Blair institute for global change working with over a0 countries, the former prime minister is still searching for answers to the great challenges of our time. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious of the fact, first of all, i d never been a minister, let alone a prime minister, and secondly, there is an awesome sense of responsibility. So you realise you re going to be taking decisions, you know you re on the start of a journey, you know the journey is going to be really difficult, you know there s going to be a whole lot of events and circumstances you can t predict. And you re acutely conscious of the fact that there is
Sir tony, thank you for speaking to me. It s very good to see you. Let s start with some feelings before we get to plenty of facts. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious immense burden of responsibility that comes with power, or should do. One of the fundamental challenges that notjust britain but lots of western democracies face today is populism. And i would say, tell me if you think differently, i would say populism is broadly that mode of politics in which charismatic leaders claim to represent the will of the people against a ruling elite. In your view, should populism be, as george orwell said of saints, always consid
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Have been reduced to rubble. More than 1,000 palestinians, including many children, have been killed. My guest is former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak. Unimaginable horror has been unleashed. Where will it end . Ehud barak, in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. You have fought in many of israels wars. Youve led the country as Prime Minister. Have you ever experienced a mood in the country as you see it and feel it right now . This is the most severe blow that israel suffered since its establishment some 75 years ago. And the death toll of a devastating 1,200 within the first 2a, 30 hours, its something that never happened in our history. And in this case, its not a war. These are notjust soldiers. There are many citizens, many civilians, women, young babies, elderly people, even some holocaust survivors. And we still have 150, so to speak, in their hands. So its very tough. Great, huge failure of our Early Warning system, of our operational system. But we, the israelis, we are a defian