough in the military way he might turn to washington and say ok i get it was the americans what does that mean that he will adopt is absolutely more biliteral and stance towards iran that he will lose the support and the alliance was paris and berlin and it will be a whole different ball game in foreign policy will he do it no but you know it is a danger and of course breck's it if he does throw his luck was donald trump and says all we really need is a really quick and good trade deal with the united states he can probably have it and he might throw british interests overboard so that is really what is behind this and boris johnson seems to be not principled enough to avoid it let me ask both of you befo

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

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