so good to have you here to talk about this. he s really an outsider who s the ultimate insider when he talks about certain things he was exposed to in the presidency. someone with high access to the highest levels of government but still with a foreign take on things. is that how you would see that partially? absolutely. in the american introduction edition of the book, the special essay he did this week, as british prime minister you get to see american presidents up close pretty closely, but you re an outsider. he became very, very close to two american presidents, bill clinton and george bush. what he does in the book and did in the essay for us is explain why he came to respect both of them enormously. but he does have this privileged position. he s semi-detached. not quite an insider to the american political system but sees it often enough to make some sharp comments on it. and he makes very sharp comments. let s talk about what he says of bill clinton. he was as he remains