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
A packed crowd took in the latest Iphone Launch at Apple Headquarters in a helicopter california. They were all here to see this. Ceo Tim Cook says the Iphone 16 is the first to be built from the ground up for artificial intelligence. The software is integrated into host of applications across the iphone. Take this Photo Editor allowing you to remove people from the background and this tool which helps rewrite your E Mails. There is an upgrade to The Voice assistant, which can now take written commands and is said to work better with natural spoken language. For now Apple Intelligence features will not be available in the eu as executives find themselves in the middle of a dustup with regulators over the digital markets act. The features will, however, be available in the uk. That is when they are released. The Test Version will start with the roll out in the us next month with more coming of the year. When it becomes available analysts say they are keen to use ai available analysts sa
Todayis today is a big win for European Citizens and tax injustice. Trouble in the pipeline . The price of oil tumbles below 70 a barrell for the first time since 2021 as concerns grow about the state of the world economy. It relates to how two apple subsidiaries in ireland were treated for Tax Purposes between 1991 and 2014. Ireland has a low corporate Tax Rate of 12. 5 but its been accused of so called Sweetheart Deals with certain companies allowing them to pay a much lower rate. The Decision Cant be appealed apple said its disappointed with the decision and accused the European Commission of trying to retroactively change the rules. Here is what the Eu Competition Commissioner had to say. There commissioner had to say. Is a bigger picture, our investigation there is a bigger picture, our investigation has decisively contributed to a Mind Shift and change in attitude amongst member states, they have helped to trigger and accelerate regulatory and legislative reform. Take ireland, to
See there from him going in with a walker into one of the courts that he wasnt in particular good health. In fact, recent appearances in court, he has been in a wheelchair. And we are told that today he has been rushed to hospital where he is undergoing that Heart Surgery. We will try and get our correspondent for washington to give us the latest on them. Just waiting for her to appear. First lets get some support. Here is gavin. Well start with Cricket And Sri lanka beat england in a test for the first time in 10 years after an eight Wicket Victory at the oval denied the hosts a clean sweep. The tourists resumed day four on 911 1, under Grey Skies in South London and visitors had Pathum Nissanka to thank, who blazed his way to a second Test Century 127 not out, as Sri Lanka made their target of 219 with ease. Stand in Captain 0llie Pope knows where his England Side went wrong. We played some good cricket through the summer but could not put it together over the four days we have here.